--- sh.func.c
+++ sh.func.c	2007-07-13 12:36:10.233075909 +0200
@@ -2416,9 +2416,7 @@ nlsinit(void)
     if (catalog != default_catalog)
 	xfree(catalog);
 #if defined(HAVE_ICONV) && defined(HAVE_NL_LANGINFO)
-    /* xcatgets (), not CGETS, the charset name should be in ASCII anyway. */
-    catgets_iconv = iconv_open (nl_langinfo (CODESET),
-				xcatgets(catd, 255, 1, "ASCII"));
+    catgets_iconv = iconv_open (nl_langinfo (CODESET), "UTF-8");
 #endif /* HAVE_ICONV && HAVE_NL_LANGINFO */
 #endif /* NLS_CATALOGS */
 #ifdef WINNT_NATIVE