diff --git a/src/x11/window-props.c b/src/x11/window-props.c
index 2f4dfeb31..7c6b25fdb 100644
--- a/src/x11/window-props.c
+++ b/src/x11/window-props.c
@@ -645,10 +645,7 @@ reload_wm_name (MetaWindow    *window,
 
   if (value->type != META_PROP_VALUE_INVALID)
     {
-      g_autofree gchar *title = g_convert (value->v.str, -1,
-                                           "UTF-8", "LATIN1",
-                                           NULL, NULL, NULL);
-      set_window_title (window, title);
+      set_window_title (window, value->v.str);
 
       meta_verbose ("Using WM_NAME for new title of %s: \"%s\"\n",
                     window->desc, window->title);