diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c9a1b1a..f95629d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ include( ConfigureChecks.cmake )
 
 ###### global compiler settings 
 
-add_definitions( -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -UQT_NO_ASCII_CAST )
+add_definitions( -DHAVE_CONFIG_H )
 
 set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${TQT_CXX_FLAGS}" )
 set( CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,--no-undefined" )
diff --git a/src/frontend.cpp b/src/frontend.cpp
index 1bcace8..ab12459 100644
--- a/src/frontend.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend.cpp
@@ -231,12 +231,12 @@ bool Frontend::tokenize(char** ppBuf, int* pBufSize, TQString& sResult,
 	// Either a token was found, or the search through the buffer was
 	// finished without a delimiter character
 	if (bFoundToken) {
-		sResult = *ppBuf;
+		sResult = TQString::fromLocal8Bit(*ppBuf);
 		*ppBuf = pBuf;
 		*pBufSize = nSize;
 	}
 	else if (m_bInToken) {
-		sResult = TQString::fromLatin1(*ppBuf, *pBufSize);
+		sResult = TQString::fromLocal8Bit(*ppBuf, *pBufSize);
 	}
 	else {
 		sResult = TQString::null;
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ void Frontend::slotReadStderr(TDEProcess*, char* pBuffer, int nSize)
 	if (m_bKilled)
 		return;
 
-	sBuf.setLatin1(pBuffer, nSize);
+	sBuf = TQString::fromLocal8Bit(pBuffer, nSize);
 	parseStderr(sBuf);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/makedlg.cpp b/src/makedlg.cpp
index 2037224..287e5c6 100644
--- a/src/makedlg.cpp
+++ b/src/makedlg.cpp
@@ -198,12 +198,7 @@ void MakeDlg::slotStop()
  */
 void MakeDlg::slotShowOutput(FrontendToken* pToken)
 {
-	TQString sData;
-	
-	// GCC uses unicode quote characters - this should ensure that they are
-	// treated correctly by the text browser widget
-	sData = TQTextCodec::codecForLocale()->toUnicode(pToken->getData());
-	m_pOutputBrowser->append(sData);
+	m_pOutputBrowser->append(pToken->getData());
 }
 
 /**
@@ -258,10 +253,7 @@ void MakeDlg::slotBrowserClicked(const TQString& sURL)
 void MakeDlg::slotAddError(const TQString& sFile, const TQString& sLine,
 	const TQString& sText)
 {
-	TQString sUniText;
-	
-	sUniText = TQTextCodec::codecForLocale()->toUnicode(sText);
-	m_pErrorView->addRecord("", sFile, sLine, sUniText);
+	m_pErrorView->addRecord("", sFile, sLine, sText);
 }
-	
+
 #include "makedlg.moc"
diff --git a/src/projectfilesdlg.cpp b/src/projectfilesdlg.cpp
index 3c9cf2b..a353e5a 100644
--- a/src/projectfilesdlg.cpp
+++ b/src/projectfilesdlg.cpp
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ void ProjectFilesDlg::customEvent(TQCustomEvent* pEvent)
 	}
 
 	// Prompt the user for the files to add
-	sMsg.sprintf(i18n("Would you like to add %d files to your project?"),
+	sMsg.sprintf(i18n("Would you like to add %d files to your project?").utf8(),
 		pDSE->m_nFiles);
 	if (KMessageBox::questionYesNo(0, sMsg) == KMessageBox::No)
 		return;
diff --git a/src/scanprogressdlg.cpp b/src/scanprogressdlg.cpp
index 52dcf08..28708fa 100644
--- a/src/scanprogressdlg.cpp
+++ b/src/scanprogressdlg.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ void ScanProgressDlg::addFiles(int nFiles)
 	// Update progress only if more than 100 files were scanned since the last
 	// update
 	if ((m_nFiles - m_nCurFiles) > 100) {
-		sText.sprintf(i18n("Scanned %d files..."), m_nFiles);
+		sText.sprintf(i18n("Scanned %d files...").utf8(), m_nFiles);
 		m_pText->setText(sText);
 		m_nCurFiles = m_nFiles;
 	}