diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/CPU/CPUDecoder.h b/rpcs3/Emu/CPU/CPUDecoder.h
index f1c1d3501a..c686863be8 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/CPU/CPUDecoder.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/CPU/CPUDecoder.h
@@ -308,13 +308,13 @@ template<typename TO>
 class InstrBase : public InstrCaller<TO>
 {
 protected:
-	wxString m_name;
+	std::string m_name;
 	const u32 m_opcode;
 	CodeFieldBase** m_args;
 	const uint m_args_count;
 
 public:
-	InstrBase(const wxString& name, int opcode, uint args_count)
+	InstrBase(const std::string& name, int opcode, uint args_count)
 		: InstrCaller<TO>()
 		, m_name(name)
 		, m_opcode(opcode)
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ public:
 		m_name.MakeLower().Replace("_", ".");
 	}
 
-	__forceinline const wxString& GetName() const
+	__forceinline const std::string& GetName() const
 	{
 		return m_name;
 	}
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ class Instr0 : public InstrBase<TO>
 	InstrList<count, TO>& m_list;
 
 public:
-	Instr0(InstrList<count, TO>* list, const wxString& name,
+	Instr0(InstrList<count, TO>* list, const std::string& name,
 			void (TO::*func)())
 		: InstrBase<TO>(name, opcode, 0)
 		, m_list(*list)
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ class Instr1 : public InstrBase<TO>
 	InstrList<count, TO>& m_list;
 
 public:
-	Instr1(InstrList<count, TO>* list, const wxString& name,
+	Instr1(InstrList<count, TO>* list, const std::string& name,
 			void (TO::*func)(T1),
 			CodeFieldBase& arg_1)
 		: InstrBase<TO>(name, opcode, 1)
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ class Instr2 : public InstrBase<TO>
 	InstrList<count, TO>& m_list;
 
 public:
-	Instr2(InstrList<count, TO>* list, const wxString& name,
+	Instr2(InstrList<count, TO>* list, const std::string& name,
 			void (TO::*func)(T1, T2),
 			CodeFieldBase& arg_1,
 			CodeFieldBase& arg_2)
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ class Instr3 : public InstrBase<TO>
 	InstrList<count, TO>& m_list;
 
 public:
-	Instr3(InstrList<count, TO>* list, const wxString& name,
+	Instr3(InstrList<count, TO>* list, const std::string& name,
 			void (TO::*func)(T1, T2, T3),
 			CodeFieldBase& arg_1,
 			CodeFieldBase& arg_2,
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ class Instr4 : public InstrBase<TO>
 	InstrList<count, TO>& m_list;
 
 public:
-	Instr4(InstrList<count, TO>* list, const wxString& name,
+	Instr4(InstrList<count, TO>* list, const std::string& name,
 			void (TO::*func)(T1, T2, T3, T4),
 			CodeFieldBase& arg_1,
 			CodeFieldBase& arg_2,
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ class Instr5 : public InstrBase<TO>
 	InstrList<count, TO>& m_list;
 
 public:
-	Instr5(InstrList<count, TO>* list, const wxString& name,
+	Instr5(InstrList<count, TO>* list, const std::string& name,
 			void (TO::*func)(T1, T2, T3, T4, T5),
 			CodeFieldBase& arg_1,
 			CodeFieldBase& arg_2,
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ class Instr6 : public InstrBase<TO>
 	InstrList<count, TO>& m_list;
 
 public:
-	Instr6(InstrList<count, TO>* list, const wxString& name,
+	Instr6(InstrList<count, TO>* list, const std::string& name,
 			void (TO::*func)(T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6),
 			CodeFieldBase& arg_1,
 			CodeFieldBase& arg_2,
@@ -810,13 +810,13 @@ public:
 };
 
 template<int opcode, typename TO, int count>
-static Instr0<TO, opcode, count>& make_instr(InstrList<count, TO>* list, const wxString& name, void (TO::*func)())
+static Instr0<TO, opcode, count>& make_instr(InstrList<count, TO>* list, const std::string& name, void (TO::*func)())
 {
 	return *new Instr0<TO, opcode, count>(list, name, func);
 }
 
 template<int opcode, typename TO, int count, typename T1>
-static Instr1<TO, opcode, count, T1>& make_instr(InstrList<count, TO>* list, const wxString& name,
+static Instr1<TO, opcode, count, T1>& make_instr(InstrList<count, TO>* list, const std::string& name,
 	void (TO::*func)(T1),
 	CodeFieldBase& arg_1)
 {
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ static Instr1<TO, opcode, count, T1>& make_instr(InstrList<count, TO>* list, con
 }
 
 template<int opcode, typename TO, int count, typename T1, typename T2>
-static Instr2<TO, opcode, count, T1, T2>& make_instr(InstrList<count, TO>* list, const wxString& name,
+static Instr2<TO, opcode, count, T1, T2>& make_instr(InstrList<count, TO>* list, const std::string& name,
 	void (TO::*func)(T1, T2),
 	CodeFieldBase& arg_1,
 	CodeFieldBase& arg_2)
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ static Instr2<TO, opcode, count, T1, T2>& make_instr(InstrList<count, TO>* list,
 }
 
 template<int opcode, typename TO, int count, typename T1, typename T2, typename T3>
-static Instr3<TO, opcode, count, T1, T2, T3>& make_instr(InstrList<count, TO>* list, const wxString& name,
+static Instr3<TO, opcode, count, T1, T2, T3>& make_instr(InstrList<count, TO>* list, const std::string& name,
 	void (TO::*func)(T1, T2, T3),
 	CodeFieldBase& arg_1,
 	CodeFieldBase& arg_2,
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ static Instr3<TO, opcode, count, T1, T2, T3>& make_instr(InstrList<count, TO>* l
 }
 
 template<int opcode, typename TO, int count, typename T1, typename T2, typename T3, typename T4>
-static Instr4<TO, opcode, count, T1, T2, T3, T4>& make_instr(InstrList<count, TO>* list, const wxString& name,
+static Instr4<TO, opcode, count, T1, T2, T3, T4>& make_instr(InstrList<count, TO>* list, const std::string& name,
 	void (TO::*func)(T1, T2, T3, T4),
 	CodeFieldBase& arg_1,
 	CodeFieldBase& arg_2,
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ static Instr4<TO, opcode, count, T1, T2, T3, T4>& make_instr(InstrList<count, TO
 }
 
 template<int opcode, typename TO, int count, typename T1, typename T2, typename T3, typename T4, typename T5>
-static Instr5<TO, opcode, count, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5>& make_instr(InstrList<count, TO>* list, const wxString& name,
+static Instr5<TO, opcode, count, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5>& make_instr(InstrList<count, TO>* list, const std::string& name,
 	void (TO::*func)(T1, T2, T3, T4, T5),
 	CodeFieldBase& arg_1,
 	CodeFieldBase& arg_2,
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ static Instr5<TO, opcode, count, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5>& make_instr(InstrList<count
 }
 
 template<int opcode, typename TO, int count, typename T1, typename T2, typename T3, typename T4, typename T5, typename T6>
-static Instr6<TO, opcode, count, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6>& make_instr(InstrList<count, TO>* list, const wxString& name,
+static Instr6<TO, opcode, count, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6>& make_instr(InstrList<count, TO>* list, const std::string& name,
 	void (TO::*func)(T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6),
 	CodeFieldBase& arg_1,
 	CodeFieldBase& arg_2,
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPCThreadManager.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPCThreadManager.cpp
index 52e8b83ae7..c0d5bafce5 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPCThreadManager.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPCThreadManager.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ PPCThread& PPCThreadManager::AddThread(PPCThreadType type)
 	default: assert(0);
 	}
 	
-	new_thread->SetId(Emu.GetIdManager().GetNewID(wxString::Format("%s Thread", name).ToStdString(), new_thread));
+	new_thread->SetId(Emu.GetIdManager().GetNewID(fmt::Format("%s Thread", name), new_thread));
 
 	m_threads.Add(new_thread);
 	wxGetApp().SendDbgCommand(DID_CREATE_THREAD, new_thread);
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/SysCalls/lv2/SC_Process.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/SysCalls/lv2/SC_Process.cpp
index 0e6969864c..4da7dbf2ab 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/SysCalls/lv2/SC_Process.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/SysCalls/lv2/SC_Process.cpp
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ void sys_game_process_exitspawn2(
 	sc_p.Warning("prio: %d", prio);
 	sc_p.Warning("flags: %d", flags);
 
-	wxString path = Memory.ReadString(path_addr);
+	std::string path = Memory.ReadString(path_addr);
 	std::vector<std::string> argv;
 	std::vector<std::string> env;
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/SysCalls/lv2/SC_SPU_Thread.h b/rpcs3/Emu/SysCalls/lv2/SC_SPU_Thread.h
index 1721b9c232..3c7d320ed7 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/SysCalls/lv2/SC_SPU_Thread.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/SysCalls/lv2/SC_SPU_Thread.h
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ struct SpuGroupInfo
 {
 	Array<u32> list;
 	std::atomic<u32> lock;
-	wxString m_name;
+	std::string m_name;
 	int m_prio;
 	int m_type;
 	int m_ct;
 
-	SpuGroupInfo(wxString name, u32 num, int prio, int type, u32 ct) 
+	SpuGroupInfo(const std::string& name, u32 num, int prio, int type, u32 ct) 
 		: m_name(name)
 		, m_prio(prio)
 		, m_type(type)