diff --git a/include/wx/dcsvg.h b/include/wx/dcsvg.h
index 939b0dd36e..a0b794a122 100644
--- a/include/wx/dcsvg.h
+++ b/include/wx/dcsvg.h
@@ -324,12 +324,7 @@ public:
     void SetShapeRenderingMode(wxSVGShapeRenderingMode renderingMode);
 
 private:
-    wxSVGFileDC()
-        : wxDC(new wxSVGFileDCImpl(this, wxString()))
-    {
-    }
-
-    wxDECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxSVGFileDC);
+    wxDECLARE_ABSTRACT_CLASS(wxSVGFileDC);
 };
 
 #endif // wxUSE_SVG
diff --git a/src/common/dcsvg.cpp b/src/common/dcsvg.cpp
index c70b16ae1c..29aae36ce9 100644
--- a/src/common/dcsvg.cpp
+++ b/src/common/dcsvg.cpp
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ wxSVGBitmapFileHandler::ProcessBitmap(const wxBitmap& bmp,
 // wxSVGFileDC (specialisations)
 // ----------------------------------------------------------
 
-wxIMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxSVGFileDC, wxDC);
+wxIMPLEMENT_ABSTRACT_CLASS(wxSVGFileDC, wxDC);
 
 void wxSVGFileDC::SetBitmapHandler(wxSVGBitmapHandler* handler)
 {