diff --git a/desmume/src/frontend/windows/hotkey.cpp b/desmume/src/frontend/windows/hotkey.cpp
index 2043f1b29..5ad32691a 100644
--- a/desmume/src/frontend/windows/hotkey.cpp
+++ b/desmume/src/frontend/windows/hotkey.cpp
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ void HK_QuickScreenShot(int param, bool justPressed)
 			break;
 	}
 
-	DoScreenshot(mbstowcs_locale(fname).c_str());
+	DoScreenshot(mbstowcs(fname).c_str());
 }
 
 void HK_PrintScreen(int param, bool justPressed)
diff --git a/desmume/src/path.cpp b/desmume/src/path.cpp
index 6b2b4d852..0757687ee 100644
--- a/desmume/src/path.cpp
+++ b/desmume/src/path.cpp
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ void createDirectoryRecursively(std::wstring path)
 
 void FCEUD_MakePathDirs(const char *fname)
 {
-	createDirectoryRecursively(mbstowcs_locale(fname));
+	createDirectoryRecursively(mbstowcs(fname));
 }
 #endif
 //------------------------------