diff --git a/include/wx/stc/stc.h b/include/wx/stc/stc.h
index 7956d13f8e..0bddcfd8bd 100644
--- a/include/wx/stc/stc.h
+++ b/include/wx/stc/stc.h
@@ -4291,9 +4291,6 @@ protected:
 
     bool                m_lastKeyDownConsumed;
 
-    // Time until when we should ignore any new mouse wheel events.
-    wxLongLong m_timeToBlockWheelEventsUntil;
-
     friend class ScintillaWX;
     friend class Platform;
 #endif // !SWIG
diff --git a/src/stc/stc.cpp b/src/stc/stc.cpp
index 20aff095a3..15f1fcac53 100644
--- a/src/stc/stc.cpp
+++ b/src/stc/stc.cpp
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ bool wxStyledTextCtrl::Create(wxWindow *parent,
     m_swx = new ScintillaWX(this);
     m_stopWatch.Start();
     m_lastKeyDownConsumed = false;
-    m_timeToBlockWheelEventsUntil = 0;
     m_vScrollBar = NULL;
     m_hScrollBar = NULL;
 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
@@ -4258,25 +4257,11 @@ void wxStyledTextCtrl::OnContextMenu(wxContextMenuEvent& evt) {
 
 void wxStyledTextCtrl::OnMouseWheel(wxMouseEvent& evt)
 {
-    // Prevent having an event queue with wheel events that cannot be processed
-    // reasonably fast (see ticket #9057) by ignoring all of them that happen
-    // during the time interval corresponding to the time it took us to handle
-    // the last one.
-    //
-    // Notice the use of TimeInMicro() instead of Time() to avoid overflow in
-    // long running programs.
-    if ( m_timeToBlockWheelEventsUntil <= m_stopWatch.TimeInMicro() )
-    {
-        const wxLongLong beforeMouseWheel = m_stopWatch.TimeInMicro();
-        m_swx->DoMouseWheel(evt.GetWheelRotation(),
-                            evt.GetWheelDelta(),
-                            evt.GetLinesPerAction(),
-                            evt.ControlDown(),
-                            evt.IsPageScroll());
-        const wxLongLong afterMouseWheel = m_stopWatch.TimeInMicro();
-        m_timeToBlockWheelEventsUntil = afterMouseWheel;
-        m_timeToBlockWheelEventsUntil += afterMouseWheel - beforeMouseWheel;
-    }
+    m_swx->DoMouseWheel(evt.GetWheelRotation(),
+                        evt.GetWheelDelta(),
+                        evt.GetLinesPerAction(),
+                        evt.ControlDown(),
+                        evt.IsPageScroll());
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/stc/stc.cpp.in b/src/stc/stc.cpp.in
index 10ceabad07..114d4b71be 100644
--- a/src/stc/stc.cpp.in
+++ b/src/stc/stc.cpp.in
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ bool wxStyledTextCtrl::Create(wxWindow *parent,
     m_swx = new ScintillaWX(this);
     m_stopWatch.Start();
     m_lastKeyDownConsumed = false;
-    m_timeToBlockWheelEventsUntil = 0;
     m_vScrollBar = NULL;
     m_hScrollBar = NULL;
 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
@@ -762,25 +761,11 @@ void wxStyledTextCtrl::OnContextMenu(wxContextMenuEvent& evt) {
 
 void wxStyledTextCtrl::OnMouseWheel(wxMouseEvent& evt)
 {
-    // Prevent having an event queue with wheel events that cannot be processed
-    // reasonably fast (see ticket #9057) by ignoring all of them that happen
-    // during the time interval corresponding to the time it took us to handle
-    // the last one.
-    //
-    // Notice the use of TimeInMicro() instead of Time() to avoid overflow in
-    // long running programs.
-    if ( m_timeToBlockWheelEventsUntil <= m_stopWatch.TimeInMicro() )
-    {
-        const wxLongLong beforeMouseWheel = m_stopWatch.TimeInMicro();
-        m_swx->DoMouseWheel(evt.GetWheelRotation(),
-                            evt.GetWheelDelta(),
-                            evt.GetLinesPerAction(),
-                            evt.ControlDown(),
-                            evt.IsPageScroll());
-        const wxLongLong afterMouseWheel = m_stopWatch.TimeInMicro();
-        m_timeToBlockWheelEventsUntil = afterMouseWheel;
-        m_timeToBlockWheelEventsUntil += afterMouseWheel - beforeMouseWheel;
-    }
+    m_swx->DoMouseWheel(evt.GetWheelRotation(),
+                        evt.GetWheelDelta(),
+                        evt.GetLinesPerAction(),
+                        evt.ControlDown(),
+                        evt.IsPageScroll());
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/stc/stc.h.in b/src/stc/stc.h.in
index ab4ddab4ba..0526edef8b 100644
--- a/src/stc/stc.h.in
+++ b/src/stc/stc.h.in
@@ -489,9 +489,6 @@ protected:
 
     bool                m_lastKeyDownConsumed;
 
-    // Time until when we should ignore any new mouse wheel events.
-    wxLongLong m_timeToBlockWheelEventsUntil;
-
     friend class ScintillaWX;
     friend class Platform;
 #endif // !SWIG