diff --git a/src/insets/InsetHyperlink.cpp b/src/insets/InsetHyperlink.cpp
index c883a8260f..e87103ac13 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetHyperlink.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetHyperlink.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 #include "Buffer.h"
 #include "DispatchResult.h"
-#include "Encoding.h"
 #include "Format.h"
 #include "FuncRequest.h"
 #include "FuncStatus.h"
@@ -29,8 +28,6 @@
 #include "support/gettext.h"
 #include "support/lstrings.h"
 
-#include "frontends/alert.h"
-
 using namespace std;
 using namespace lyx::support;
 
@@ -188,17 +185,7 @@ void InsetHyperlink::latex(otexstream & os,
 			(pos = name.find('~', i)) != string::npos;
 			i = pos + 1)
 			name.replace(pos, 1, sim);
-		pair<docstring, docstring> name_latexed =
-			runparams.encoding->latexString(name, runparams.dryrun);
-		name = name_latexed.first;
-		if (!name_latexed.second.empty()) {
-			// issue a warning about omitted characters
-			// FIXME: should be passed to the error dialog
-			frontend::Alert::warning(_("Uncodable characters"),
-				bformat(_("The following characters that are used in the href inset are not\n"
-					  "representable in the current encoding and therefore have been omitted:\n%1$s."),
-					name_latexed.second));
-		}
+
 	}  // end if (!name.empty())
 	
 	if (runparams.moving_arg)
diff --git a/status.20x b/status.20x
index b1a669cbbd..739846f04d 100644
--- a/status.20x
+++ b/status.20x
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@ What's new
 - Fix bug that Elsevier documents became uncompilable when using refstyle for
   cross-references.
 
-- Fix encoding problems in hyperlink name field (bug 8357).
-
 - Fixed the layout file for scientific articles published by the American
   Psychological Association (APA) (bug 8187).