diff --git a/contrib/src/stc/stc.cpp b/contrib/src/stc/stc.cpp
index d51b8d04a0..493db91db6 100644
--- a/contrib/src/stc/stc.cpp
+++ b/contrib/src/stc/stc.cpp
@@ -2142,7 +2142,7 @@ bool wxStyledTextCtrl::LoadFile(const wxString& filename)
             void *bufptr = buffer.GetWriteBuf(len);
             success = (file.Read(bufptr, len) == len);
             buffer.UngetWriteBuf(len);
-#if #wxUSE_UNICODE
+#if wxUSE_UNICODE
             contents = wxString(buffer, *wxConvCurrent);
 #else
             contents = buffer;
diff --git a/contrib/src/stc/stc.cpp.in b/contrib/src/stc/stc.cpp.in
index fa23c2587b..2df0a99cc2 100644
--- a/contrib/src/stc/stc.cpp.in
+++ b/contrib/src/stc/stc.cpp.in
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ bool wxStyledTextCtrl::LoadFile(const wxString& filename)
             void *bufptr = buffer.GetWriteBuf(len);
             success = (file.Read(bufptr, len) == len);
             buffer.UngetWriteBuf(len);
-#if #wxUSE_UNICODE
+#if wxUSE_UNICODE
             contents = wxString(buffer, *wxConvCurrent);
 #else
             contents = buffer;