diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Blocks/Extended/MessageBlock.cs b/MCGalaxy/Blocks/Extended/MessageBlock.cs
index ee770eda7..85e0ad6ee 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Blocks/Extended/MessageBlock.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Blocks/Extended/MessageBlock.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace MCGalaxy.Blocks.Extended {
                 
                 string message = Messages.Rows[last]["Message"].ToString().Trim();
                 message = message.Replace("\\'", "\'");
-                message.Cp437ToUnicodeInPlace();
+                message = message.Cp437ToUnicode();
                 message = message.Replace("@p", p.name);
                 
                 if (message != p.prevMsg || (alwaysRepeat || ServerConfig.RepeatMBs)) {
diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Blocks/Extended/Portal.cs b/MCGalaxy/Blocks/Extended/Portal.cs
index d610c6900..9831bc297 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Blocks/Extended/Portal.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Blocks/Extended/Portal.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace MCGalaxy.Blocks.Extended {
                 
                 DataRow row = Portals.Rows[last];
                 string map = row["ExitMap"].ToString();
-                map.Cp437ToUnicodeInPlace();
+                map = map.Cp437ToUnicode();
                 
                 if (p.level.name != map) {
                     Level curLevel = p.level;
diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Database/PlayerData.cs b/MCGalaxy/Database/PlayerData.cs
index 883a18feb..001f0e9db 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Database/PlayerData.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Database/PlayerData.cs
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ namespace MCGalaxy.DB {
             data.LastLogin  = ParseDate(row[ColumnLastLogin]);
             
             data.Title = row[ColumnTitle].ToString().Trim();
-            data.Title.Cp437ToUnicodeInPlace();
+            data.Title = data.Title.Cp437ToUnicode();
             data.TitleColor = ParseColor(row[ColumnTColor]);
             data.Color = ParseColor(row[ColumnColor]);
             
diff --git a/MCGalaxy/util/Extensions/StringExts.cs b/MCGalaxy/util/Extensions/StringExts.cs
index 3f1120d90..8858f7ae3 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/util/Extensions/StringExts.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/util/Extensions/StringExts.cs
@@ -59,25 +59,6 @@ namespace MCGalaxy {
                 c[i] = UnicodeToCp437(str[i]);
             return new String(c);
         }
-
-        /// <summary> Modifies the characters of a string consisting of code page 437 indices into unicode. </summary>
-        public unsafe static void Cp437ToUnicodeInPlace(this string str) {
-            fixed (char* ptr = str) {
-                for (int i = 0; i < str.Length; i++) {
-                    ptr[i] = Cp437ToUnicode(ptr[i]);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary> Modifies the characters of a unicode string into code page 437 indices. </summary>
-        /// <remarks> Unicode characters not in code page 437 are replaced with '?'. </remarks>              
-        public static unsafe void UnicodeToCp437InPlace(this string str) {
-            fixed (char* ptr = str) {
-                for (int i = 0; i < str.Length; i++) {
-                    ptr[i] = UnicodeToCp437(ptr[i]);
-                }
-            }
-        }
         
         
         /// <summary> Converts a code page 437 indice into unicode. </summary>