diff --git a/common/Dependencies.h b/common/Dependencies.h
index 19576b4fd0..350486ea26 100644
--- a/common/Dependencies.h
+++ b/common/Dependencies.h
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 		pxAssert(EnumIsValid(id)); \
 	} \
 \
-	extern const wxChar* EnumToString(enumName id)
+	extern const char* EnumToString(enumName id)
 
 class pxEnumEnd_t
 {
diff --git a/common/emitter/simd.cpp b/common/emitter/simd.cpp
index 197ca352b5..f05e66ac12 100644
--- a/common/emitter/simd.cpp
+++ b/common/emitter/simd.cpp
@@ -21,23 +21,21 @@
 // AND'ing this mask against an MXCSR prior to LDMXCSR.
 SSE_MXCSR MXCSR_Mask;
 
-const wxChar* EnumToString(SSE_RoundMode sse)
+const char* EnumToString(SSE_RoundMode sse)
 {
 	switch (sse)
 	{
 		case SSEround_Nearest:
-			return L"Nearest";
+			return "Nearest";
 		case SSEround_NegInf:
-			return L"NegativeInfinity";
+			return "NegativeInfinity";
 		case SSEround_PosInf:
-			return L"PositiveInfinity";
+			return "PositiveInfinity";
 		case SSEround_Chop:
-			return L"Chop";
+			return "Chop";
 		default:
-			return L"Invalid";
+			return "Invalid";
 	}
-
-	return L"Invalid";
 }
 
 SSE_RoundMode SSE_MXCSR::GetRoundMode() const
diff --git a/pcsx2/GameDatabase.cpp b/pcsx2/GameDatabase.cpp
index b3a2814d72..c24927579e 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GameDatabase.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/GameDatabase.cpp
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ GameDatabaseSchema::GameEntry YamlGameDatabaseImpl::entryFromYaml(const std::str
 			bool fixValidated = false;
 			for (GamefixId id = GamefixId_FIRST; id < pxEnumEnd; id++)
 			{
-				std::string validFix = fmt::format("{}Hack", wxString(EnumToString(id)).ToUTF8());
+				std::string validFix = fmt::format("{}Hack", EnumToString(id));
 				if (validFix == fix)
 				{
 					fixValidated = true;
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ GameDatabaseSchema::GameEntry YamlGameDatabaseImpl::entryFromYaml(const std::str
 				bool speedHackValidated = false;
 				for (SpeedhackId id = SpeedhackId_FIRST; id < pxEnumEnd; id++)
 				{
-					std::string validSpeedHack = fmt::format("{}SpeedHack", wxString(EnumToString(id)).ToUTF8());
+					std::string validSpeedHack = fmt::format("{}SpeedHack", EnumToString(id));
 					if (validSpeedHack == speedHack)
 					{
 						speedHackValidated = true;
diff --git a/pcsx2/Pcsx2Config.cpp b/pcsx2/Pcsx2Config.cpp
index eae5e29ea5..b1a3224df9 100644
--- a/pcsx2/Pcsx2Config.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/Pcsx2Config.cpp
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ void TraceLogFilters::LoadSave(SettingsWrapper& wrap)
 	SettingsWrapEntry(IOP.bitset);
 }
 
-const wxChar* const tbl_SpeedhackNames[] =
+const char* const tbl_SpeedhackNames[] =
 	{
-		L"mvuFlag",
-		L"InstantVU1"};
+		"mvuFlag",
+		"InstantVU1"};
 
-const __fi wxChar* EnumToString(SpeedhackId id)
+const char* EnumToString(SpeedhackId id)
 {
 	return tbl_SpeedhackNames[id];
 }
@@ -306,25 +306,25 @@ int Pcsx2Config::GSOptions::GetVsync() const
 	}
 }
 
-const wxChar* const tbl_GamefixNames[] =
+const char* const tbl_GamefixNames[] =
 	{
-		L"FpuMul",
-		L"FpuNegDiv",
-		L"GoemonTlb",
-		L"SkipMPEG",
-		L"OPHFlag",
-		L"EETiming",
-		L"DMABusy",
-		L"GIFFIFO",
-		L"VIFFIFO",
-		L"VIF1Stall",
-		L"VuAddSub",
-		L"Ibit",
-		L"VUKickstart",
-		L"VUOverflow",
-		L"XGKick"};
+		"FpuMul",
+		"FpuNegDiv",
+		"GoemonTlb",
+		"SkipMPEG",
+		"OPHFlag",
+		"EETiming",
+		"DMABusy",
+		"GIFFIFO",
+		"VIFFIFO",
+		"VIF1Stall",
+		"VuAddSub",
+		"Ibit",
+		"VUKickstart",
+		"VUOverflow",
+		"XGKick"};
 
-const __fi wxChar* EnumToString(GamefixId id)
+const char* EnumToString(GamefixId id)
 {
 	return tbl_GamefixNames[id];
 }
diff --git a/pcsx2/gui/AppCoreThread.cpp b/pcsx2/gui/AppCoreThread.cpp
index 1512ba5381..3f0df893fc 100644
--- a/pcsx2/gui/AppCoreThread.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/gui/AppCoreThread.cpp
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ static int loadGameSettings(Pcsx2Config& dest, const GameDatabaseSchema::GameEnt
 		SSE_RoundMode eeRM = (SSE_RoundMode)enum_cast(game.eeRoundMode);
 		if (EnumIsValid(eeRM))
 		{
-			PatchesCon->WriteLn(L"(GameDB) Changing EE/FPU roundmode to %d [%s]", eeRM, EnumToString(eeRM));
+			PatchesCon->WriteLn("(GameDB) Changing EE/FPU roundmode to %d [%s]", eeRM, EnumToString(eeRM));
 			dest.Cpu.sseMXCSR.SetRoundMode(eeRM);
 			gf++;
 		}
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static int loadGameSettings(Pcsx2Config& dest, const GameDatabaseSchema::GameEnt
 		SSE_RoundMode vuRM = (SSE_RoundMode)enum_cast(game.vuRoundMode);
 		if (EnumIsValid(vuRM))
 		{
-			PatchesCon->WriteLn(L"(GameDB) Changing VU0/VU1 roundmode to %d [%s]", vuRM, EnumToString(vuRM));
+			PatchesCon->WriteLn("(GameDB) Changing VU0/VU1 roundmode to %d [%s]", vuRM, EnumToString(vuRM));
 			dest.Cpu.sseVUMXCSR.SetRoundMode(vuRM);
 			gf++;
 		}
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ static int loadGameSettings(Pcsx2Config& dest, const GameDatabaseSchema::GameEnt
 	if (game.eeClampMode != GameDatabaseSchema::ClampMode::Undefined)
 	{
 		int clampMode = enum_cast(game.eeClampMode);
-		PatchesCon->WriteLn(L"(GameDB) Changing EE/FPU clamp mode [mode=%d]", clampMode);
+		PatchesCon->WriteLn("(GameDB) Changing EE/FPU clamp mode [mode=%d]", clampMode);
 		dest.Cpu.Recompiler.fpuOverflow = (clampMode >= 1);
 		dest.Cpu.Recompiler.fpuExtraOverflow = (clampMode >= 2);
 		dest.Cpu.Recompiler.fpuFullMode = (clampMode >= 3);
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ static int loadGameSettings(Pcsx2Config& dest, const GameDatabaseSchema::GameEnt
 	// TODO - config - this could be simplified with maps instead of bitfields and enums
 	for (SpeedhackId id = SpeedhackId_FIRST; id < pxEnumEnd; id++)
 	{
-		std::string key = fmt::format("{}SpeedHack", wxString(EnumToString(id)).ToUTF8());
+		std::string key = fmt::format("{}SpeedHack", EnumToString(id));
 
 		// Gamefixes are already guaranteed to be valid, any invalid ones are dropped
 		if (game.speedHacks.count(key) == 1)
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ static int loadGameSettings(Pcsx2Config& dest, const GameDatabaseSchema::GameEnt
 	// TODO - config - this could be simplified with maps instead of bitfields and enums
 	for (GamefixId id = GamefixId_FIRST; id < pxEnumEnd; id++)
 	{
-		std::string key = fmt::format("{}Hack", wxString(EnumToString(id)).ToUTF8());
+		std::string key = fmt::format("{}Hack", EnumToString(id));
 
 		// Gamefixes are already guaranteed to be valid, any invalid ones are dropped
 		if (std::find(game.gameFixes.begin(), game.gameFixes.end(), key) != game.gameFixes.end())