diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 7ccd0366463..e64fe56b263 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ if selected_platform in platform_list:
         env.Prepend(CCFLAGS=["/std:c++14"])
 
     # Configure compiler warnings
-    if env.msvc:
+    if env.msvc:  # MSVC
         # Truncations, narrowing conversions, signed/unsigned comparisons...
         disable_nonessential_warnings = ["/wd4267", "/wd4244", "/wd4305", "/wd4018", "/wd4800"]
         if env["warnings"] == "extra":
@@ -375,25 +375,23 @@ if selected_platform in platform_list:
             env.Append(CCFLAGS=["/w"])
         # Set exception handling model to avoid warnings caused by Windows system headers.
         env.Append(CCFLAGS=["/EHsc"])
+
         if env["werror"]:
             env.Append(CCFLAGS=["/WX"])
-        # Force to use Unicode encoding
-        env.Append(MSVC_FLAGS=["/utf8"])
-    else:  # Rest of the world
+    else:  # GCC, Clang
         version = methods.get_compiler_version(env) or [-1, -1]
 
-        shadow_local_warning = []
-        all_plus_warnings = ["-Wwrite-strings"]
+        gcc_common_warnings = []
 
         if methods.using_gcc(env):
-            env.Append(CCFLAGS=["-Wno-misleading-indentation"])
+            gcc_common_warnings += ["-Wno-misleading-indentation"]
             if version[0] >= 7:
-                shadow_local_warning = ["-Wshadow-local"]
+                gcc_common_warnings += ["-Wshadow-local"]
 
         if env["warnings"] == "extra":
             # Note: enable -Wimplicit-fallthrough for Clang (already part of -Wextra for GCC)
             # once we switch to C++11 or later (necessary for our FALLTHROUGH macro).
-            env.Append(CCFLAGS=["-Wall", "-Wextra", "-Wno-unused-parameter"] + all_plus_warnings + shadow_local_warning)
+            env.Append(CCFLAGS=["-Wall", "-Wextra", "-Wwrite-strings", "-Wno-unused-parameter"] + gcc_common_warnings)
             env.Append(CXXFLAGS=["-Wctor-dtor-privacy", "-Wnon-virtual-dtor"])
             if methods.using_gcc(env):
                 env.Append(
@@ -409,11 +407,12 @@ if selected_platform in platform_list:
                 if version[0] >= 9:
                     env.Append(CCFLAGS=["-Wattribute-alias=2"])
         elif env["warnings"] == "all":
-            env.Append(CCFLAGS=["-Wall"] + shadow_local_warning)
+            env.Append(CCFLAGS=["-Wall"] + gcc_common_warnings)
         elif env["warnings"] == "moderate":
-            env.Append(CCFLAGS=["-Wall", "-Wno-unused"] + shadow_local_warning)
+            env.Append(CCFLAGS=["-Wall", "-Wno-unused"] + gcc_common_warnings)
         else:  # 'no'
             env.Append(CCFLAGS=["-w"])
+
         if env["werror"]:
             env.Append(CCFLAGS=["-Werror"])
         else:  # always enable those errors
diff --git a/platform/uwp/detect.py b/platform/uwp/detect.py
index c23a65ef756..8b89ba145a9 100644
--- a/platform/uwp/detect.py
+++ b/platform/uwp/detect.py
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ def configure(env):
     env["ENV"] = os.environ
     vc_base_path = os.environ["VCTOOLSINSTALLDIR"] if "VCTOOLSINSTALLDIR" in os.environ else os.environ["VCINSTALLDIR"]
 
+    # Force to use Unicode encoding
+    env.AppendUnique(CCFLAGS=["/utf-8"])
+
     # ANGLE
     angle_root = os.getenv("ANGLE_SRC_PATH")
     env.Prepend(CPPPATH=[angle_root + "/include"])
diff --git a/platform/windows/detect.py b/platform/windows/detect.py
index bad6e871ecb..bbf9bc34035 100644
--- a/platform/windows/detect.py
+++ b/platform/windows/detect.py
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ def configure_msvc(env, manual_msvc_config):
     ## Compile/link flags
 
     env.AppendUnique(CCFLAGS=["/MT", "/Gd", "/GR", "/nologo"])
-    if int(env["MSVC_VERSION"].split(".")[0]) >= 14:  # vs2015 and later
-        env.AppendUnique(CCFLAGS=["/utf-8"])
+    # Force to use Unicode encoding
+    env.AppendUnique(CCFLAGS=["/utf-8"])
     env.AppendUnique(CXXFLAGS=["/TP"])  # assume all sources are C++
     if manual_msvc_config:  # should be automatic if SCons found it
         if os.getenv("WindowsSdkDir") is not None: