diff --git a/src/ide/Xcode/Config.xcconfig b/src/ide/Xcode/Config.xcconfig
index 6f535c8b6..9e9e72cb8 100644
--- a/src/ide/Xcode/Config.xcconfig
+++ b/src/ide/Xcode/Config.xcconfig
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS = /usr/local/include /usr/include /Library/Frameworks/IrrFra
 
 OTHER_CFLAGS = -Wall -DHAVE_OGGVORBIS=1  -DHAS_SOCKLEN_T -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAS_POLL=1 -DHAS_FCNTL=1 -DHAS_INET_PTON=1 -DHAS_INET_NTOP=1 -DHAS_MSGHDR_FLAGS=1 -DENABLE_NLS=1 -DHAVE_GETTEXT=1 -DHAVE_GLUT=1 -DHAVE_IRRLICHT=1 -DPACKAGE="\"supertuxkart\"" -D__MACOSX__=1 -DHAVE_RTT=0 -DENABLE_BIDI=1 -fvisibility=hidden -DVERSION=\"svn\"
 
-OTHER_LDFLAGS = -liconv
+OTHER_LDFLAGS =
 LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS = /usr/local/lib /usr/lib
diff --git a/src/tinygettext/iconv.cpp b/src/tinygettext/iconv.cpp
index 3aea33efc..5129c13ba 100644
--- a/src/tinygettext/iconv.cpp
+++ b/src/tinygettext/iconv.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 //  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 //  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 
+/*
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <sstream>
@@ -144,5 +145,6 @@ IConv::convert(const std::string& text)
 }
 
 } // namespace tinygettext
+*/
 
 /* EOF */
diff --git a/src/tinygettext/iconv.hpp b/src/tinygettext/iconv.hpp
index 1ae1750b9..4a3ec3192 100644
--- a/src/tinygettext/iconv.hpp
+++ b/src/tinygettext/iconv.hpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 //  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 //  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+/*
 #ifndef HEADER_TINYGETTEXT_ICONV_HPP
 #define HEADER_TINYGETTEXT_ICONV_HPP
 
@@ -67,5 +68,5 @@ private:
 } // namespace tinygettext
 
 #endif
-
+*/
 /* EOF */
diff --git a/src/tinygettext/po_parser.cpp b/src/tinygettext/po_parser.cpp
index 5ceb3fd26..e6d3fd627 100644
--- a/src/tinygettext/po_parser.cpp
+++ b/src/tinygettext/po_parser.cpp
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ POParser::POParser(const std::string& filename_, std::istream& in_, Dictionary&
   eof(false), 
   big5(false),
   line_number(0), 
-  current_line(), 
-  conv()
+  current_line()//, 
+  //conv()
 {
 }
 
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ POParser::parse_header(const std::string& header)
     big5 = true;
   }
 
-  conv.set_charsets(from_charset, dict.get_charset());
+  //conv.set_charsets(from_charset, dict.get_charset());
 }
 
 bool
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ POParser::parse()
             if (number >= msgstr_num.size())
               msgstr_num.resize(number+1);
 
-            msgstr_num[number] = conv.convert(msgstr);
+            msgstr_num[number] = msgstr; //conv.convert(msgstr);
             goto next;
           }
           else 
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ POParser::parse()
 	      std::cout << "msgid \"" << msgid << "\"" << std::endl;
 	      std::cout << "msgid_plural \"" << msgid_plural << "\"" << std::endl;
 	      for(std::vector<std::string>::size_type i = 0; i < msgstr_num.size(); ++i)
-		std::cout << "msgstr[" << i << "] \"" << conv.convert(msgstr_num[i]) << "\"" << std::endl;
+		std::cout << "msgstr[" << i << "] \"" << msgstr_num[i] /*conv.convert(msgstr_num[i])*/ << "\"" << std::endl;
 	      std::cout << std::endl;
 	    }
 	  }
@@ -460,16 +460,16 @@ POParser::parse()
             if (use_fuzzy || !fuzzy)
             {
               if (has_msgctxt)
-                dict.add_translation(msgctxt, msgid, conv.convert(msgstr));
+                dict.add_translation(msgctxt, msgid, msgstr /*conv.convert(msgstr)*/);
               else
-                dict.add_translation(msgid, conv.convert(msgstr));
+                dict.add_translation(msgid, msgstr /*conv.convert(msgstr)*/);
             }
 
             if (0)
             {
               std::cout << (fuzzy?"fuzzy":"not-fuzzy") << std::endl;
               std::cout << "msgid \"" << msgid << "\"" << std::endl;
-              std::cout << "msgstr \"" << conv.convert(msgstr) << "\"" << std::endl;
+              std::cout << "msgstr \"" << msgstr /*conv.convert(msgstr)*/ << "\"" << std::endl;
               std::cout << std::endl;
             }
           }
diff --git a/src/tinygettext/po_parser.hpp b/src/tinygettext/po_parser.hpp
index 329af5913..8fa749109 100644
--- a/src/tinygettext/po_parser.hpp
+++ b/src/tinygettext/po_parser.hpp
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@
 #define HEADER_TINYGETTEXT_PO_PARSER_HPP
 
 #include <iosfwd>
+#include <string>
 
-#include "iconv.hpp"
+//#include "iconv.hpp"
 
 namespace tinygettext {
 
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ private:
   int line_number;
   std::string current_line;
 
-  IConv conv;
+  //IConv conv;
   
   POParser(const std::string& filename, std::istream& in_, Dictionary& dict_, bool use_fuzzy = true);
   ~POParser();