diff --git a/src/driver/framebuffer_ng.h b/src/driver/framebuffer_ng.h
index 194c25345..11949a197 100644
--- a/src/driver/framebuffer_ng.h
+++ b/src/driver/framebuffer_ng.h
@@ -281,6 +281,8 @@ class CFrameBuffer
 		void setFbArea(int element, int _x=0, int _y=0, int _dx=0, int _dy=0);
 		void fbNoCheck(bool noCheck) { fb_no_check = noCheck; }
 		void doPaintMuteIcon(bool mode) { do_paint_mute_icon = mode; }
+		/* blit() is unnecessary, but here to avoid patches to the neutrino code */
+		void blit(void) {}
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/driver/lcdd.cpp b/src/driver/lcdd.cpp
index db3b5f3cb..3363fd64f 100644
--- a/src/driver/lcdd.cpp
+++ b/src/driver/lcdd.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
 #include <daemonc/remotecontrol.h>
 extern CRemoteControl * g_RemoteControl; /* neutrino.cpp */
 
+/* we get edvbstring.h included via from src/system/settings.h */
+#if 0
 /* from edvbstring.cpp */
 static bool isUTF8(const std::string &string)
 {
@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@ static bool isUTF8(const std::string &string)
 	}
 	return true; // can be UTF8 (or pure ASCII, at least no non-UTF-8 8bit characters)
 }
+#endif
 
 CLCD::CLCD()
 {