diff --git a/source/blender/python/intern/bpy.c b/source/blender/python/intern/bpy.c
index 5fd19d3ed88..134e718bce5 100644
--- a/source/blender/python/intern/bpy.c
+++ b/source/blender/python/intern/bpy.c
@@ -51,12 +51,15 @@
 #include "bpy_operator.h"
 #include "bpy_utils_units.h"
 
+#include "../generic/py_capi_utils.h"
+
 #include "MEM_guardedalloc.h"
 
 /* external util modules */
 #include "../generic/idprop_py_api.h"
 #include "../generic/bgl.h"
 #include "../generic/blf_py_api.h"
+#include "../generic/blf_py_api.h"
 #include "../mathutils/mathutils.h"
 
 #ifdef WITH_FREESTYLE
@@ -80,11 +83,11 @@ static PyObject *bpy_script_paths(PyObject *UNUSED(self))
 	const char *path;
 
 	path = BLI_get_folder(BLENDER_SYSTEM_SCRIPTS, NULL);
-	item = PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(path ? path : "");
+	item = PyC_UnicodeFromByte(path ? path : "");
 	BLI_assert(item != NULL);
 	PyTuple_SET_ITEM(ret, 0, item);
 	path = BLI_get_folder(BLENDER_USER_SCRIPTS, NULL);
-	item = PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(path ? path : "");
+	item = PyC_UnicodeFromByte(path ? path : "");
 	BLI_assert(item != NULL);
 	PyTuple_SET_ITEM(ret, 1, item);
 
@@ -94,7 +97,7 @@ static PyObject *bpy_script_paths(PyObject *UNUSED(self))
 static bool bpy_blend_paths_visit_cb(void *userdata, char *UNUSED(path_dst), const char *path_src)
 {
 	PyObject *list = (PyObject *)userdata;
-	PyObject *item = PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(path_src);
+	PyObject *item = PyC_UnicodeFromByte(path_src);
 	PyList_Append(list, item);
 	Py_DECREF(item);
 	return false; /* never edits the path */
@@ -171,7 +174,7 @@ static PyObject *bpy_user_resource(PyObject *UNUSED(self), PyObject *args, PyObj
 	if (!path)
 		path = BLI_get_user_folder_notest(folder_id, subdir);
 
-	return PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(path ? path : "");
+	return PyC_UnicodeFromByte(path ? path : "");
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(bpy_resource_path_doc,
@@ -210,7 +213,7 @@ static PyObject *bpy_resource_path(PyObject *UNUSED(self), PyObject *args, PyObj
 
 	path = BLI_get_folder_version(folder_id, (major * 100) + minor, false);
 
-	return PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(path ? path : "");
+	return PyC_UnicodeFromByte(path ? path : "");
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(bpy_escape_identifier_doc,
diff --git a/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KX_PythonInit.cpp b/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KX_PythonInit.cpp
index dc603319df4..da8a0c0844e 100644
--- a/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KX_PythonInit.cpp
+++ b/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KX_PythonInit.cpp
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ static PyObject *gPyExpandPath(PyObject *, PyObject *args)
 
 	BLI_strncpy(expanded, filename, FILE_MAX);
 	BLI_path_abs(expanded, gp_GamePythonPath);
-	return PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(expanded);
+	return PyC_UnicodeFromByte(expanded);
 }
 
 static char gPyStartGame_doc[] =
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ static PyObject *gPyGetBlendFileList(PyObject *, PyObject *args)
 	
 	while ((dirp = readdir(dp)) != NULL) {
 		if (BLI_testextensie(dirp->d_name, ".blend")) {
-			value= PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(dirp->d_name);
+			value = PyC_UnicodeFromByte(dirp->d_name);
 			PyList_Append(list, value);
 			Py_DECREF(value);
 		}
@@ -1974,7 +1974,7 @@ static void initPySysObjects__append(PyObject *sys_path, const char *filename)
 	BLI_split_dir_part(filename, expanded, sizeof(expanded)); /* get the dir part of filename only */
 	BLI_path_abs(expanded, gp_GamePythonPath); /* filename from lib->filename is (always?) absolute, so this may not be needed but it wont hurt */
 	BLI_cleanup_file(gp_GamePythonPath, expanded); /* Don't use BLI_cleanup_dir because it adds a slash - BREAKS WIN32 ONLY */
-	item= PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(expanded);
+	item = PyC_UnicodeFromByte(expanded);
 	
 //	printf("SysPath - '%s', '%s', '%s'\n", expanded, filename, gp_GamePythonPath);