diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 2d29a1c7d5..288b04edb1 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ wxGTK:
   be appended to filenames with no extension
 - added SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
 - fixed a memory leak in generic wxFileDialog
+- implemented wxTextCtrl::Remove/Replace() for GTK2
 
 wxMSW:
 
diff --git a/src/gtk/textctrl.cpp b/src/gtk/textctrl.cpp
index faf1eec7bc..def20bf20e 100644
--- a/src/gtk/textctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/textctrl.cpp
@@ -1087,29 +1087,44 @@ void wxTextCtrl::Remove( long from, long to )
 {
     wxCHECK_RET( m_text != NULL, wxT("invalid text ctrl") );
 
-#ifndef __WXGTK20__
-    gtk_editable_delete_text( GTK_EDITABLE(m_text), (gint)from, (gint)to );
+#ifdef __WXGTK20__
+    if ( m_windowStyle & wxTE_MULTILINE )
+    {
+        GtkTextBuffer *
+            text_buffer = gtk_text_view_get_buffer( GTK_TEXT_VIEW(m_text) );
+
+        GtkTextIter fromi, toi;
+        gtk_text_buffer_get_iter_at_offset( text_buffer, &fromi, from );
+        gtk_text_buffer_get_iter_at_offset( text_buffer, &toi, to );
+
+        gtk_text_buffer_delete( text_buffer, &fromi, &toi );
+    }
+    else // single line
 #endif
+    gtk_editable_delete_text( GTK_EDITABLE(m_text), (gint)from, (gint)to );
 }
 
 void wxTextCtrl::Replace( long from, long to, const wxString &value )
 {
     wxCHECK_RET( m_text != NULL, wxT("invalid text ctrl") );
 
-#ifndef __WXGTK20__
-    gtk_editable_delete_text( GTK_EDITABLE(m_text), (gint)from, (gint)to );
+    Remove( from, to );
 
     if (!value.IsEmpty())
     {
+#ifdef __WXGTK20__
+        SetInsertionPoint( from );
+        WriteText( value );
+#else // GTK 1.x
         gint pos = (gint)from;
 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
         wxWX2MBbuf buf = value.mbc_str();
         gtk_editable_insert_text( GTK_EDITABLE(m_text), buf, strlen(buf), &pos );
 #else
         gtk_editable_insert_text( GTK_EDITABLE(m_text), value, value.Length(), &pos );
-#endif
+#endif // wxUSE_UNICODE
+#endif // GTK 1.x/2.x
     }
-#endif
 }
 
 void wxTextCtrl::Cut()
diff --git a/src/gtk1/textctrl.cpp b/src/gtk1/textctrl.cpp
index faf1eec7bc..def20bf20e 100644
--- a/src/gtk1/textctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk1/textctrl.cpp
@@ -1087,29 +1087,44 @@ void wxTextCtrl::Remove( long from, long to )
 {
     wxCHECK_RET( m_text != NULL, wxT("invalid text ctrl") );
 
-#ifndef __WXGTK20__
-    gtk_editable_delete_text( GTK_EDITABLE(m_text), (gint)from, (gint)to );
+#ifdef __WXGTK20__
+    if ( m_windowStyle & wxTE_MULTILINE )
+    {
+        GtkTextBuffer *
+            text_buffer = gtk_text_view_get_buffer( GTK_TEXT_VIEW(m_text) );
+
+        GtkTextIter fromi, toi;
+        gtk_text_buffer_get_iter_at_offset( text_buffer, &fromi, from );
+        gtk_text_buffer_get_iter_at_offset( text_buffer, &toi, to );
+
+        gtk_text_buffer_delete( text_buffer, &fromi, &toi );
+    }
+    else // single line
 #endif
+    gtk_editable_delete_text( GTK_EDITABLE(m_text), (gint)from, (gint)to );
 }
 
 void wxTextCtrl::Replace( long from, long to, const wxString &value )
 {
     wxCHECK_RET( m_text != NULL, wxT("invalid text ctrl") );
 
-#ifndef __WXGTK20__
-    gtk_editable_delete_text( GTK_EDITABLE(m_text), (gint)from, (gint)to );
+    Remove( from, to );
 
     if (!value.IsEmpty())
     {
+#ifdef __WXGTK20__
+        SetInsertionPoint( from );
+        WriteText( value );
+#else // GTK 1.x
         gint pos = (gint)from;
 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
         wxWX2MBbuf buf = value.mbc_str();
         gtk_editable_insert_text( GTK_EDITABLE(m_text), buf, strlen(buf), &pos );
 #else
         gtk_editable_insert_text( GTK_EDITABLE(m_text), value, value.Length(), &pos );
-#endif
+#endif // wxUSE_UNICODE
+#endif // GTK 1.x/2.x
     }
-#endif
 }
 
 void wxTextCtrl::Cut()