diff --git a/src/util/fs.cpp b/src/util/fs.cpp
index e8fb72670f6..14f7a446611 100644
--- a/src/util/fs.cpp
+++ b/src/util/fs.cpp
@@ -81,12 +81,7 @@ bool FileLock::TryLock()
 #else
 
 static std::string GetErrorReason() {
-    wchar_t* err;
-    FormatMessageW(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM | FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
-        nullptr, GetLastError(), MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), reinterpret_cast<WCHAR*>(&err), 0, nullptr);
-    std::wstring err_str(err);
-    LocalFree(err);
-    return std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8_utf16<wchar_t>>().to_bytes(err_str);
+    return Win32ErrorString(GetLastError());
 }
 
 FileLock::FileLock(const fs::path& file)
diff --git a/src/util/sock.cpp b/src/util/sock.cpp
index d33ccd135eb..f244f38f3f3 100644
--- a/src/util/sock.cpp
+++ b/src/util/sock.cpp
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <string>
 
-#ifdef WIN32
-#include <codecvt>
-#include <locale>
-#endif
-
 #ifdef USE_POLL
 #include <poll.h>
 #endif
@@ -416,15 +411,12 @@ void Sock::Close()
     m_socket = INVALID_SOCKET;
 }
 
-#ifdef WIN32
 std::string NetworkErrorString(int err)
 {
+#if defined(WIN32)
     return Win32ErrorString(err);
-}
 #else
-std::string NetworkErrorString(int err)
-{
     // On BSD sockets implementations, NetworkErrorString is the same as SysErrorString.
     return SysErrorString(err);
-}
 #endif
+}