diff -Naur newsbeuter-2.9.orig/src/stflpp.cpp newsbeuter-2.9/src/stflpp.cpp
--- newsbeuter-2.9.orig/src/stflpp.cpp	2015-02-19 11:56:59.000000000 +0100
+++ newsbeuter-2.9/src/stflpp.cpp	2016-06-02 23:38:15.880195527 +0200
@@ -16,7 +20,7 @@
  */
 
 stfl::form::form(const std::string& text) : f(0) {
-	ipool = stfl_ipool_create((std::string(nl_langinfo(CODESET)) + "//TRANSLIT").c_str());
+	ipool = stfl_ipool_create(std::string(nl_langinfo(CODESET)).c_str());
 	if (!ipool) {
 		throw exception(errno);
 	}
@@ -82,7 +86,7 @@
 
 std::string stfl::quote(const std::string& text) {
 	std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(quote_mtx);
-	stfl_ipool * ipool = stfl_ipool_create((std::string(nl_langinfo(CODESET)) + "//TRANSLIT").c_str());
+	stfl_ipool * ipool = stfl_ipool_create(std::string(nl_langinfo(CODESET)).c_str());
 	std::string retval = stfl_ipool_fromwc(ipool,stfl_quote(stfl_ipool_towc(ipool,text.c_str())));
 	stfl_ipool_destroy(ipool);
 	return retval;
diff -Naur newsbeuter-2.9.orig/src/utils.cpp newsbeuter-2.9/src/utils.cpp
--- newsbeuter-2.9.orig/src/utils.cpp	2015-02-19 11:56:59.000000000 +0100
+++ newsbeuter-2.9/src/utils.cpp	2016-06-02 23:38:38.648892251 +0200
@@ -262,7 +272,7 @@
 	if (strcasecmp(tocode.c_str(), fromcode.c_str())==0)
 		return text;
 
-	iconv_t cd = ::iconv_open((tocode + "//TRANSLIT").c_str(), fromcode.c_str());
+	iconv_t cd = ::iconv_open(tocode.c_str(), fromcode.c_str());
 
 	if (cd == reinterpret_cast<iconv_t>(-1))
 		return result;
@@ -498,7 +508,6 @@
 
 std::string utils::wstr2str(const std::wstring& wstr) {
 	std::string codeset = nl_langinfo(CODESET);
-	codeset.append("//TRANSLIT");
 	struct stfl_ipool * ipool = stfl_ipool_create(codeset.c_str());
 	std::string result = stfl_ipool_fromwc(ipool, wstr.c_str());
 	stfl_ipool_destroy(ipool);