diff --git a/ebook_converter/__init__.py b/ebook_converter/__init__.py
index e330839..2796284 100644
--- a/ebook_converter/__init__.py
+++ b/ebook_converter/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ from ebook_converter.constants_old import islinux, isfrozen, \
     isbsd, __appname__, __version__, __author__, \
     config_dir
 from ebook_converter.startup import winutil, winutilerror
-from ebook_converter.utils.icu import safe_chr
 
 
 if False:
@@ -231,7 +230,7 @@ def walk(dir):
 
 def my_unichr(num):
     try:
-        return safe_chr(num)
+        return chr(num)
     except (ValueError, OverflowError):
         return '?'
 
diff --git a/ebook_converter/utils/fonts/sfnt/subset.py b/ebook_converter/utils/fonts/sfnt/subset.py
index 7cf3d94..cf94147 100644
--- a/ebook_converter/utils/fonts/sfnt/subset.py
+++ b/ebook_converter/utils/fonts/sfnt/subset.py
@@ -3,15 +3,11 @@ from collections import OrderedDict
 from operator import itemgetter
 from functools import partial
 
-from ebook_converter.utils.icu import safe_chr, ord_string
+from ebook_converter.utils.icu import ord_string
 from ebook_converter.utils.fonts.sfnt.container import Sfnt
 from ebook_converter.utils.fonts.sfnt.errors import UnsupportedFont, NoGlyphs
 
 
-__license__ = 'GPL v3'
-__copyright__ = '2012, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>'
-__docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
-
 # TrueType outlines {{{
 
 
@@ -253,7 +249,7 @@ def main(args):
     def conv_code(c):
         if c.upper()[:2] in ('U+', '0X'):
             c = int(c[2:], 16)
-        return safe_chr(int(c))
+        return chr(int(c))
 
     for c in chars:
         if '-' in c: