Only in a/awesome-3.2-rc2/: .build-hikari-i486-linux-gnu-4.3.3
diff -ru b/awesome-3.2-rc2/property.c a/awesome-3.2-rc2/property.c
--- b/awesome-3.2-rc2/property.c	2009-02-13 21:56:38.000000000 +0900
+++ a/awesome-3.2-rc2/property.c	2009-02-20 09:56:04.000000000 +0900
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
 void
 property_update_wm_name(client_t *c)
 {
-    char *name, *utf8;
+    char *name;
     ssize_t len;
 
     if(!xutil_text_prop_get(globalconf.connection, c->win, _NET_WM_NAME, &name, &len))
@@ -216,11 +216,7 @@
 
     p_delete(&c->name);
 
-    /* if no conversion needed, just point to name */
-    if(draw_iso2utf8(name, len, &utf8, NULL))
-        p_delete(&name);
-    else
-        c->name = name;
+    c->name = name;
 
     /* call hook */
     hooks_property(c, "name");
@@ -233,7 +229,7 @@
 void
 property_update_wm_icon_name(client_t *c)
 {
-    char *name, *utf8;
+    char *name;
     ssize_t len;
 
     if(!xutil_text_prop_get(globalconf.connection, c->win, _NET_WM_ICON_NAME, &name, &len))
@@ -242,10 +238,7 @@
 
     p_delete(&c->icon_name);
 
-    if(draw_iso2utf8(name, len, &utf8, NULL))
-        p_delete(&name);
-    else
-        c->icon_name = name;
+    c->icon_name = name;
 
     /* call hook */
     hooks_property(c, "icon_name");
diff -ru b/awesome-3.2-rc2/widgets/textbox.c a/awesome-3.2-rc2/widgets/textbox.c
--- b/awesome-3.2-rc2/widgets/textbox.c	2009-02-13 21:56:38.000000000 +0900
+++ a/awesome-3.2-rc2/widgets/textbox.c	2009-02-20 09:58:43.000000000 +0900
@@ -305,14 +305,8 @@
             {
                 char *text;
                 ssize_t tlen;
-                /* if text has been converted to UTF-8 */
-                if(draw_iso2utf8(buf, len, &text, &tlen))
-                {
-                    draw_text_context_init(&d->data, text, tlen);
-                    p_delete(&text);
-                }
-                else
-                    draw_text_context_init(&d->data, buf, len);
+
+                draw_text_context_init(&d->data, buf, len);
 
                 d->extents = draw_text_extents(&d->data);
             }