diff --git a/src/chars.c b/src/chars.c
index 99554551..cde5a808 100644
--- a/src/chars.c
+++ b/src/chars.c
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ int collect_char(const char *string, char *thechar)
 int advance_over(const char *string, size_t *column)
 {
 #ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
-	if ((unsigned char)*string > 0xC1) {
+	if ((signed char)*string < 0) {
 		int charlen = mblen(string, MAXCHARLEN);
 
 		if (charlen > 0) {
@@ -310,8 +310,10 @@ int advance_over(const char *string, size_t *column)
 			*column += 2;
 	} else if (*string == 0x7F)
 		*column += 2;
-	else if (!use_utf8 && 0x7F < (unsigned char)*string && (unsigned char)*string < 0xA0)
+#ifndef ENABLE_UTF8
+	else if (0x7F < (unsigned char)*string && (unsigned char)*string < 0xA0)
 		*column += 2;
+#endif
 	else
 		*column += 1;
 
diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index b26db1be..1c05ad7a 100644
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -2075,7 +2075,9 @@ void minibar(void)
 	size_t namewidth, placewidth;
 	size_t tallywidth = 0;
 	size_t padding = 2;
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
 	wchar_t widecode;
+#endif
 
 	/* Draw a colored bar over the full width of the screen. */
 	wattron(bottomwin, interface_color_pair[TITLE_BAR]);
@@ -2139,7 +2141,10 @@ void minibar(void)
 
 		if (*this_position == '\0')
 			sprintf(hexadecimal, openfile->current->next ?
-						(using_utf8() ? "U+000A" : "  0x0A") : "  ----");
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
+											using_utf8() ? "U+000A" :
+#endif
+											"  0x0A" : "  ----");
 		else if (*this_position == '\n')
 			sprintf(hexadecimal, "  0x00");
 #ifdef ENABLE_UTF8