diff --git a/include/wx/any.h b/include/wx/any.h
index 8ee3d3c830..2e9a9af4e5 100644
--- a/include/wx/any.h
+++ b/include/wx/any.h
@@ -765,32 +765,6 @@ public:
     /**
         Assignment operators.
     */
-    wxAny& operator=(const wxAny &any)
-    {
-        if (this != &any)
-            AssignAny(any);
-        return *this;
-    }
-
-#if wxUSE_VARIANT && (!defined(__VISUALC__) || __VISUALC__ >= 1300)
-    //
-    // Adding this operator for VC6 breaks wxAny, and also
-    // some cases of implicit conversion from wxVariant to wxAny.
-    //
-    // e.g. wxAny any = variant;  // should work
-    //
-    //      wxAny any;
-    //      any = 16;
-    //      any = variant;  // probably doesn't work - uses template
-    //                      // assignment, most likely
-    //
-    wxAny& operator=(const wxVariant &variant)
-    {
-        AssignVariant(variant);
-        return *this;
-    }
-#endif
-
     template<typename T>
     wxAny& operator=(const T &value)
     {
@@ -800,6 +774,21 @@ public:
         return *this;
     }
 
+    wxAny& operator=(const wxAny &any)
+    {
+        if (this != &any)
+            AssignAny(any);
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+#if wxUSE_VARIANT
+    wxAny& operator=(const wxVariant &variant)
+    {
+        AssignVariant(variant);
+        return *this;
+    }
+#endif
+
     wxAny& operator=(const char* value)
         { Assign(wxString(value)); return *this; }
     wxAny& operator=(const wchar_t* value)
diff --git a/tests/any/anytest.cpp b/tests/any/anytest.cpp
index d405b5cf2f..e215f48905 100644
--- a/tests/any/anytest.cpp
+++ b/tests/any/anytest.cpp
@@ -482,16 +482,13 @@ void wxAnyTestCase::wxVariantConversions()
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT(variant.GetType() == "ulonglong");
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT(variant.GetLong() == 1000);
 
-    // FIXME-VC6: for VC6, any = variant needs to be any = wxAny(variant).
-    //            Note that 'wxAny any = variant' does work, probably because
-    //            ctor is used in that case instead of assignment operator.
-    any = wxAny(vString);
+    any = vString;
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT(any == "ABC");
     res = any.GetAs(&variant);
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT(res);
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT(variant.GetString() == "ABC");
 
-    any = wxAny(vDouble);
+    any = vDouble;
     double d = wxANY_AS(any, double);
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_DOUBLES_EQUAL(d, TEST_FLOAT_CONST, FEQ_DELTA);
     res = any.GetAs(&variant);
@@ -500,7 +497,7 @@ void wxAnyTestCase::wxVariantConversions()
                                  TEST_FLOAT_CONST,
                                  FEQ_DELTA);
 
-    any = wxAny(vBool);
+    any = vBool;
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT(wxANY_AS(any, bool) == true);
     res = any.GetAs(&variant);
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT(res);