diff --git a/src/common/utilscmn.cpp b/src/common/utilscmn.cpp
index b1f9ffed46..2206f3d895 100644
--- a/src/common/utilscmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/utilscmn.cpp
@@ -613,14 +613,7 @@ static bool ReadAll(wxInputStream *is, wxArrayString& output)
     // the stream could be already at EOF or in wxSTREAM_BROKEN_PIPE state
     is->Reset();
 
-    // Notice that wxTextInputStream doesn't work correctly with wxConvAuto
-    // currently, see #14720, so use the current locale conversion explicitly
-    // under assumption that any external program should be using it too.
-    wxTextInputStream tis(*is, " \t"
-#if wxUSE_UNICODE
-                                    , wxConvLibc
-#endif
-                                                );
+    wxTextInputStream tis(*is);
 
     for ( ;; )
     {
diff --git a/tests/exec/exec.cpp b/tests/exec/exec.cpp
index f350376043..bb82e4c059 100644
--- a/tests/exec/exec.cpp
+++ b/tests/exec/exec.cpp
@@ -516,3 +516,28 @@ void ExecTestCase::TestOverlappedSyncExecute()
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL( SLEEP_END_STRING, longSleepOutput.Last() );
 #endif // !__WINDOWS__
 }
+
+#ifdef __UNIX__
+
+// This test is disabled by default because it must be run in French locale,
+// i.e. with explicit LC_ALL=fr_FR.UTF-8 and only works with GNU ls, which
+// produces the expected output.
+TEST_CASE("wxExecute::RedirectUTF8", "[exec][unicode][.]")
+{
+    wxArrayString output;
+    REQUIRE( wxExecute("/bin/ls --version", output) == 0 );
+
+    for ( size_t n = 0; n < output.size(); ++n )
+    {
+        // It seems unlikely that this part of the output will change for GNU
+        // ls, so check for its presence as a sign that the program output was
+        // decoded correctly.
+        if ( output[n].find(wxString::FromUTF8("vous \xc3\xaates libre")) != wxString::npos )
+            return;
+    }
+
+    INFO("output was:\n" << wxJoin(output, '\n'));
+    FAIL("Expected output fragment not found.");
+}
+
+#endif // __UNIX__