diff --git a/src/common/dcc.c b/src/common/dcc.c
index 1b775897..4e0f5ee9 100644
--- a/src/common/dcc.c
+++ b/src/common/dcc.c
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
 #include "url.h"
 #include "xchatc.h"
 
+#include <glib/gstdio.h>
+
 #ifdef USE_DCC64
 #define BIG_STR_TO_INT(x) strtoull(x,NULL,10)
 #ifdef WIN32
@@ -388,8 +390,7 @@ dcc_close (struct DCC *dcc, int dccstat, int destroy)
 			/* completed file to the completed directory */
 			if(dcc->type == TYPE_RECV)
 			{			
-				/* mgl: change this to use destfile_fs for correctness and to */
-				/* handle the case where hex_dcc_save_nick is set */
+				/* mgl: change this to handle the case where dccwithnick is set */
 				move_file_utf8 (prefs.hex_dcc_dir, prefs.hex_dcc_completed_dir, 
 									 file_part (dcc->destfile), prefs.hex_dcc_permissions);
 			}
@@ -414,8 +415,6 @@ dcc_close (struct DCC *dcc, int dccstat, int destroy)
 			free (dcc->file);
 		if (dcc->destfile)
 			g_free (dcc->destfile);
-		if (dcc->destfile_fs)
-			g_free (dcc->destfile_fs);
 		free (dcc->nick);
 		free (dcc);
 		return;
@@ -691,33 +690,30 @@ dcc_read (GIOChannel *source, GIOCondition condition, struct DCC *dcc)
 
 		if (dcc->resumable)
 		{
-			dcc->fp = open (dcc->destfile_fs, O_WRONLY | O_APPEND | OFLAGS);
+			dcc->fp = g_open (dcc->destfile, O_WRONLY | O_APPEND | OFLAGS, 0);
 			dcc->pos = dcc->resumable;
 			dcc->ack = dcc->resumable;
 		} else
 		{
-			if (access (dcc->destfile_fs, F_OK) == 0)
+			if (g_access (dcc->destfile, F_OK) == 0)
 			{
 				n = 0;
 				do
 				{
 					n++;
-					snprintf (buf, sizeof (buf), "%s.%d", dcc->destfile_fs, n);
+					snprintf (buf, sizeof (buf), "%s.%d", dcc->destfile, n);
 				}
 				while (access (buf, F_OK) == 0);
 
-				g_free (dcc->destfile_fs);
-				dcc->destfile_fs = g_strdup (buf);
-
 				old = dcc->destfile;
-				dcc->destfile = xchat_filename_to_utf8 (buf, -1, 0, 0, 0);
+				dcc->destfile = g_strdup (buf);
 
 				EMIT_SIGNAL (XP_TE_DCCRENAME, dcc->serv->front_session,
 								 old, dcc->destfile, NULL, NULL, 0);
 				g_free (old);
 			}
 			dcc->fp =
-				open (dcc->destfile_fs, OFLAGS | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY | O_CREAT,
+				g_open (dcc->destfile, OFLAGS | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY | O_CREAT,
 						prefs.hex_dcc_permissions);
 		}
 	}
@@ -1835,7 +1831,7 @@ dcc_send (struct session *sess, char *to, char *file, int maxcps, int passive)
 		dcc->dccstat = STAT_QUEUED;
 		dcc->size = st.st_size;
 		dcc->type = TYPE_SEND;
-		dcc->fp = open (file_fs, OFLAGS | O_RDONLY);
+		dcc->fp = g_open (file_fs, OFLAGS | O_RDONLY, 0);
 		if (dcc->fp != -1)
 		{
 			g_free (file_fs);
@@ -1983,7 +1979,7 @@ static int
 is_same_file (struct DCC *dcc, struct DCC *new_dcc)
 {
 #ifndef WIN32
-	struct stat st_a, st_b;
+	GStatBuf st_a, st_b;
 #endif
 
 	/* if it's the same filename, must be same */
@@ -1995,9 +1991,9 @@ is_same_file (struct DCC *dcc, struct DCC *new_dcc)
 	/* warning no win32 implementation - behaviour may be unreliable */
 #else
 	/* this fstat() shouldn't really fail */
-	if ((dcc->fp == -1 ? stat (dcc->destfile_fs, &st_a) : fstat (dcc->fp, &st_a)) == -1)
+	if ((dcc->fp == -1 ? g_stat (dcc->destfile, &st_a) : fstat (dcc->fp, &st_a)) == -1)
 		return FALSE;
-	if (stat (new_dcc->destfile_fs, &st_b) == -1)
+	if (g_stat (new_dcc->destfile, &st_b) == -1)
 		return FALSE;
 
 	/* same inode, same device, same file! */
@@ -2015,11 +2011,11 @@ is_resumable (struct DCC *dcc)
 	dcc->resumable = 0;
 
 	/* Check the file size */
-	if (access (dcc->destfile_fs, W_OK) == 0)
+	if (g_access (dcc->destfile, W_OK) == 0)
 	{
-		struct stat st;
+		GStatBuf st;
 
-		if (stat (dcc->destfile_fs, &st) != -1)
+		if (g_stat (dcc->destfile, &st) != -1)
 		{
 			if (st.st_size < dcc->size)
 			{
@@ -2102,10 +2098,6 @@ dcc_get_with_destfile (struct DCC *dcc, char *file)
 	g_free (dcc->destfile);
 	dcc->destfile = g_strdup (file);	/* utf-8 */
 
-	/* get the local filesystem encoding */
-	g_free (dcc->destfile_fs);
-	dcc->destfile_fs = xchat_filename_from_utf8 (dcc->destfile, -1, 0, 0, 0);
-
 	/* since destfile changed, must check resumability again */
 	is_resumable (dcc);
 
@@ -2337,8 +2329,8 @@ dcc_add_file (session *sess, char *file, DCC_SIZE size, int port, char *nick, gu
 										  strlen (file) + 4);
 
 		strcpy (dcc->destfile, prefs.hex_dcc_dir);
-		if (prefs.hex_dcc_dir[strlen (prefs.hex_dcc_dir) - 1] != '/')
-			strcat (dcc->destfile, "/");
+		if (prefs.hex_dcc_dir[strlen (prefs.hex_dcc_dir) - 1] != G_DIR_SEPARATOR)
+			strcat (dcc->destfile, G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S);
 		if (prefs.hex_dcc_save_nick)
 		{
 #ifdef WIN32
@@ -2357,9 +2349,6 @@ dcc_add_file (session *sess, char *file, DCC_SIZE size, int port, char *nick, gu
 		}
 		strcat (dcc->destfile, file);
 
-		/* get the local filesystem encoding */
-		dcc->destfile_fs = xchat_filename_from_utf8 (dcc->destfile, -1, 0, 0, 0);
-
 		dcc->resumable = 0;
 		dcc->pos = 0;
 		dcc->serv = sess->server;
diff --git a/src/common/dcc.h b/src/common/dcc.h
index da4ce979..656c8fdc 100644
--- a/src/common/dcc.h
+++ b/src/common/dcc.h
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ struct DCC
 	time_t lasttime;
 	char *file;					/* utf8 */
 	char *destfile;			/* utf8 */
-	char *destfile_fs;		/* local filesystem encoding */
 	char *nick;
 	unsigned char type;		  /* 0 = SEND  1 = RECV  2 = CHAT */
 	unsigned char dccstat;	  /* 0 = QUEUED  1 = ACTIVE  2 = FAILED  3 = DONE */
diff --git a/src/common/util.c b/src/common/util.c
index 54ad4f78..15184250 100644
--- a/src/common/util.c
+++ b/src/common/util.c
@@ -254,10 +254,7 @@ file_part (char *file)
 		{
 		case 0:
 			return (filepart);
-		case '/':
-#ifdef WIN32
-		case '\\':
-#endif
+		case G_DIR_SEPARATOR:
 			filepart = file + 1;
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/src/common/xchat.h b/src/common/xchat.h
index a19716f6..2980fc1c 100644
--- a/src/common/xchat.h
+++ b/src/common/xchat.h
@@ -589,12 +589,7 @@ struct popup
 /* CL: get a random int in the range [0..n-1]. DON'T use rand() % n, it gives terrible results. */
 #define RAND_INT(n) ((int)(rand() / (RAND_MAX + 1.0) * (n)))
 
-#ifdef WIN32
-#define xchat_filename_from_utf8 g_locale_from_utf8
-#define xchat_filename_to_utf8 g_locale_to_utf8
-#else
 #define xchat_filename_from_utf8 g_filename_from_utf8
 #define xchat_filename_to_utf8 g_filename_to_utf8
-#endif
 
 #endif