diff --git a/src/gtk/gnome/gprint.cpp b/src/gtk/gnome/gprint.cpp
index 923cb6c28e..407d422c8c 100644
--- a/src/gtk/gnome/gprint.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/gnome/gprint.cpp
@@ -1597,12 +1597,7 @@ void wxGnomePrinterDCImpl::DoDrawRotatedText(const wxString& text, wxCoord x, wx
 
     bool underlined = m_font.Ok() && m_font.GetUnderlined();
 
-    // FIXME-UTF8: wouldn't be needed if utf8_str() always returned a buffer
-#if wxUSE_UNICODE_UTF8
-    const char *data = text.utf8_str();
-#else
-    const wxCharBuffer data = text.utf8_str();
-#endif
+    const wxScopedCharBuffer data(text.utf8_str());
 
     size_t datalen = strlen(data);
     pango_layout_set_text( m_layout, data, datalen);
@@ -1913,12 +1908,7 @@ void wxGnomePrinterDCImpl::DoGetTextExtent(const wxString& string, wxCoord *widt
 
     // Set layout's text
 
-    // FIXME-UTF8: wouldn't be needed if utf8_str() always returned a buffer
-#if wxUSE_UNICODE_UTF8
-    const char *dataUTF8 = string.utf8_str();
-#else
-    const wxCharBuffer dataUTF8 = string.utf8_str();
-#endif
+    const wxScopedCharBuffer dataUTF8(string.utf8_str());
 
     gint oldSize = 0;
     if ( theFont )