diff --git a/src/libs/qtcreatorcdbext/eventcallback.cpp b/src/libs/qtcreatorcdbext/eventcallback.cpp
index e1db5a5dfe9..d1e8d0e6527 100644
--- a/src/libs/qtcreatorcdbext/eventcallback.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/qtcreatorcdbext/eventcallback.cpp
@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@ static StopReasonMap breakPointStopReasonParameters(PDEBUG_BREAKPOINT b)
     if (CIDebugClient *client = ExtensionContext::instance().hookedClient()) {
         IInterfacePointer<CIDebugDataSpaces> dataSpaces(client);
         if (dataSpaces) {
-            const std::wstring memoryHex = memoryToHexW(dataSpaces.data(), memoryRange.first, memoryRange.second);
+            const std::string memoryHex = memoryToHex(dataSpaces.data(), memoryRange.first, memoryRange.second);
             if (!memoryHex.empty())
-                rc.insert(StopReasonMapValue("memory", wStringToString(memoryHex)));
+                rc.insert(StopReasonMapValue("memory", memoryHex));
         } // dataSpaces
     } // client
     return rc;
diff --git a/src/libs/qtcreatorcdbext/gdbmihelpers.cpp b/src/libs/qtcreatorcdbext/gdbmihelpers.cpp
index 17ac20790bd..ca3dd1b1e13 100644
--- a/src/libs/qtcreatorcdbext/gdbmihelpers.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/qtcreatorcdbext/gdbmihelpers.cpp
@@ -592,17 +592,6 @@ std::string memoryToHex(CIDebugDataSpaces *ds, ULONG64 address, ULONG length,
     return std::string();
 }
 
-std::wstring memoryToHexW(CIDebugDataSpaces *ds, ULONG64 address, ULONG length,
-                          std::string *errorMessage /* = 0 */)
-{
-    if (const unsigned char *buffer = SymbolGroupValue::readMemory(ds, address, length, errorMessage)) {
-        const std::wstring hex = dataToHexW(buffer, buffer + length);
-        delete [] buffer;
-        return hex;
-    }
-    return std::wstring();
-}
-
 // Format stack as GDBMI
 static StackFrames getStackTrace(CIDebugControl *debugControl,
                                  CIDebugSymbols *debugSymbols,
@@ -789,9 +778,9 @@ static bool gdbmiFormatBreakpoint(std::ostream &str,
             // Report the memory of watchpoints for comparing bitfields
             if (dataSpaces && memoryRange.second > 0) {
                 str << ",size=\"" << memoryRange.second << '"';
-                const std::wstring memoryHex = memoryToHexW(dataSpaces, memoryRange.first, memoryRange.second);
+                const std::string memoryHex = memoryToHex(dataSpaces, memoryRange.first, memoryRange.second);
                 if (!memoryHex.empty())
-                    str << ",memory=\"" << gdbmiWStringFormat(memoryHex) << '"';
+                    str << ",memory=\"" << gdbmiStringFormat(memoryHex) << '"';
             }
         } // Got address
     } // !deferred
diff --git a/src/libs/qtcreatorcdbext/gdbmihelpers.h b/src/libs/qtcreatorcdbext/gdbmihelpers.h
index 7b313bbf59b..47a02e8da68 100644
--- a/src/libs/qtcreatorcdbext/gdbmihelpers.h
+++ b/src/libs/qtcreatorcdbext/gdbmihelpers.h
@@ -164,8 +164,6 @@ std::string gdbmiRegisters(CIDebugRegisters *regs,
 
 std::string memoryToHex(CIDebugDataSpaces *ds, ULONG64 address, ULONG length,
                         std::string *errorMessage = 0);
-std::wstring memoryToHexW(CIDebugDataSpaces *ds, ULONG64 address, ULONG length,
-                          std::string *errorMessage = 0);
 // Stack helpers
 StackFrames getStackTrace(CIDebugControl *debugControl, CIDebugSymbols *debugSymbols,
                                  unsigned maxFrames, bool *incomplete, std::string *errorMessage);