diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/MemcardManager.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/MemcardManager.cpp
index 61058cdf06..7a2a31416d 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/MemcardManager.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/MemcardManager.cpp
@@ -655,7 +655,6 @@ bool CMemcardManager::ReloadMemcard(const char *fileName, int card)
 	if (memoryCard[card]->fail) return false;
 
 	int j;
-	bool ascii = memoryCard[card]->IsAsciiEncoding();
 
 	wxString wxTitle,
 			 wxComment,
@@ -758,16 +757,10 @@ bool CMemcardManager::ReloadMemcard(const char *fileName, int card)
 		if (!memoryCard[card]->DEntry_Comment1(j, title)) title[0]=0;
 		if (!memoryCard[card]->DEntry_Comment2(j, comment)) comment[0]=0;
 
-		if (ascii)
-		{
-			wxTitle = wxString::FromAscii(title);
-			wxComment = wxString::FromAscii(comment);
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			WxUtils::CopySJISToString(wxTitle, title);
-			WxUtils::CopySJISToString(wxComment, comment);	
-		}
+		wxCSConv SJISConv(wxT("SHIFT_JIS"));
+		wxTitle = wxString(title, SJISConv);
+		wxComment = wxString(comment, SJISConv);
+
 		m_MemcardList[card]->SetItem(index, COLUMN_TITLE, wxTitle);
 		m_MemcardList[card]->SetItem(index, COLUMN_COMMENT, wxComment);
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/WxUtils.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/WxUtils.cpp
index 058ba5d049..04e0d1453b 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/WxUtils.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/WxUtils.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ namespace WxUtils {
 // Launch a file according to its mime type
 void Launch(const char *filename)
 {
-	if (! ::wxLaunchDefaultBrowser(wxString::FromAscii(filename))) {
+	if (! ::wxLaunchDefaultBrowser(wxString(filename, *wxConvCurrent)))
+	{
 		// WARN_LOG
 	}
 }
@@ -33,70 +34,17 @@ void Launch(const char *filename)
 // Launch an file explorer window on a certain path
 void Explore(const char *path)
 {
-	wxString wxPath = wxString::FromAscii(path);
-	
+	wxString wxPath = wxString(path, *wxConvCurrent);
 	// Default to file
-	if (! wxPath.Contains(wxT("://"))) {
+	if (! wxPath.Contains(wxT("://")))
+	{
 		wxPath = wxT("file://") + wxPath;
 	}
 
-	if (! ::wxLaunchDefaultBrowser(wxPath)) {
+	if (! ::wxLaunchDefaultBrowser(wxPath))
+	{
 		// WARN_LOG
 	}
 }
 
-bool CopySJISToString(wxString& _rDestination, const char* _src)
-{
-	bool returnCode = false;
-#ifdef WIN32
-	// HyperIris: because dolphin using "Use Multi-Byte Character Set",
-	// we must convert the SJIS chars to unicode then to our windows local by hand
-	u32 unicodeNameSize = MultiByteToWideChar(932, MB_PRECOMPOSED, 
-		_src, (int)strlen(_src),	NULL, NULL);
-	if (unicodeNameSize > 0)
-	{
-		u16* pUnicodeStrBuffer = new u16[unicodeNameSize + 1];
-		if (pUnicodeStrBuffer)
-		{
-			memset(pUnicodeStrBuffer, 0, (unicodeNameSize + 1) * sizeof(u16));
-			if (MultiByteToWideChar(932, MB_PRECOMPOSED, 
-				_src, (int)strlen(_src),
-				(LPWSTR)pUnicodeStrBuffer, unicodeNameSize))
-			{
-
-#ifdef _UNICODE
-				_rDestination = (LPWSTR)pUnicodeStrBuffer;
-				returnCode = true;
-#else
-				u32 ansiNameSize = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, 0, 
-					(LPCWSTR)pUnicodeStrBuffer, unicodeNameSize,
-					NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-				if (ansiNameSize > 0)
-				{
-					char* pAnsiStrBuffer = new char[ansiNameSize + 1];
-					if (pAnsiStrBuffer)
-					{
-						memset(pAnsiStrBuffer, 0, (ansiNameSize + 1) * sizeof(char));
-						if (WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, 0, 
-							(LPCWSTR)pUnicodeStrBuffer, unicodeNameSize,
-							pAnsiStrBuffer, ansiNameSize, NULL, NULL))
-						{
-							_rDestination = pAnsiStrBuffer;
-							returnCode = true;
-						}
-						delete pAnsiStrBuffer;
-					}
-				}
-#endif
-			}
-			delete pUnicodeStrBuffer;
-		}
-	}
-#else
-	_rDestination = wxString(_src,wxConvUTF8);
-	returnCode = true;
-#endif
-	return returnCode;
-}
-
 }  // namespace
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/WxUtils.h b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/WxUtils.h
index f665df81d5..8e837e9e96 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/WxUtils.h
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/WxUtils.h
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ void Launch(const char *filename);
 // Launch an file explorer window on a certain path
 void Explore(const char *path);
 
-bool CopySJISToString(wxString& _rDestination, const char* _src);
 }  // namespace
 
 #endif // WXUTILS