diff --git a/include/charset.h b/include/charset.h
index 56c1b6f7cb8ab3c9a2eac7f4b84121b732f93ab2..7a534faaa1f973d1ee436c72da4757c4f36441dd 100644
--- a/include/charset.h
+++ b/include/charset.h
@@ -63,8 +63,9 @@ static inline char *FromWide( const wchar_t *in )
 }
 
 
-VLC_EXPORT( char *, __vlc_fix_readdir_charset, ( vlc_object_t *, const char * ) );
-#define vlc_fix_readdir_charset(a,b) __vlc_fix_readdir_charset(VLC_OBJECT(a),b)
+#if !defined (__PLUGIN__)
+extern char *vlc_fix_readdir ( const char * );
+#endif
 
 VLC_EXPORT( const char *, GetFallbackEncoding, ( void ) );
 
diff --git a/include/vlc_symbols.h b/include/vlc_symbols.h
index 3c7ad98428aa8a5d4a674a31b865418be1efebca..127781a02fef06fab5b6dae92242794cd978a328 100644
--- a/include/vlc_symbols.h
+++ b/include/vlc_symbols.h
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ struct module_symbols_t
     void (*LocaleFree_inner) (const char *);
     char * (*ToLocale_inner) (const char *);
     char * (*EnsureUTF8_inner) (char *);
-    char * (*__vlc_fix_readdir_charset_inner) (vlc_object_t *, const char *);
+    void *__vlc_fix_readdir_charset_deprecated;
     int (*vlc_scandir_inner) (const char *name, struct dirent ***namelist, int (*filter) ( const struct dirent * ), int (*compar) ( const struct dirent **, const struct dirent ** ));
     int (*vlc_alphasort_inner) (const struct dirent **a, const struct dirent **b);
     osd_state_t * (*__osd_StateChange_inner) (osd_state_t *, const int);
@@ -898,7 +898,6 @@ struct module_symbols_t
 #  define LocaleFree (p_symbols)->LocaleFree_inner
 #  define ToLocale (p_symbols)->ToLocale_inner
 #  define EnsureUTF8 (p_symbols)->EnsureUTF8_inner
-#  define __vlc_fix_readdir_charset (p_symbols)->__vlc_fix_readdir_charset_inner
 #  define vlc_scandir (p_symbols)->vlc_scandir_inner
 #  define vlc_alphasort (p_symbols)->vlc_alphasort_inner
 #  define __osd_StateChange (p_symbols)->__osd_StateChange_inner
@@ -1381,7 +1380,6 @@ struct module_symbols_t
     ((p_symbols)->LocaleFree_inner) = LocaleFree; \
     ((p_symbols)->ToLocale_inner) = ToLocale; \
     ((p_symbols)->EnsureUTF8_inner) = EnsureUTF8; \
-    ((p_symbols)->__vlc_fix_readdir_charset_inner) = __vlc_fix_readdir_charset; \
     ((p_symbols)->vlc_scandir_inner) = vlc_scandir; \
     ((p_symbols)->vlc_alphasort_inner) = vlc_alphasort; \
     ((p_symbols)->__osd_StateChange_inner) = __osd_StateChange; \
@@ -1552,6 +1550,7 @@ struct module_symbols_t
     (p_symbols)->playlist_Move_deprecated = NULL; \
     (p_symbols)->playlist_NodeGroup_deprecated = NULL; \
     (p_symbols)->playlist_NodeRemoveParent_deprecated = NULL; \
+    (p_symbols)->__vlc_fix_readdir_charset_deprecated = NULL; \
     (p_symbols)->__intf_Interact_deprecated = NULL; \
     (p_symbols)->__intf_UserProgress_deprecated = NULL; \
     (p_symbols)->__intf_UserProgressUpdate_deprecated = NULL; \
diff --git a/src/misc/charset.c b/src/misc/charset.c
index 525f600efa756a50bc6a8254b17519f3cebf214f..e33d3551c3673a69b4b0bc40134601dfc6881c80 100644
--- a/src/misc/charset.c
+++ b/src/misc/charset.c
@@ -340,10 +340,9 @@ vlc_bool_t vlc_current_charset( char **psz_charset )
     return VLC_FALSE;
 }
 
-char *__vlc_fix_readdir_charset( vlc_object_t *p_this, const char *psz_string )
-{
-    (void)p_this;
 
+char *vlc_fix_readdir( const char *psz_string )
+{
 #ifdef __APPLE__
     vlc_iconv_t hd = vlc_iconv_open( "UTF-8", "UTF-8-MAC" );
 
@@ -366,10 +365,12 @@ char *__vlc_fix_readdir_charset( vlc_object_t *p_this, const char *psz_string )
         *psz_out = '\0';
         return psz_utf8;
     }
-#endif
+#else
     return strdup( psz_string );
+#endif
 }
 
+
 static inline int locale_match (const char *tab, const char *locale)
 {
     for (;*tab; tab += 2)
diff --git a/src/misc/unicode.c b/src/misc/unicode.c
index 48710259ee004d4b3b0701239173a4e4c312736a..eb96c25770bee76f1feb9a7bb4691a58e1df48aa 100644
--- a/src/misc/unicode.c
+++ b/src/misc/unicode.c
@@ -471,8 +471,6 @@ void *utf8_opendir( const char *dirname )
 }
 
 
-#define darwin_readdir_fix( a ) __vlc_fix_readdir_charset (NULL, a)
-
 char *utf8_readdir( void *dir )
 {
     struct dirent *ent;
@@ -481,11 +479,7 @@ char *utf8_readdir( void *dir )
     if( ent == NULL )
         return NULL;
 
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-    return darwin_readdir_fix( ent->d_name );
-#else
-    return strdup( ent->d_name );
-#endif
+    return vlc_fix_readdir( ent->d_name );
 }
 
 static int dummy_select( const char *str )