diff --git a/include/wx/translation.h b/include/wx/translation.h
index fcde4c7863..f877ed0a83 100644
--- a/include/wx/translation.h
+++ b/include/wx/translation.h
@@ -300,15 +300,6 @@ inline const wxString& wxGetTranslation(const wxString& str1,
                : wxTranslations::GetUntranslatedString(str2);
 }
 
-/*
- * Get and set the default encoding for strings to be translated.
- * These are only useful when the wxNO_IMPLICIT_WXSTRING_ENCODING macro is
- * defined.
- */
-WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE const wxMBConv &wxGetInlineEncoding();
-
-WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxSetInlineEncoding(const wxMBConv &conv);
-
 #ifdef wxNO_IMPLICIT_WXSTRING_ENCODING
 
 /*
@@ -318,7 +309,7 @@ WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxSetInlineEncoding(const wxMBConv &conv);
 inline const wxString& wxGetTranslation(const char *str,
                                         const char *domain = "",
                                         const char *context = "") {
-    const wxMBConv &conv = wxGetInlineEncoding();
+    const wxMBConv &conv = wxConvWhateverWorks;
     return wxGetTranslation(wxString(str, conv), wxString(domain, conv),
                             wxString(context, conv));
 }
@@ -328,7 +319,7 @@ inline const wxString& wxGetTranslation(const char *str1,
                                         unsigned n,
                                         const char *domain = "",
                                         const char *context = "") {
-    const wxMBConv &conv = wxGetInlineEncoding();
+    const wxMBConv &conv = wxConvWhateverWorks;
     return wxGetTranslation(wxString(str1, conv), wxString(str2, conv), n,
                             wxString(domain, conv),
                             wxString(context, conv));
diff --git a/src/common/translation.cpp b/src/common/translation.cpp
index c6c8991367..ee8b586fa0 100644
--- a/src/common/translation.cpp
+++ b/src/common/translation.cpp
@@ -2110,16 +2110,4 @@ public:
 
 wxIMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxTranslationsModule, wxModule);
 
-// Encoding for strings to be translated, passed as const char *.
-static const wxMBConv *inlineEncoding = &wxConvLibc;
-
-WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE const wxMBConv &wxGetInlineEncoding() {
-    return *inlineEncoding;
-}
-
-WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxSetInlineEncoding(const wxMBConv &conv) {
-    inlineEncoding = &conv;
-}
-
-
 #endif // wxUSE_INTL