diff --git a/stepmania/src/BitmapText.cpp b/stepmania/src/BitmapText.cpp
index 8eae919d82..1f1ceb6c42 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/BitmapText.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/BitmapText.cpp
@@ -22,93 +22,11 @@
 #include "GameConstantsAndTypes.h"
 #include "Font.h"
 
-char *g_utf8_find_next_char (const char *p,
-                       const char *end)
-{
-  if (*p) {
-      if (end)
-        for (++p; p < end && (*p & 0xc0) == 0x80; ++p)
-          ;
-      else
-        for (++p; (*p & 0xc0) == 0x80; ++p)
-          ;
-  }
-  return (p == end) ? NULL : (char *)p;
-}
-
-#define UTF8_GET                             \
-
-wchar_t
-g_utf8_get_char (const char *p)
-{
-  int i, mask = 0, len;
-  wchar_t result;
-  unsigned char c = (unsigned char) *p;
-
-  if (c < 128) {
-      len = 1;
-      mask = 0x7f;
-  } else if ((c & 0xe0) == 0xc0) {
-      len = 2;
-      mask = 0x1f;
-  } else if ((c & 0xf0) == 0xe0) {
-      len = 3;
-      mask = 0x0f;
-  } else if ((c & 0xf8) == 0xf0) {
-      len = 4;
-      mask = 0x07;
-  } else if ((c & 0xfc) == 0xf8) {
-      len = 5;
-      mask = 0x03;
-  } else if ((c & 0xfe) == 0xfc) {
-      len = 6;
-      mask = 0x01;
-  } else
-    return (wchar_t)-1;
-
-  result = wchar_t(p[0] & mask);
-  for (i = 1; i < len; ++i) {
-      if ((p[i] & 0xc0) != 0x80)
-          return (wchar_t) -1;
-
-	  result <<= 6;
-      result |= p[i] & 0x3f;
-  }
-
-  return result;
-}
-
-wstring CStringToWstring(const CString &str)
-{
-	const char *ptr = str.c_str(), *end = str.c_str()+str.size();
-
-	wstring ret;
-
-	while(ptr)
-	{
-		wchar_t c = g_utf8_get_char (ptr);
-		if(c != wchar_t(-1))
-			ret.push_back(c);
-
-		ptr = g_utf8_find_next_char (ptr, end);
-
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
 #define RAINBOW_COLOR(n)	THEME->GetMetricC("BitmapText",ssprintf("RainbowColor%i", n+1))
 
 const int NUM_RAINBOW_COLORS = 7;
 RageColor RAINBOW_COLORS[NUM_RAINBOW_COLORS];
 
-
 BitmapText::BitmapText()
 {
 	// Loading these theme metrics is slow, so only do it ever 20th time.
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
index a0517f79df..3b48122cf3 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
@@ -854,3 +854,77 @@ bool regex(CString pattern, CString str)
     vector<CString> matches;
     return regex(pattern, str, matches);
 }
+
+/* UTF-8 decoding code from glib. */
+char *utf8_find_next_char (const char *p, const char *end)
+{
+  if (*p) {
+      if (end)
+        for (++p; p < end && (*p & 0xc0) == 0x80; ++p)
+          ;
+      else
+        for (++p; (*p & 0xc0) == 0x80; ++p)
+          ;
+  }
+  return (p == end) ? NULL : (char *)p;
+}
+
+#define UTF8_GET                             \
+
+wchar_t utf8_get_char (const char *p)
+{
+  int i, mask = 0, len;
+  wchar_t result;
+  unsigned char c = (unsigned char) *p;
+
+  if (c < 128) {
+      len = 1;
+      mask = 0x7f;
+  } else if ((c & 0xe0) == 0xc0) {
+      len = 2;
+      mask = 0x1f;
+  } else if ((c & 0xf0) == 0xe0) {
+      len = 3;
+      mask = 0x0f;
+  } else if ((c & 0xf8) == 0xf0) {
+      len = 4;
+      mask = 0x07;
+  } else if ((c & 0xfc) == 0xf8) {
+      len = 5;
+      mask = 0x03;
+  } else if ((c & 0xfe) == 0xfc) {
+      len = 6;
+      mask = 0x01;
+  } else
+    return (wchar_t)-1;
+
+  result = wchar_t(p[0] & mask);
+  for (i = 1; i < len; ++i) {
+      if ((p[i] & 0xc0) != 0x80)
+          return (wchar_t) -1;
+
+	  result <<= 6;
+      result |= p[i] & 0x3f;
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+wstring CStringToWstring(const CString &str)
+{
+	const char *ptr = str.c_str(), *end = str.c_str()+str.size();
+
+	wstring ret;
+
+	while(ptr)
+	{
+		wchar_t c = utf8_get_char (ptr);
+		if(c != wchar_t(-1))
+			ret.push_back(c);
+
+		ptr = utf8_find_next_char (ptr, end);
+
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h
index 47d786b43c..c9715faa2c 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h
@@ -197,6 +197,8 @@ bool regex(CString str, CString pattern, vector<CString> &matches);
 bool regex(CString str, CString pattern);
 void regex_flags(int flags);
 
+wstring CStringToWstring(const CString &str);
+
 #ifndef WIN32
 #include <unistd.h> /* correct place with correct definitions */
 #endif