diff --git a/hw/xwin/InitOutput.c b/hw/xwin/InitOutput.c
index 2e07464ff..872a1fdcd 100644
--- a/hw/xwin/InitOutput.c
+++ b/hw/xwin/InitOutput.c
@@ -796,9 +796,6 @@ winUseMsg(void)
            "\tDo not draw a window border, title bar, etc.  Windowed\n"
            "\tmode only.\n");
 
-    ErrorF("-nounicodeclipboard\n"
-           "\tDo not use Unicode clipboard even if on a NT-based platform.\n");
-
     ErrorF("-[no]primary\n"
            "\tWhen clipboard integration is enabled, map the X11 PRIMARY selection\n"
            "\tto the Windows clipboard. Default is enabled.\n");
diff --git a/hw/xwin/man/XWin.man b/hw/xwin/man/XWin.man
index 56bea1c12..296ce4c9f 100644
--- a/hw/xwin/man/XWin.man
+++ b/hw/xwin/man/XWin.man
@@ -233,9 +233,6 @@ icon per screen.  You can globally disable tray icons with
 \fB\-notrayicon\fP, then enable it for specific screens with
 \fB\-trayicon\fP for those screens.
 .TP 8
-.B \-nounicodeclipboard
-Do not use Unicode clipboard even if on a NT-based platform.
-.TP 8
 .B \-[no]unixkill
 Enable or disable the \fICtrl-Alt-Backspace\fP key combination as a
 signal to exit the X Server.  The \fICtrl-Alt-Backspace\fP key combination
diff --git a/hw/xwin/winclipboard/internal.h b/hw/xwin/winclipboard/internal.h
index 6dc2fb660..2c4a20426 100644
--- a/hw/xwin/winclipboard/internal.h
+++ b/hw/xwin/winclipboard/internal.h
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ typedef struct
 
 typedef struct
 {
-  Bool fUseUnicode;
   Atom *targetList;
   unsigned char *incr;
   unsigned long int incrsize;
diff --git a/hw/xwin/winclipboard/thread.c b/hw/xwin/winclipboard/thread.c
index 5669a2626..8949e7235 100644
--- a/hw/xwin/winclipboard/thread.c
+++ b/hw/xwin/winclipboard/thread.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static int
  */
 
 Bool
-winClipboardProc(Bool fUseUnicode, char *szDisplay)
+winClipboardProc(char *szDisplay)
 {
     ClipboardAtoms atoms;
     int iReturn;
@@ -256,7 +256,6 @@ winClipboardProc(Bool fUseUnicode, char *szDisplay)
         }
     }
 
-    data.fUseUnicode = fUseUnicode;
     data.incr = NULL;
     data.incrsize = 0;
 
diff --git a/hw/xwin/winclipboard/winclipboard.h b/hw/xwin/winclipboard/winclipboard.h
index 9c5c568a7..2ae27fd2b 100644
--- a/hw/xwin/winclipboard/winclipboard.h
+++ b/hw/xwin/winclipboard/winclipboard.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #ifndef WINCLIPBOARD_H
 #define WINCLIPBOARD_H
 
-Bool winClipboardProc(Bool fUseUnicode, char *szDisplay);
+Bool winClipboardProc(char *szDisplay);
 
 void winFixClipboardChain(void);
 
diff --git a/hw/xwin/winclipboard/wndproc.c b/hw/xwin/winclipboard/wndproc.c
index b6d92f6d8..ee2266a3d 100644
--- a/hw/xwin/winclipboard/wndproc.c
+++ b/hw/xwin/winclipboard/wndproc.c
@@ -316,7 +316,6 @@ winClipboardWindowProc(HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
     case WM_RENDERFORMAT:
     {
         int iReturn;
-        Bool fConvertToUnicode;
         Bool pasted = FALSE;
         Atom selection;
         ClipboardConversionData data;
@@ -325,9 +324,6 @@ winClipboardWindowProc(HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
         winDebug("winClipboardWindowProc - WM_RENDERFORMAT %d - Hello.\n",
                  (int)wParam);
 
-        /* Flag whether to convert to Unicode or not */
-        fConvertToUnicode = (CF_UNICODETEXT == wParam);
-
         selection = winClipboardGetLastOwnedSelectionAtom(atoms);
         if (selection == None) {
             ErrorF("winClipboardWindowProc - no monitored selection is owned\n");
@@ -344,7 +340,6 @@ winClipboardWindowProc(HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
                           iWindow, CurrentTime);
 
         /* Process X events */
-        data.fUseUnicode = fConvertToUnicode;
         data.incr = NULL;
         data.incrsize = 0;
 
diff --git a/hw/xwin/winclipboard/xevents.c b/hw/xwin/winclipboard/xevents.c
index 7d55f3d92..36e136148 100644
--- a/hw/xwin/winclipboard/xevents.c
+++ b/hw/xwin/winclipboard/xevents.c
@@ -200,7 +200,6 @@ winClipboardSelectionNotifyData(HWND hwnd, Window iWindow, Display *pDisplay, Cl
     char *pszReturnData = NULL;
     wchar_t *pwszUnicodeStr = NULL;
     HGLOBAL hGlobal = NULL;
-    char *pszConvertData = NULL;
     char *pszGlobalData = NULL;
 
     /* Retrieve the selection data and delete the property */
@@ -268,19 +267,13 @@ winClipboardSelectionNotifyData(HWND hwnd, Window iWindow, Display *pDisplay, Cl
         xtpText.nitems = nitems;
     }
 
-    if (data->fUseUnicode) {
 #ifdef X_HAVE_UTF8_STRING
-        /* Convert the text property to a text list */
-        iReturn = Xutf8TextPropertyToTextList(pDisplay,
-                                              &xtpText,
-                                              &ppszTextList, &iCount);
+    /* Convert the text property to a text list */
+    iReturn = Xutf8TextPropertyToTextList(pDisplay,
+                                          &xtpText,
+                                          &ppszTextList, &iCount);
 #endif
-    }
-    else {
-        iReturn = XmbTextPropertyToTextList(pDisplay,
-                                            &xtpText,
-                                            &ppszTextList, &iCount);
-    }
+
     if (iReturn == Success || iReturn > 0) {
         /* Conversion succeeded or some unconvertible characters */
         if (ppszTextList != NULL) {
@@ -343,40 +336,30 @@ winClipboardSelectionNotifyData(HWND hwnd, Window iWindow, Display *pDisplay, Cl
     /* Convert the X clipboard string to DOS format */
     winClipboardUNIXtoDOS(&pszReturnData, strlen(pszReturnData));
 
-    if (data->fUseUnicode) {
-        /* Find out how much space needed to convert MBCS to Unicode */
-        int iUnicodeLen = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8,
-                                              0,
-                                              pszReturnData, -1, NULL, 0);
+    /* Find out how much space needed to convert MBCS to Unicode */
+    int iUnicodeLen = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8,
+                                          0,
+                                          pszReturnData, -1, NULL, 0);
 
-        /* NOTE: iUnicodeLen includes space for null terminator */
-        pwszUnicodeStr = malloc(sizeof(wchar_t) * iUnicodeLen);
-        if (!pwszUnicodeStr) {
-            ErrorF("winClipboardFlushXEvents - SelectionNotify "
-                   "malloc failed for pwszUnicodeStr, aborting.\n");
+    /* NOTE: iUnicodeLen includes space for null terminator */
+    pwszUnicodeStr = malloc(sizeof(wchar_t) * iUnicodeLen);
+    if (!pwszUnicodeStr) {
+        ErrorF("winClipboardFlushXEvents - SelectionNotify "
+               "malloc failed for pwszUnicodeStr, aborting.\n");
 
-            /* Abort */
-            goto winClipboardFlushXEvents_SelectionNotify_Done;
-        }
-
-        /* Do the actual conversion */
-        MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8,
-                            0,
-                            pszReturnData,
-                            -1, pwszUnicodeStr, iUnicodeLen);
-
-        /* Allocate global memory for the X clipboard data */
-        hGlobal = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE,
-                              sizeof(wchar_t) * iUnicodeLen);
+        /* Abort */
+        goto winClipboardFlushXEvents_SelectionNotify_Done;
     }
-    else {
-        int iConvertDataLen = 0;
-        pszConvertData = strdup(pszReturnData);
-        iConvertDataLen = strlen(pszConvertData) + 1;
 
-        /* Allocate global memory for the X clipboard data */
-        hGlobal = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE, iConvertDataLen);
-    }
+    /* Do the actual conversion */
+    MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8,
+                        0,
+                        pszReturnData,
+                        -1, pwszUnicodeStr, iUnicodeLen);
+
+    /* Allocate global memory for the X clipboard data */
+    hGlobal = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE, sizeof(wchar_t) * iUnicodeLen);
+
 
     free(pszReturnData);
 
@@ -400,26 +383,16 @@ winClipboardSelectionNotifyData(HWND hwnd, Window iWindow, Display *pDisplay, Cl
     }
 
     /* Copy the returned string into the global memory */
-    if (data->fUseUnicode) {
-        wcscpy((wchar_t *)pszGlobalData, pwszUnicodeStr);
-        free(pwszUnicodeStr);
-        pwszUnicodeStr = NULL;
-    }
-    else {
-        strcpy(pszGlobalData, pszConvertData);
-        free(pszConvertData);
-        pszConvertData = NULL;
-    }
+    wcscpy((wchar_t *)pszGlobalData, pwszUnicodeStr);
+    free(pwszUnicodeStr);
+    pwszUnicodeStr = NULL;
 
     /* Release the pointer to the global memory */
     GlobalUnlock(hGlobal);
     pszGlobalData = NULL;
 
     /* Push the selection data to the Windows clipboard */
-    if (data->fUseUnicode)
-        SetClipboardData(CF_UNICODETEXT, hGlobal);
-    else
-        SetClipboardData(CF_TEXT, hGlobal);
+    SetClipboardData(CF_UNICODETEXT, hGlobal);
 
     /* Flag that SetClipboardData has been called */
     fSetClipboardData = FALSE;
@@ -438,7 +411,6 @@ winClipboardSelectionNotifyData(HWND hwnd, Window iWindow, Display *pDisplay, Cl
         value = NULL;
         nitems = 0;
     }
-    free(pszConvertData);
     free(pwszUnicodeStr);
     if (hGlobal && pszGlobalData)
         GlobalUnlock(hGlobal);
@@ -577,7 +549,7 @@ winClipboardFlushXEvents(HWND hwnd,
             fCloseClipboard = TRUE;
 
             /* Check that clipboard format is available */
-            if (data->fUseUnicode && !IsClipboardFormatAvailable(CF_UNICODETEXT)) {
+            if (!IsClipboardFormatAvailable(CF_UNICODETEXT)) {
                 static int count;       /* Hack to stop acroread spamming the log */
                 static HWND lasthwnd;   /* I've not seen any other client get here repeatedly? */
 
@@ -594,14 +566,6 @@ winClipboardFlushXEvents(HWND hwnd,
                 fAbort = TRUE;
                 goto winClipboardFlushXEvents_SelectionRequest_Done;
             }
-            else if (!data->fUseUnicode && !IsClipboardFormatAvailable(CF_TEXT)) {
-                ErrorF("winClipboardFlushXEvents - CF_TEXT is not "
-                       "available from Win32 clipboard.  Aborting.\n");
-
-                /* Abort */
-                fAbort = TRUE;
-                goto winClipboardFlushXEvents_SelectionRequest_Done;
-            }
 
             /* Setup the string style */
             if (event.xselectionrequest.target == XA_STRING)
@@ -616,14 +580,9 @@ winClipboardFlushXEvents(HWND hwnd,
                 xiccesStyle = XStringStyle;
 
             /* Get a pointer to the clipboard text, in desired format */
-            if (data->fUseUnicode) {
-                /* Retrieve clipboard data */
-                hGlobal = GetClipboardData(CF_UNICODETEXT);
-            }
-            else {
-                /* Retrieve clipboard data */
-                hGlobal = GetClipboardData(CF_TEXT);
-            }
+            /* Retrieve clipboard data */
+            hGlobal = GetClipboardData(CF_UNICODETEXT);
+
             if (!hGlobal) {
                 ErrorF("winClipboardFlushXEvents - SelectionRequest - "
                        "GetClipboardData () failed: %08x\n", (unsigned int)GetLastError());
@@ -635,23 +594,18 @@ winClipboardFlushXEvents(HWND hwnd,
             pszGlobalData = (char *) GlobalLock(hGlobal);
 
             /* Convert the Unicode string to UTF8 (MBCS) */
-            if (data->fUseUnicode) {
-                int iConvertDataLen = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8,
+            int iConvertDataLen = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8,
                                                       0,
                                                       (LPCWSTR) pszGlobalData,
                                                       -1, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
-                /* NOTE: iConvertDataLen includes space for null terminator */
-                pszConvertData = malloc(iConvertDataLen);
-                WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8,
-                                    0,
-                                    (LPCWSTR) pszGlobalData,
-                                    -1,
-                                    pszConvertData,
-                                    iConvertDataLen, NULL, NULL);
-            }
-            else {
-                pszConvertData = strdup(pszGlobalData);
-            }
+            /* NOTE: iConvertDataLen includes space for null terminator */
+            pszConvertData = malloc(iConvertDataLen);
+            WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8,
+                                0,
+                                (LPCWSTR) pszGlobalData,
+                                -1,
+                                pszConvertData,
+                                iConvertDataLen, NULL, NULL);
 
             /* Convert DOS string to UNIX string */
             winClipboardDOStoUNIX(pszConvertData, strlen(pszConvertData));
@@ -665,18 +619,12 @@ winClipboardFlushXEvents(HWND hwnd,
             xtpText.nitems = 0;
 
             /* Create the text property from the text list */
-            if (data->fUseUnicode) {
 #ifdef X_HAVE_UTF8_STRING
-                iReturn = Xutf8TextListToTextProperty(pDisplay,
-                                                      pszTextList,
-                                                      1, xiccesStyle, &xtpText);
+            iReturn = Xutf8TextListToTextProperty(pDisplay,
+                                                  pszTextList,
+                                                  1, xiccesStyle, &xtpText);
 #endif
-            }
-            else {
-                iReturn = XmbTextListToTextProperty(pDisplay,
-                                                    pszTextList,
-                                                    1, xiccesStyle, &xtpText);
-            }
+
             if (iReturn == XNoMemory || iReturn == XLocaleNotSupported) {
                 ErrorF("winClipboardFlushXEvents - SelectionRequest - "
                        "X*TextListToTextProperty failed: %d\n", iReturn);
diff --git a/hw/xwin/winclipboard/xwinclip.c b/hw/xwin/winclipboard/xwinclip.c
index 856c4dd54..6fd1c7598 100644
--- a/hw/xwin/winclipboard/xwinclip.c
+++ b/hw/xwin/winclipboard/xwinclip.c
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 {
   int			i;
   char			*pszDisplay = NULL;
-  int			fUnicodeClipboard = 1;
 
   /* Parse command-line parameters */
   for (i = 1; i < argc; ++i)
@@ -85,13 +84,6 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	  continue;
 	}
 
-      /* Look for -nounicodeclipboard */
-      if (!strcmp (argv[i], "-nounicodeclipboard"))
-	{
-	  fUnicodeClipboard = 0;
-	  continue;
-	}
-
       /* Look for -noprimary */
       if (!strcmp (argv[i], "-noprimary"))
 	{
@@ -104,16 +96,6 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
       exit (1);
     }
 
-  /* Do we have Unicode support? */
-  if (fUnicodeClipboard)
-    {
-      printf ("Unicode clipboard I/O\n");
-    }
-  else
-    {
-      printf ("Non Unicode clipboard I/O\n");
-    }
-
   /* Apply locale specified in the LANG environment variable */
   if (!setlocale (LC_ALL, ""))
     {
@@ -128,7 +110,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
       setlocale(LC_ALL, "C");
     }
 
-  winClipboardProc(fUnicodeClipboard, pszDisplay);
+  winClipboardProc(pszDisplay);
 
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/hw/xwin/winclipboard/xwinclip.man b/hw/xwin/winclipboard/xwinclip.man
index f9e0d3bfb..e3db50177 100644
--- a/hw/xwin/winclipboard/xwinclip.man
+++ b/hw/xwin/winclipboard/xwinclip.man
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ Do \fINOT\fP run \fIxwinclip\fP unless \fIXWin(1)\fP has been started with the -
 .B \-display [display]
 Specifies the X server display to connect to.
 .TP 8
-.B \-nounicodeclipboard
-Do not use unicode text on the clipboard.
-.TP 8
 .B \-noprimary
 Do not monitor the PRIMARY selection.
 
diff --git a/hw/xwin/winclipboardinit.c b/hw/xwin/winclipboardinit.c
index 8aef8fe02..3324661df 100644
--- a/hw/xwin/winclipboardinit.c
+++ b/hw/xwin/winclipboardinit.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ winClipboardThreadProc(void *arg)
       /* Flag that clipboard client has been launched */
       g_fClipboardStarted = TRUE;
 
-      fShutdown = winClipboardProc(g_fUnicodeClipboard, szDisplay);
+      fShutdown = winClipboardProc(szDisplay);
 
       /* Flag that clipboard client has stopped */
       g_fClipboardStarted = FALSE;
diff --git a/hw/xwin/winglobals.c b/hw/xwin/winglobals.c
index 3212c6beb..29abe1970 100644
--- a/hw/xwin/winglobals.c
+++ b/hw/xwin/winglobals.c
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ winDispatchProcPtr winProcEstablishConnectionOrig = NULL;
  * Clipboard variables
  */
 
-Bool g_fUnicodeClipboard = TRUE;
 Bool g_fClipboard = TRUE;
 Bool g_fClipboardStarted = FALSE;
 
diff --git a/hw/xwin/winglobals.h b/hw/xwin/winglobals.h
index 77af6125a..29535f05a 100644
--- a/hw/xwin/winglobals.h
+++ b/hw/xwin/winglobals.h
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ typedef int (*winDispatchProcPtr) (ClientPtr);
  * Wrapped DIX functions
  */
 extern winDispatchProcPtr winProcEstablishConnectionOrig;
-extern Bool g_fUnicodeClipboard;
 extern Bool g_fClipboard;
 extern Bool g_fClipboardStarted;
 
diff --git a/hw/xwin/winprocarg.c b/hw/xwin/winprocarg.c
index b5c2643be..50b1f6c38 100644
--- a/hw/xwin/winprocarg.c
+++ b/hw/xwin/winprocarg.c
@@ -1004,15 +1004,6 @@ ddxProcessArgument(int argc, char *argv[], int i)
         return 2;
     }
 
-    /*
-     * Look for the '-nounicodeclipboard' argument
-     */
-    if (IS_OPTION("-nounicodeclipboard")) {
-        g_fUnicodeClipboard = FALSE;
-        /* Indicate that we have processed the argument */
-        return 1;
-    }
-
     if (IS_OPTION("-xkbrules")) {
         CHECK_ARGS(1);
         g_cmdline.xkbRules = argv[++i];