diff --git a/docs/doxygen/overviews/refcount.h b/docs/doxygen/overviews/refcount.h
index 433b56e298..bfa2dd9a27 100644
--- a/docs/doxygen/overviews/refcount.h
+++ b/docs/doxygen/overviews/refcount.h
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class-specific shared data. For example:
 @code
 MyClassRefData* GetData() const
 {
-    return wx_static_cast(MyClassRefData*, m_refData);
+    return static_cast<MyClassRefData*>(m_refData);
 }
 @endcode
 
diff --git a/include/wx/defs.h b/include/wx/defs.h
index 84793c02b9..fe5fdb48f7 100644
--- a/include/wx/defs.h
+++ b/include/wx/defs.h
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ typedef short int WXTYPE;
 #endif
 
 /* for consistency with wxStatic/DynamicCast defined in wx/object.h */
-#define wxConstCast(obj, className) wx_const_cast(className *, obj)
+#define wxConstCast(obj, className) const_cast<className *>(obj)
 
 #ifndef HAVE_STD_WSTRING
     #if __cplusplus >= 201103L
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ inline wxUIntPtr wxPtrToUInt(const void *p)
     #pragma warning(disable: 1684)
 #endif
 
-    return wx_reinterpret_cast(wxUIntPtr, p);
+    return reinterpret_cast<wxUIntPtr>(p);
 
 #if defined(__VISUALC__) || defined(__INTELC__)
     #pragma warning(pop)
@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ inline void *wxUIntToPtr(wxUIntPtr p)
     #pragma warning(disable: 171)
 #endif
 
-    return wx_reinterpret_cast(void *, p);
+    return reinterpret_cast<void *>(p);
 
 #if defined(__VISUALC__) || defined(__INTELC__)
     #pragma warning(pop)
diff --git a/include/wx/dlist.h b/include/wx/dlist.h
index e0d23106e0..d25428de29 100644
--- a/include/wx/dlist.h
+++ b/include/wx/dlist.h
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ public:
         Node *GetNext() const      { return m_next; }
         Node *GetPrevious() const  { return m_previous; }
         T *GetData() const         { return m_data; }
-        T **GetDataPtr() const     { return &(wx_const_cast(nodetype*,this)->m_data); }
+        T **GetDataPtr() const     { return &(const_cast<nodetype*>(this)->m_data); }
         void SetData( T *data )    { m_data = data; }
 
         int IndexOf() const
diff --git a/interface/wx/object.h b/interface/wx/object.h
index 9baa53eb3f..b118edb38c 100644
--- a/interface/wx/object.h
+++ b/interface/wx/object.h
@@ -789,39 +789,6 @@ public:
 */
 #define wxIMPLEMENT_CLASS2( className, baseClassName1, baseClassName2 )
 
-/**
-    Same as @c const_cast<T>(x) if the compiler supports const cast or @c (T)x for
-    old compilers. Unlike wxConstCast(), the cast it to the type @c T and not to
-    <tt>T *</tt> and also the order of arguments is the same as for the standard cast.
-
-    @header{wx/defs.h}
-
-    @see wx_reinterpret_cast(), wx_static_cast()
-*/
-#define wx_const_cast(T, x)
-
-/**
-    Same as @c reinterpret_cast<T>(x) if the compiler supports reinterpret cast or
-    @c (T)x for old compilers.
-
-    @header{wx/defs.h}
-
-    @see wx_const_cast(), wx_static_cast()
-*/
-#define wx_reinterpret_cast(T, x)
-
-/**
-    Same as @c static_cast<T>(x) if the compiler supports static cast or @c (T)x for
-    old compilers. Unlike wxStaticCast(), there are no checks being done and
-    the meaning of the macro arguments is exactly the same as for the standard
-    static cast, i.e. @a T is the full type name and star is not appended to it.
-
-    @header{wx/defs.h}
-
-    @see wx_const_cast(), wx_reinterpret_cast(), wx_truncate_cast()
-*/
-#define wx_static_cast(T, x)
-
 /**
     This case doesn’t correspond to any standard cast but exists solely to make
     casts which possibly result in a truncation of an integer value more
@@ -837,7 +804,7 @@ public:
 
     @header{wx/defs.h}
 
-    @see wx_const_cast(), wxDynamicCast(), wxStaticCast()
+    @see wxDynamicCast(), wxStaticCast()
 */
 #define wxConstCast( ptr, classname )
 
@@ -889,7 +856,7 @@ public:
 
     @header{wx/object.h}
 
-    @see wx_static_cast(), wxDynamicCast(), wxConstCast()
+    @see wxDynamicCast(), wxConstCast()
 */
 #define wxStaticCast( ptr, classname )
 
diff --git a/interface/wx/pickerbase.h b/interface/wx/pickerbase.h
index 160cfaa04e..b50a964225 100644
--- a/interface/wx/pickerbase.h
+++ b/interface/wx/pickerbase.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public:
                 // wxMSW is one of the platforms where the generic implementation
                 // of wxFilePickerCtrl is used...
 
-                wxButton *pButt = wx_static_cast(wxButton*, myFilePickerCtrl->GetPickerCtrl());
+                wxButton *pButt = static_cast<wxButton*>(myFilePickerCtrl->GetPickerCtrl());
                 if (pButt)
                     pButt->SetLabel("Custom browse string");
             #endif
diff --git a/samples/xti/classlist.cpp b/samples/xti/classlist.cpp
index 5cc8f5dc78..4b9ac66d74 100644
--- a/samples/xti/classlist.cpp
+++ b/samples/xti/classlist.cpp
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ void ClassListDialog::InitControls()
 
 bool ClassListDialog::IsToDiscard(const wxString &classname) const
 {
-    wxCheckBox *cb = wx_static_cast(wxCheckBox*, FindWindow(ID_SHOW_ONLY_XTI));
+    wxCheckBox *cb = static_cast<wxCheckBox*>(FindWindow(ID_SHOW_ONLY_XTI));
     if (!cb || !cb->IsChecked())
         return false;
 
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ void ClassListDialog::UpdateFilterText()
 void ClassListDialog::UpdateClassInfo(const wxString &itemName)
 {
     wxString classname = itemName.BeforeFirst(wxT(' '));
-    wxCheckBox *cb = wx_static_cast(wxCheckBox*, FindWindow(ID_SHOW_PROPERTIES_RECURSIVELY));
+    wxCheckBox *cb = static_cast<wxCheckBox*>(FindWindow(ID_SHOW_PROPERTIES_RECURSIVELY));
 
     m_pTextCtrl->SetValue(
         DumpClassInfo(wxClassInfo::FindClass(classname), cb->IsChecked()));
diff --git a/src/unix/glx11.cpp b/src/unix/glx11.cpp
index 65346010c4..d409d6d578 100644
--- a/src/unix/glx11.cpp
+++ b/src/unix/glx11.cpp
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ bool wxGLCanvasX11::InitXVisualInfo(const wxGLAttributes& dispAttrs,
     {
         *pFBC = NULL;
         *pXVisual = glXChooseVisual(dpy, DefaultScreen(dpy),
-                                   wx_const_cast(int*, attrsListGLX) );
+                                    const_cast<int*>(attrsListGLX) );
     }
 
     return *pXVisual != NULL;