diff --git a/components/contentselector/model/contentmodel.cpp b/components/contentselector/model/contentmodel.cpp
index 62f6d9014..d000290e6 100644
--- a/components/contentselector/model/contentmodel.cpp
+++ b/components/contentselector/model/contentmodel.cpp
@@ -30,17 +30,6 @@ ContentSelectorModel::ContentModel::~ContentModel()
 void ContentSelectorModel::ContentModel::setEncoding(const QString &encoding)
 {
     mEncoding = encoding;
-    if (encoding == QLatin1String("win1252"))
-        mCodec = QTextCodec::codecForName("windows-1252");
-
-    else if (encoding == QLatin1String("win1251"))
-        mCodec = QTextCodec::codecForName("windows-1251");
-
-    else if (encoding == QLatin1String("win1250"))
-        mCodec = QTextCodec::codecForName("windows-1250");
-
-    else
-        return; // This should never happen;
 }
 
 int ContentSelectorModel::ContentModel::columnCount(const QModelIndex &parent) const
diff --git a/components/contentselector/model/contentmodel.hpp b/components/contentselector/model/contentmodel.hpp
index 658555852..ab965ad69 100644
--- a/components/contentselector/model/contentmodel.hpp
+++ b/components/contentselector/model/contentmodel.hpp
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ namespace ContentSelectorModel
         ContentFileList mFiles;
         QHash<QString, Qt::CheckState> mCheckStates;
         QSet<QString> mPluginsWithLoadOrderError;
-        QTextCodec *mCodec;
         QString mEncoding;
         QIcon mWarningIcon;