diff --git a/include/wx/event.h b/include/wx/event.h
index 7898489b97..622a44a973 100644
--- a/include/wx/event.h
+++ b/include/wx/event.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ typedef int wxEventType;
 #define wxStaticCastEvent(type, val) static_cast<type>(val)
 
 #define DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE_ENTRY(type, winid, idLast, fn, obj) \
-    wxEventTableEntry(type, winid, idLast, wxNewEventFunctor(type, fn), obj)
+    wxEventTableEntry(type, winid, idLast, wxNewEventTableFunctor(type, fn), obj)
 
 #define DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE_TERMINATOR() \
     wxEventTableEntry(wxEVT_NULL, 0, 0, 0, 0)
@@ -507,25 +507,17 @@ wxMakeEventFunctor(const EventTag&,
                 method, handler);
 }
 
-// Special case for the wxNewEventFunctor() calls used inside the event table
-// macros: they don't specify the handler so EventHandler can't be deduced
+// Create an event functor for the event table via DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE_ENTRY:
+// in this case we don't have the handler (as it's always the same as the
+// object which generated the event) so we must use Class as its type
 template <typename EventTag, typename Class, typename EventArg>
 inline wxEventFunctorMethod<EventTag, Class, EventArg, Class> *
-wxNewEventFunctor(const EventTag&, void (Class::*method)(EventArg&))
+wxNewEventTableFunctor(const EventTag&, void (Class::*method)(EventArg&))
 {
     return new wxEventFunctorMethod<EventTag, Class, EventArg, Class>(
                     method, NULL);
 }
 
-template
-    <typename EventTag, typename Class, typename EventArg, typename EventHandler>
-inline wxEventFunctorMethod<EventTag, Class, EventArg, Class>
-wxMakeEventFunctor(const EventTag&, void (Class::*method)(EventArg&))
-{
-    return wxEventFunctorMethod<EventTag, Class, EventArg, Class>(
-                method, NULL);
-}
-
 #endif // !wxEVENTS_COMPATIBILITY_2_8