diff --git a/core/ustring.h b/core/ustring.h
index 95096e8f766..8aceb0748c5 100644
--- a/core/ustring.h
+++ b/core/ustring.h
@@ -46,11 +46,9 @@ public:
 	operator const char*() {return get_data();};
 };
 
-#ifndef CHARTYPE_16BITS
+
 typedef wchar_t CharType;
-#else
-typedef wchar_t uint16_t;
-#endif
+
 
 struct StrRange {
 
diff --git a/core/variant.cpp b/core/variant.cpp
index 472d6cf568a..81d10f379ad 100644
--- a/core/variant.cpp
+++ b/core/variant.cpp
@@ -1445,12 +1445,12 @@ Variant::operator unsigned char() const {
 
 	return 0;
 }
-#ifndef CHARTYPE_16BITS
+
 Variant::operator CharType() const {
 
 	return operator unsigned int();
 }
-#endif
+
 
 Variant::operator float() const {
 
diff --git a/core/variant.h b/core/variant.h
index b95223ecfbc..5ddfe403985 100644
--- a/core/variant.h
+++ b/core/variant.h
@@ -202,9 +202,8 @@ public:
 	operator unsigned long() const;
 #endif
 
-#ifndef	CHARTYPE_16BITS
+
 	operator CharType() const;
-#endif
 	operator float() const;
 	operator double() const;
 	operator String() const;