diff --git a/libs/main/text/pistring_std.h b/libs/main/text/pistring_std.h
index cda20450..7941cb9e 100644
--- a/libs/main/text/pistring_std.h
+++ b/libs/main/text/pistring_std.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ inline PIString StdString2PIString(const std::string & v) {
 }
 
 
-#ifdef HAS_LOCALE
+// #ifdef HAS_LOCALE
 inline std::wstring PIString2StdWString(const PIString & v) {
 	std::wstring s;
 	for (int i = 0; i < v.length(); ++i) {
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ inline PIString StdWString2PIString(const std::wstring & v) {
 	}
 	return s;
 }
-#endif
+// #endif
 
 
 //! \relatesalso PIChar \brief Output operator to \c std::ostream