diff --git a/src/dict/dsl_details.cc b/src/dict/dsl_details.cc
index 96a43e478..a61901d0b 100644
--- a/src/dict/dsl_details.cc
+++ b/src/dict/dsl_details.cc
@@ -894,9 +894,7 @@ DslScanner::DslScanner( string const & fileName ):
     }
   }
 
-  codec = QTextCodec::codecForName( getEncodingNameFor( encoding ) );
-
-  qDebug() << "DSL encoding ->" << codec->name();
+  qDebug() << "DSL encoding ->" << encoding;
 
   if ( gzrewind( f ) ) {
     gzclose( f );
@@ -1039,7 +1037,7 @@ bool DslScanner::readNextLine( std::u32string & out, size_t & offset, bool only_
     if ( pos == -1 ) {
       return false;
     }
-    QString line = codec->toUnicode( readBufferPtr, pos );
+    QString line = Iconv::toQString( getEncodingNameFor( encoding ), readBufferPtr, pos );
     line         = Utils::rstrip( line );
 
     if ( pos > readBufferLeft ) {
diff --git a/src/dict/dsl_details.hh b/src/dict/dsl_details.hh
index 61a5b6217..e10267cd2 100644
--- a/src/dict/dsl_details.hh
+++ b/src/dict/dsl_details.hh
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include <zlib.h>
 #include "dictionary.hh"
 #include "iconv.hh"
-#include <QtCore5Compat/QTextCodec>
 #include <QByteArray>
 #include "text.hh"
 
@@ -102,7 +101,6 @@ class DslScanner
 {
   gzFile f;
   Encoding encoding;
-  QTextCodec * codec;
   std::u32string dictionaryName;
   std::u32string langFrom, langTo;
   std::u32string soundDictionary;