diff --git a/tderesources/carddav/resource.cpp b/tderesources/carddav/resource.cpp
index 2161e4af..3da63e4b 100644
--- a/tderesources/carddav/resource.cpp
+++ b/tderesources/carddav/resource.cpp
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ bool ResourceCardDav::checkData(const TQString& data) {
     TDEABC::VCardConverter converter;
     bool ret = true;
     TDEABC::VCardConverter conv;
-    Addressee::List addressees = conv.parseVCards( data.utf8() );
+    Addressee::List addressees = conv.parseVCards( data );
     if (addressees.isEmpty() == true) {
         ret = false;
     }
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ bool ResourceCardDav::parseData(const TQString& data) {
     log("actually parsing the data");
 
     TDEABC::VCardConverter conv;
-    Addressee::List addressees = conv.parseVCards( data.utf8() );
+    Addressee::List addressees = conv.parseVCards( data );
     Addressee::List::ConstIterator it;
     for( it = addressees.begin(); it != addressees.end(); ++it ) {
       TDEABC::Addressee addr = *it;