diff --git a/src/compiler/GF/Compile/Coding.hs b/src/compiler/GF/Compile/Coding.hs
index d635ff2e4..65d385022 100644
--- a/src/compiler/GF/Compile/Coding.hs
+++ b/src/compiler/GF/Compile/Coding.hs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module GF.Compile.Coding where
-
+{-
 import GF.Grammar.Grammar
 import GF.Grammar.Macros
 import GF.Text.Coding
@@ -61,3 +61,4 @@ codeStringLiterals co ('"':cs) = '"' : inStringLiteral cs
         inStringLiteral ('\\':d:ds) = '\\' : co [d] ++ inStringLiteral ds
         inStringLiteral (d:ds) = co [d] ++ inStringLiteral ds
 codeStringLiterals co (c:cs) = c : codeStringLiterals co cs
+-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/compiler/GFI.hs b/src/compiler/GFI.hs
index 094b0c787..8fdc97ecc 100644
--- a/src/compiler/GFI.hs
+++ b/src/compiler/GFI.hs
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ import GF.Infra.UseIO(ioErrorText)
 import GF.Infra.SIO
 import GF.Infra.Option
 import qualified System.Console.Haskeline as Haskeline
-import GF.Text.Coding(decodeUnicode,encodeUnicode)
+--import GF.Text.Coding(decodeUnicode,encodeUnicode)
 
-import GF.Compile.Coding(codeTerm)
+--import GF.Compile.Coding(codeTerm)
 
 import PGF
 import PGF.Data
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ import PGF.Macros
 import Data.Char
 import Data.List(nub,isPrefixOf,isInfixOf,partition)
 import qualified Data.Map as Map
-import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as BS
+--import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as BS
+import qualified Data.ByteString.UTF8 as UTF8(fromString)
 import qualified Text.ParserCombinators.ReadP as RP
-import System.IO(utf8)
+--import System.IO(utf8)
 --import System.CPUTime(getCPUTime)
 import System.Directory({-getCurrentDirectory,-}getAppUserDataDirectory)
 import Control.Exception(SomeException,fromException,evaluate,try)
@@ -183,18 +184,18 @@ execute1 opts gfenv0 s0 =
                       "-old":ws' -> (False,ws')
                       _ -> (flag optNewComp opts,ws)
 
-      case runP pExp (encodeUnicode utf8 s) of
+      case runP pExp (UTF8.fromString s) of
         Left (_,msg) -> putStrLn msg
         Right t      -> putStrLn . err id (showTerm sgr style q)
                                  . checkComputeTerm' new sgr
-                                 $ codeTerm (decodeUnicode utf8 . BS.pack) t
+                                 $ {-codeTerm (decodeUnicode utf8 . BS.pack)-} t
       continue gfenv
 
     show_deps ws = do
           let (os,xs) = partition (isPrefixOf "-") ws
           ops <- case xs of
              _:_ -> do
-               let ts = [t | Right t <- map (runP pExp . encodeUnicode utf8) xs]
+               let ts = [t | Right t <- map (runP pExp . UTF8.fromString) xs]
                err error (return . nub . concat) $ mapM (constantDepsTerm sgr) ts
              _   -> error "expected one or more qualified constants as argument"
           let prTerm = showTerm sgr TermPrintDefault Qualified
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@ execute1 opts gfenv0 s0 =
           let isRaw = elem "-raw" os 
           ops <- case ts of
              _:_ -> do
-               let Right t = runP pExp (encodeUnicode utf8 (unwords ts))
+               let Right t = runP pExp (UTF8.fromString (unwords ts))
                ty <- err error return $ checkComputeTerm sgr t
                return $ allOpersTo sgr ty
              _   -> return $ allOpers sgr