diff --git a/unittests/compiled_tests.cpp b/unittests/compiled_tests.cpp
index 99874aca..2388893c 100644
--- a/unittests/compiled_tests.cpp
+++ b/unittests/compiled_tests.cpp
@@ -1343,12 +1343,11 @@ TEST_CASE("Test reference member being registered")
 
 TEST_CASE("Test unicode matches C++")
 {
-  chaiscript::ChaiScript_Basic chai(create_chaiscript_stdlib(),create_chaiscript_parser());
-  CHECK(u8"\U000000AC" == chai.eval<std::string>(R"("\U000000AC")"));
+  chaiscript::ChaiScript_Basic chai(create_chaiscript_stdlib(), create_chaiscript_parser());
+  CHECK("\U000000AC" == chai.eval<std::string>(R"("\U000000AC")"));
   CHECK("\xF0\x9F\x8D\x8C" == chai.eval<std::string>(R"("\xF0\x9F\x8D\x8C")"));
-  CHECK(u8"\U0001F34C" == chai.eval<std::string>(R"("\U0001F34C")"));
-  CHECK(u8"\u2022" == chai.eval<std::string>(R"("\u2022")"));
-
+  CHECK("\U0001F34C" == chai.eval<std::string>(R"("\U0001F34C")"));
+  CHECK("\u2022" == chai.eval<std::string>(R"("\u2022")"));
 }