diff --git a/src_main/core/piinit.cpp b/src_main/core/piinit.cpp
index 5f2b223e..f67e8d5b 100644
--- a/src_main/core/piinit.cpp
+++ b/src_main/core/piinit.cpp
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ PRIVATE_DEFINITION_START(PIInit)
 #ifdef WINDOWS
 	HMODULE ntlib;
 	ULONG prev_res;
-	bool delete_locs;
 #endif
+	bool delete_locs;
 PRIVATE_DEFINITION_END(PIInit)
 
 #ifndef FREERTOS
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ PIInit::PIInit() {
 #endif
 	PRIVATE->delete_locs = false;
 	__syslocname__ = __sysoemname__ = 0;
-	__utf8name__ = "UTF-8";
+	__utf8name__ = const_cast<char*>("UTF-8");
 #ifdef PIP_ICU
 	//__syslocname__ = new char[256];
 	//memset(__syslocname__, 0, 256);