diff --git a/src/torcontrol.cpp b/src/torcontrol.cpp
index 55618a5c57..776981b7f7 100644
--- a/src/torcontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/torcontrol.cpp
@@ -22,19 +22,17 @@
 #include <deque>
 #include <functional>
 #include <set>
-#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <vector>
 
-#include <boost/signals2/signal.hpp>
-#include <boost/algorithm/string/split.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/classification.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/replace.hpp>
+#include <boost/algorithm/string/split.hpp>
 
-#include <event2/bufferevent.h>
 #include <event2/buffer.h>
-#include <event2/util.h>
+#include <event2/bufferevent.h>
 #include <event2/event.h>
 #include <event2/thread.h>
+#include <event2/util.h>
 
 /** Default control port */
 const std::string DEFAULT_TOR_CONTROL = "127.0.0.1:9051";
@@ -277,9 +275,15 @@ std::map<std::string,std::string> ParseTorReplyMapping(const std::string &s)
                         if (j == 3 && value[i] > '3') {
                             j--;
                         }
-                        escaped_value.push_back(strtol(value.substr(i, j).c_str(), nullptr, 8));
+                        const auto end{i + j};
+                        uint8_t val{0};
+                        while (i < end) {
+                            val *= 8;
+                            val += value[i++] - '0';
+                        }
+                        escaped_value.push_back(char(val));
                         // Account for automatic incrementing at loop end
-                        i += j - 1;
+                        --i;
                     } else {
                         escaped_value.push_back(value[i]);
                     }
diff --git a/test/lint/lint-locale-dependence.sh b/test/lint/lint-locale-dependence.sh
index b58600e6cb..661bc35175 100755
--- a/test/lint/lint-locale-dependence.sh
+++ b/test/lint/lint-locale-dependence.sh
@@ -37,15 +37,12 @@ export LC_ALL=C
 # See https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qcoreapplication.html#locale-settings and
 # https://stackoverflow.com/a/34878283 for more details.
 
-# TODO: Reduce KNOWN_VIOLATIONS by replacing uses of locale dependent stoul/strtol with locale
-#       independent ToIntegral<T>(...) or the ParseInt*() functions.
 # TODO: Reduce KNOWN_VIOLATIONS by replacing uses of locale dependent snprintf with strprintf.
 KNOWN_VIOLATIONS=(
     "src/dbwrapper.cpp:.*vsnprintf"
     "src/test/dbwrapper_tests.cpp:.*snprintf"
     "src/test/fuzz/locale.cpp"
     "src/test/fuzz/string.cpp"
-    "src/torcontrol.cpp:.*strtol"
 )
 
 REGEXP_IGNORE_EXTERNAL_DEPENDENCIES="^src/(crypto/ctaes/|leveldb/|secp256k1/|minisketch/|tinyformat.h|univalue/)"