diff --git a/common/stringsupport/string_convert.go b/common/stringsupport/string_convert.go
index ab91311ac..337588479 100644
--- a/common/stringsupport/string_convert.go
+++ b/common/stringsupport/string_convert.go
@@ -58,31 +58,6 @@ func (sc *StringConverter) MustEncode(data string) []byte {
 	return encoded
 }
 
-/*
-func MustConvertShiftJISToUTF8(text string) string {
-	result, err := ConvertShiftJISToUTF8(text)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	return result
-}
-func MustConvertUTF8ToShiftJIS(text string) string {
-	result, err := ConvertUTF8ToShiftJIS(text)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	return result
-}
-func ConvertShiftJISToUTF8(text string) (string, error) {
-	r := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte(text))
-	decoded, err := ioutil.ReadAll(transform.NewReader(r, japanese.ShiftJIS.NewDecoder()))
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	return string(decoded), nil
-}
-*/
-
 func UTF8ToSJIS(x string) []byte {
 	e := japanese.ShiftJIS.NewEncoder()
 	xt, _, err := transform.String(e, x)
@@ -169,22 +144,3 @@ func CSVElems(csv string) []int {
 	}
 	return r
 }
-
-// ConvertUTF8ToShiftJIS converts a UTF8 string to a Shift-JIS []byte.
-func ConvertUTF8ToShiftJIS(text string) ([]byte, error) {
-	r := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte(text))
-	encoded, err := ioutil.ReadAll(transform.NewReader(r, japanese.ShiftJIS.NewEncoder()))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return encoded, nil
-}
-
-func ConvertUTF8ToSJIS(text string) (string, error) {
-	r, _, err := transform.String(japanese.ShiftJIS.NewEncoder(), text)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	return r, nil
-}
diff --git a/server/channelserver/handlers_guild_scout.go b/server/channelserver/handlers_guild_scout.go
index d171750d4..8d0266de9 100644
--- a/server/channelserver/handlers_guild_scout.go
+++ b/server/channelserver/handlers_guild_scout.go
@@ -248,11 +248,7 @@ func handleMsgMhfGetGuildScoutList(s *Session, p mhfpacket.MHFPacket) {
 		bf.WriteUint32(uint32(TimeAdjusted().Unix()))
 		bf.WriteUint16(0x00) // HR?
 		bf.WriteUint16(0x00) // GR?
-
-		charNameBytes, _ := stringsupport.ConvertUTF8ToShiftJIS(charName)
-
-		bf.WriteBytes(charNameBytes)
-		bf.WriteBytes(make([]byte, 32-len(charNameBytes))) // Fixed length string
+		bf.WriteBytes(stringsupport.PaddedString(charName, 32, true))
 		count++
 	}