diff --git a/src/Paragraph.cpp b/src/Paragraph.cpp
index cee1954c72..618dc1fc28 100644
--- a/src/Paragraph.cpp
+++ b/src/Paragraph.cpp
@@ -986,7 +986,14 @@ void Paragraph::Pimpl::simpleTeXSpecialChars(Buffer const & buf,
 			break;
 
 		default:
-
+#ifdef WITH_WARNINGS
+#warning Can someone explain this silly method?
+// JSpitzm 2008/07/03
+// This looks like complete nonsense to me. Cf. the comments
+// below. Since this triggers iconv exceptions (see bug 4727),
+// I have commented this out for the time being.
+#endif
+#if 0
 			// I assume this is hack treating typewriter as verbatim
 			// FIXME UNICODE: This can fail if c cannot be encoded
 			// in the current encoding.
@@ -996,6 +1003,7 @@ void Paragraph::Pimpl::simpleTeXSpecialChars(Buffer const & buf,
 				}
 				break;
 			}
+#endif
 
 			// LyX, LaTeX etc.
 
diff --git a/status.15x b/status.15x
index 00ef3a67d6..2adbd3cc62 100644
--- a/status.15x
+++ b/status.15x
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ What's new
   landscape orientation, such that viewers can properly display them
   (bug 2721).
 
+- Fix encoding errors when typewriter font is used (bug 4727).
+
 
 
 * USER INTERFACE