4 files changed, 7 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/core/fxcrt/fx_basic_bstring.cpp b/core/fxcrt/fx_basic_bstring.cpp
index 23fdcaa25e..bfa0cbd98c 100644
--- a/core/fxcrt/fx_basic_bstring.cpp
+++ b/core/fxcrt/fx_basic_bstring.cpp
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ void CFX_ByteString::TrimLeft() {
 }
 
 uint32_t CFX_ByteString::GetID(FX_STRSIZE start_pos) const {
-  return CFX_ByteStringC(*this).GetID(start_pos);
+  return AsStringC().GetID(start_pos);
 }
 uint32_t CFX_ByteStringC::GetID(FX_STRSIZE start_pos) const {
   if (m_Length == 0) {
diff --git a/core/fxcrt/fx_basic_gcc.cpp b/core/fxcrt/fx_basic_gcc.cpp
index c3afe1115b..ddbdcd5881 100644
--- a/core/fxcrt/fx_basic_gcc.cpp
+++ b/core/fxcrt/fx_basic_gcc.cpp
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ uint32_t FXSYS_GetModuleFileName(void* hModule, char* buf, uint32_t bufsize) {
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 FXSYS_FILE* FXSYS_wfopen(const FX_WCHAR* filename, const FX_WCHAR* mode) {
-  return FXSYS_fopen(CFX_ByteString::FromUnicode(filename),
-                     CFX_ByteString::FromUnicode(mode));
+  return FXSYS_fopen(CFX_ByteString::FromUnicode(filename).c_str(),
+                     CFX_ByteString::FromUnicode(mode).c_str());
 }
 char* FXSYS_strlwr(char* str) {
   if (!str) {
diff --git a/core/fxcrt/fx_basic_util.cpp b/core/fxcrt/fx_basic_util.cpp
index 4374dec779..1cf966589d 100644
--- a/core/fxcrt/fx_basic_util.cpp
+++ b/core/fxcrt/fx_basic_util.cpp
@@ -210,9 +210,9 @@ void* FX_OpenFolder(const FX_CHAR* path) {
 #if _FXM_PLATFORM_ == _FXM_PLATFORM_WINDOWS_
 #ifndef _WIN32_WCE
   CFindFileDataA* pData = new CFindFileDataA;
-  pData->m_Handle =
-      FindFirstFileExA(CFX_ByteString(path) + "/*.*", FindExInfoStandard,
-                       &pData->m_FindData, FindExSearchNameMatch, NULL, 0);
+  pData->m_Handle = FindFirstFileExA((CFX_ByteString(path) + "/*.*").c_str(),
+                                     FindExInfoStandard, &pData->m_FindData,
+                                     FindExSearchNameMatch, NULL, 0);
 #else
   CFindFileDataW* pData = new CFindFileDataW;
   pData->m_Handle = FindFirstFileW(CFX_WideString::FromLocal(path) + L"/*.*",
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ void* FX_OpenFolder(const FX_WCHAR* path) {
   pData->m_bEnd = FALSE;
   return pData;
 #else
-  DIR* dir = opendir(CFX_ByteString::FromUnicode(path));
+  DIR* dir = opendir(CFX_ByteString::FromUnicode(path).c_str());
   return dir;
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/core/fxcrt/include/fx_string.h b/core/fxcrt/include/fx_string.h
index ef0dfee6fb..4b73551573 100644
--- a/core/fxcrt/include/fx_string.h
+++ b/core/fxcrt/include/fx_string.h
@@ -170,9 +170,6 @@ class CFX_ByteString {
   // Note: Any subsequent modification of |this| will invalidate the result.
   const FX_CHAR* c_str() const { return m_pData ? m_pData->m_String : ""; }
 
-  // Implicit conversion to C-style string -- deprecated.
-  operator const FX_CHAR*() const { return m_pData ? m_pData->m_String : ""; }
-
   // Explicit conversion to uint8_t*.
   // Note: Any subsequent modification of |this| will invalidate the result.
   const uint8_t* raw_str() const {