--- /dev/null
+--- mapnik-v3.0.12/include/mapnik/text/harfbuzz_shaper.hpp.orig 2017-04-27 21:10:31.804876433 +0200
++++ mapnik-v3.0.12/include/mapnik/text/harfbuzz_shaper.hpp 2017-04-27 21:11:23.065634158 +0200
+@@ -55,11 +55,7 @@
+ static inline const uint16_t * uchar_to_utf16(const UChar* src)
+ {
+ static_assert(sizeof(UChar) == sizeof(uint16_t),"UChar is eq size to uint16_t");
+-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+ return reinterpret_cast<const uint16_t *>(src);
+-#else
+- return src;
+-#endif
+ }
+
+ struct harfbuzz_shaper