diff --git a/src/lv_interop.cc b/src/lv_interop.cc
index e583a024d..64f7608e8 100644
--- a/src/lv_interop.cc
+++ b/src/lv_interop.cc
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ typedef int32_t(*RTSetCleanupProc_T)(grpc_labview::CleanupProcPtr cleanUpProc, g
 typedef unsigned char** (*DSNewHandlePtr_T)(size_t);
 typedef int (*DSSetHandleSize_T)(void* h, size_t);
 typedef long (*DSDisposeHandle_T)(void* h);
-typedef int (*ConvertSystemStringToUTF8_T)(grpc_labview::LStrHandle, grpc_labview::LStrHandle *);
-typedef int (*ConvertUTF8StringToSystem_T)(grpc_labview::LStrHandle, grpc_labview::LStrHandle *);
 
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -35,8 +33,6 @@ static std::string ModulePath = "";
 static DSNewHandlePtr_T DSNewHandleImpl = nullptr;
 static DSSetHandleSize_T DSSetHandleSizeImpl = nullptr;
 static DSDisposeHandle_T DSDisposeHandleImpl = nullptr;
-static ConvertSystemStringToUTF8_T ConvertSystemStringToUTF8Impl = nullptr;
-static ConvertUTF8StringToSystem_T ConvertUTF8StringToSystemImpl = nullptr;
 
 namespace grpc_labview
 {
@@ -87,8 +83,6 @@ namespace grpc_labview
         DSNewHandleImpl = (DSNewHandlePtr_T)GetProcAddress(lvModule, "DSNewHandle");
         DSSetHandleSizeImpl = (DSSetHandleSize_T)GetProcAddress(lvModule, "DSSetHandleSize");
         DSDisposeHandleImpl = (DSDisposeHandle_T)GetProcAddress(lvModule, "DSDisposeHandle");
-        ConvertSystemStringToUTF8Impl = (ConvertSystemStringToUTF8_T)GetProcAddress(lvModule, "ConvertSystemStringToUTF8");
-        ConvertUTF8StringToSystemImpl = (ConvertUTF8StringToSystem_T)GetProcAddress(lvModule, "ConvertUTF8StringToSystem");
     }
 
 #else
@@ -109,8 +103,6 @@ namespace grpc_labview
         DSNewHandleImpl = (DSNewHandlePtr_T)dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, "DSNewHandle");
         DSSetHandleSizeImpl = (DSSetHandleSize_T)dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, "DSSetHandleSize");
         DSDisposeHandleImpl = (DSDisposeHandle_T)dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, "DSDisposeHandle");
-        ConvertSystemStringToUTF8Impl = (ConvertSystemStringToUTF8_T)dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, "ConvertSystemStringToUTF8");
-        ConvertUTF8StringToSystemImpl = (ConvertUTF8StringToSystem_T)dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, "ConvertUTF8StringToSystem");
     }
 
 #endif
@@ -162,17 +154,9 @@ namespace grpc_labview
     void SetLVString(LStrHandle* lvString, std::string str)
     {
         auto length = str.length();
-
-        LStrHandle utf8String = nullptr;
-        auto error = NumericArrayResize(0x01, 1, &utf8String, length);
-        std::unique_ptr<LStrPtr, long (*)(void*)> utf8StringDeleter(utf8String, &DSDisposeHandle);
-        if (error != 0) throw std::bad_alloc();
-
-        memcpy((*utf8String)->str, str.c_str(), length);
-        (*utf8String)->cnt = (int)length;
-
-        error = ConvertUTF8StringToSystem(utf8String, lvString);
-        if (error != 0) throw std::runtime_error("Failed to convert string encoding.");
+        auto error = NumericArrayResize(0x01, 1, lvString, length);
+        memcpy((**lvString)->str, str.c_str(), length);
+        (**lvString)->cnt = (int)length;
     }
 
     //---------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -184,13 +168,8 @@ namespace grpc_labview
             return std::string();
         }
 
-        LStrHandle utf8String = nullptr;
-        auto error = ConvertSystemStringToUTF8(lvString, &utf8String);
-        std::unique_ptr<LStrPtr, long (*)(void*)> utf8StringDeleter(utf8String, &DSDisposeHandle);
-        if (error != 0) throw std::runtime_error("Failed to convert string encoding.");
-
-        auto count = (*utf8String)->cnt;
-        auto chars = (*utf8String)->str;
+        auto count = (*lvString)->cnt;
+        auto chars = (*lvString)->str;
 
         std::string result(chars, count);
         return result;
@@ -239,18 +218,4 @@ namespace grpc_labview
             return 0x8; // uQ
         }
     }
-
-    //---------------------------------------------------------------------
-    //---------------------------------------------------------------------
-    int ConvertSystemStringToUTF8(LStrHandle stringIn, LStrHandle *stringOut)
-    {
-        return ConvertSystemStringToUTF8Impl(stringIn, stringOut);
-    }
-
-    //---------------------------------------------------------------------
-    //---------------------------------------------------------------------
-    int ConvertUTF8StringToSystem(LStrHandle stringIn, LStrHandle *stringOut)
-    {
-        return ConvertUTF8StringToSystemImpl(stringIn, stringOut);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/lv_interop.h b/src/lv_interop.h
index b3ba1de91..f27f31fac 100644
--- a/src/lv_interop.h
+++ b/src/lv_interop.h
@@ -160,6 +160,4 @@ namespace grpc_labview
     int SignalOccurrence(MagicCookie occurrence);
     int32_t RegisterCleanupProc(CleanupProcPtr cleanUpProc, grpc_labview::gRPCid* id, CleanupProcMode cleanupCondition = CleanupProcMode::CleanOnIdle);
     int32_t DeregisterCleanupProc(CleanupProcPtr cleanUpProc, grpc_labview::gRPCid* id);
-    int ConvertSystemStringToUTF8(LStrHandle stringIn, LStrHandle *stringOut);
-    int ConvertUTF8StringToSystem(LStrHandle stringIn, LStrHandle *stringOut);
 }
diff --git a/tests/AutoTests/Test_HelloWorld_Internationalization.vi b/tests/AutoTests/Test_HelloWorld_Internationalization.vi
deleted file mode 100644
index a252f53ba..000000000
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diff --git a/tests/AutoTests/Test_HelloWorld_Utf8Encoding.vi b/tests/AutoTests/Test_HelloWorld_Utf8Encoding.vi
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ba8fa487..000000000
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diff --git a/tests/Tests.lst b/tests/Tests.lst
index 0999c767b..319419f13 100644
--- a/tests/Tests.lst
+++ b/tests/Tests.lst
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 AutoTests\Test_HelloWorld.vi
-AutoTests\Test_HelloWorld_Internationalization.vi
-AutoTests\Test_HelloWorld_Utf8Encoding.vi
 AutoTests\Test_RouteGuide_Unary.vi
 AutoTests\Test_RouteGuide_ResponseStreaming.vi
 AutoTests\Test_RouteGuide_BidirectionalStreaming.vi