diff --git a/src/corelib/codecs/qtextcodec.cpp b/src/corelib/codecs/qtextcodec.cpp
index 0edb30c060..b3eaa6227a 100644
--- a/src/corelib/codecs/qtextcodec.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/codecs/qtextcodec.cpp
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ bool qTextCodecNameMatch(const char *n, const char *h)
 }
 
 
-#if !defined(Q_OS_WIN32) && !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+#if !defined(Q_OS_WIN32) && !defined(Q_OS_WINCE) && !defined(QT_LOCALE_IS_UTF8)
 static QTextCodec *checkForCodec(const QByteArray &name) {
     QTextCodec *c = QTextCodec::codecForName(name);
     if (!c) {