diff --git a/src/mac/carbon/choice.cpp b/src/mac/carbon/choice.cpp
index 588bfae616..d3e0c009e8 100644
--- a/src/mac/carbon/choice.cpp
+++ b/src/mac/carbon/choice.cpp
@@ -359,7 +359,6 @@ wxSize wxChoice::DoGetBestSize() const
         wxCoord width, height ;
         dc.GetTextExtent( wxT("X"), &width, &height);
         int cx = width ;
-        lbHeight += 4;
 #else
         // And just a bit more
         int cx = ::TextWidth( "X" , 0 , 1 ) ;