diff --git a/src/info.cpp b/src/info.cpp
index 6f355cc2..42ffd371 100644
--- a/src/info.cpp
+++ b/src/info.cpp
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ void Info::GetArtist()
 					first = 0;
 				}
 				input.close();
-				w->SetFormatting(fmtBold, "\n\nSimilar artists:\n", fmtBoldEnd, 0);
-				w->SetFormatting(Config.color2, "\n * ", clEnd);
+				w->SetFormatting(fmtBold, U("\n\nSimilar artists:\n"), fmtBoldEnd, 0);
+				w->SetFormatting(Config.color2, U("\n * "), clEnd);
 				// below is used so format won't be removed using RemoveFormatting() by accident.
 				w->ForgetFormatting();
 				w->Flush();
diff --git a/src/ncmpcpp.cpp b/src/ncmpcpp.cpp
index d40367f1..959e43ae 100644
--- a/src/ncmpcpp.cpp
+++ b/src/ncmpcpp.cpp
@@ -1724,7 +1724,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 				ShowMessage("Searching...");
 				Screen<Scrollpad> *s = static_cast<Screen<Scrollpad> *>(myScreen);
 				s->Main()->RemoveFormatting();
-				ShowMessage("%s", s->Main()->SetFormatting(fmtReverse, findme, fmtReverseEnd) || findme.empty() ? "Done!" : "No matching patterns found");
+				ShowMessage("%s", s->Main()->SetFormatting(fmtReverse, TO_WSTRING(findme), fmtReverseEnd) || findme.empty() ? "Done!" : "No matching patterns found");
 				s->Main()->Flush();
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/scrollpad.h b/src/scrollpad.h
index bb6cbd33..b8bd56c1 100644
--- a/src/scrollpad.h
+++ b/src/scrollpad.h
@@ -115,9 +115,7 @@ namespace NCurses
 				itsBuffer << obj;
 				return *this;
 			}
-			
 #			ifdef _UTF8
-			bool SetFormatting(short vb, const std::string &s, short ve, bool for_each = 1) { return SetFormatting(vb, ToWString(s), ve, for_each); }
 			Scrollpad &operator<<(const std::string &s);
 #			endif // _UTF8