diff --git a/pytqlupdate3/main.cpp b/pytqlupdate3/main.cpp
index 6c708fe..f024072 100644
--- a/pytqlupdate3/main.cpp
+++ b/pytqlupdate3/main.cpp
@@ -129,13 +129,13 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv )
             if ( !codec.isEmpty() )
                 tor.setCodec( codec );
             if ( verbose )
-                tqWarning( "Updating '%s'...", (*tf).utf8() );
+                tqWarning( "Updating '%s'...", (*tf).local8Bit().data() );
             merge( &tor, &fetchedTor, verbose );
             if ( noObsolete )
                 tor.stripObsoleteMessages();
             tor.stripEmptyContexts();
             if ( !tor.save(*tf) )
-                tqWarning( "pytqlupdate error: Cannot save '%s': %s", (*tf).utf8(),
+                tqWarning( "pytqlupdate error: Cannot save '%s': %s", (*tf).local8Bit().data(),
                   strerror(errno) );
         }
         if ( !metSomething ) {
diff --git a/pytqlupdate3/metatranslator.cpp b/pytqlupdate3/metatranslator.cpp
index f46ee9a..18b2b0d 100644
--- a/pytqlupdate3/metatranslator.cpp
+++ b/pytqlupdate3/metatranslator.cpp
@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@ bool TsHandler::fatalError( const TQXmlParseException& exception )
 	TQString msg;
 	msg.sprintf( "Parse error at line %d, column %d (%s).",
 		     exception.lineNumber(), exception.columnNumber(),
-		     exception.message().utf8() );
+		     exception.message().utf8().data() );
 	if ( tqApp == 0 )
-	    tqWarning( "XML error: %s", msg.utf8() );
+	    tqWarning( "XML error: %s", msg.local8Bit().data() );
 	else
 	    TQMessageBox::information( tqApp->mainWidget(),
 				      TQObject::tr("TQt Linguist"), msg );
diff --git a/pytquic3/embed.cpp b/pytquic3/embed.cpp
index 9bf0071..afb28d0 100644
--- a/pytquic3/embed.cpp
+++ b/pytquic3/embed.cpp
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ void Uic::embed( TQTextStream& out, const char* project, const TQStringList& ima
     for ( it = images.begin(); it != images.end(); ++it ) {
 	TQImage img;
 	if ( !img.load( *it ) ) {
-	    fprintf( stderr, "pytquic: cannot load image file %s\n", (*it).utf8() );
+	    fprintf( stderr, "pytquic: cannot load image file %s\n", (*it).local8Bit().data() );
 	    continue;
 	}
 	EmbedImage *e = new EmbedImage;
diff --git a/pytquic3/main.cpp b/pytquic3/main.cpp
index 0158545..24fbbf3 100644
--- a/pytquic3/main.cpp
+++ b/pytquic3/main.cpp
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ int main( int argc, char * argv[] )
     TQDomElement e = doc.firstChild().toElement();
     if ( e.hasAttribute("version") && e.attribute("version").toDouble() > 3.3 ) {
 	tqWarning( TQString("pytquic: File generated with too recent version of TQt Designer (%s vs. %s)"),
-		  e.attribute("version").utf8(), TQT_VERSION_STR );
+		  e.attribute("version").local8Bit().data(), TQT_VERSION_STR );
 	return 1;
     }