diff --git a/src/msw/choice.cpp b/src/msw/choice.cpp
index 3add1a764c..e7c17023c1 100644
--- a/src/msw/choice.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/choice.cpp
@@ -200,12 +200,12 @@ wxChoice::~wxChoice()
     Clear();
 }
 
-bool wxChoice::MSWGetComboBoxInfo(COMBOBOXINFO* info) const
+bool wxChoice::MSWGetComboBoxInfo(tagCOMBOBOXINFO* info) const
 {
     // TODO-Win9x: Get rid of this once we officially drop support for Win9x
     //             and just call the function directly.
 #if wxUSE_DYNLIB_CLASS
-    typedef BOOL (WINAPI *GetComboBoxInfo_t)(HWND, COMBOBOXINFO*);
+    typedef BOOL (WINAPI *GetComboBoxInfo_t)(HWND, tagCOMBOBOXINFO*);
     static GetComboBoxInfo_t s_pfnGetComboBoxInfo = NULL;
     static bool s_triedToLoad = false;
     if ( !s_triedToLoad )
diff --git a/src/msw/combobox.cpp b/src/msw/combobox.cpp
index 578e110be3..dc91cfb252 100644
--- a/src/msw/combobox.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/combobox.cpp
@@ -377,9 +377,13 @@ bool wxComboBox::MSWShouldPreProcessMessage(WXMSG *pMsg)
 
 WXHWND wxComboBox::GetEditHWNDIfAvailable() const
 {
+    // FIXME-VC6: Only VC6 needs this guard, see WINVER definition in
+    //            include/wx/msw/wrapwin.h
+#if defined(WINVER) && WINVER >= 0x0500
     WinStruct<COMBOBOXINFO> info;
     if ( MSWGetComboBoxInfo(&info) )
         return info.hwndItem;
+#endif // WINVER >= 0x0500
 
     if (HasFlag(wxCB_SIMPLE))
     {