diff --git a/src/common/intl.cpp b/src/common/intl.cpp
index a45ef71754..a7da0ed972 100644
--- a/src/common/intl.cpp
+++ b/src/common/intl.cpp
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ wxString wxMsgCatalogFile::GetCharset() const
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 bool wxMsgCatalog::Load(const wxChar *szDirPrefix, const wxChar *szName, 
-                        bool bConvertEncoding = FALSE)
+                        bool bConvertEncoding)
 {
     wxMsgCatalogFile file;