diff --git a/include/wx/utils.h b/include/wx/utils.h
index 92701eae15..91688f5fad 100644
--- a/include/wx/utils.h
+++ b/include/wx/utils.h
@@ -751,11 +751,7 @@ public:
     ~wxBusyCursor()
         { wxEndBusyCursor(); }
 
-    // FIXME: These two methods are currently only implemented (and needed?)
-    //        in wxGTK.  BusyCursor handling should probably be moved to
-    //        common code since the wxGTK and wxMSW implementations are very
-    //        similar except for wxMSW using HCURSOR directly instead of
-    //        wxCursor..  -- RL.
+    // Obsolete internal methods, do not use.
     static const wxCursor &GetStoredCursor();
     static const wxCursor GetBusyCursor();
 };
diff --git a/src/gtk/cursor.cpp b/src/gtk/cursor.cpp
index 245dc76f9d..c84da466c4 100644
--- a/src/gtk/cursor.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/cursor.cpp
@@ -310,6 +310,17 @@ wxCursor::CloneGDIRefData(const wxGDIRefData * WXUNUSED(data)) const
 
 static int       gs_busyCount = 0;
 
+const wxCursor &wxBusyCursor::GetStoredCursor()
+{
+    static wxCursor s_storedCursor;
+    return s_storedCursor;
+}
+
+const wxCursor wxBusyCursor::GetBusyCursor()
+{
+    return wxCursor(wxCURSOR_WATCH);
+}
+
 void wxBeginBusyCursor(const wxCursor* cursor)
 {
     if (gs_busyCount++ == 0)