diff --git a/src/common/numformatter.cpp b/src/common/numformatter.cpp
index 2428ef34b5..369ec15b5c 100644
--- a/src/common/numformatter.cpp
+++ b/src/common/numformatter.cpp
@@ -122,20 +122,16 @@ wxChar wxNumberFormatter::GetDecimalSeparator()
     {
         const wxString
             s = wxLocale::GetInfo(wxLOCALE_DECIMAL_POINT, wxLOCALE_CAT_NUMBER);
-        if ( s.empty() )
+        if ( s.length() == 1 )
+        {
+            s_decimalSeparator = s[0];
+        }
+        else
         {
             // We really must have something for decimal separator, so fall
             // back to the C locale default.
             s_decimalSeparator = '.';
         }
-        else
-        {
-            // To the best of my knowledge there are no locales like this.
-            wxASSERT_MSG( s.length() == 1,
-                          "Multi-character decimal separator?" );
-
-            s_decimalSeparator = s[0];
-        }
     }
 
     return s_decimalSeparator;
@@ -154,11 +150,8 @@ bool wxNumberFormatter::GetThousandsSeparatorIfUsed(wxChar *sep)
     {
         const wxString
             s = wxLocale::GetInfo(wxLOCALE_THOUSANDS_SEP, wxLOCALE_CAT_NUMBER);
-        if ( !s.empty() )
+        if ( s.length() == 1 )
         {
-            wxASSERT_MSG( s.length() == 1,
-                          "Multi-character thousands separator?" );
-
             s_thousandsSeparator = s[0];
         }
         //else: Unlike above it's perfectly fine for the thousands separator to