diff --git a/include/wx/osx/evtloop.h b/include/wx/osx/evtloop.h
index 98772dd97f..947c080fb1 100644
--- a/include/wx/osx/evtloop.h
+++ b/include/wx/osx/evtloop.h
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ public:
 #ifdef __WXOSX_COCOA__
     // skip wxGUIEventLoop to avoid missing Enter/Exit notifications
     virtual int Run() { return wxCFEventLoop::Run(); }
-
-    virtual bool ProcessIdle();
 #endif
 protected:
     virtual void OSXDoRun();
diff --git a/src/osx/cocoa/evtloop.mm b/src/osx/cocoa/evtloop.mm
index 442130bb34..cf9f46ed0c 100644
--- a/src/osx/cocoa/evtloop.mm
+++ b/src/osx/cocoa/evtloop.mm
@@ -448,45 +448,6 @@ void wxModalEventLoop::OSXDoStop()
     [NSApp abortModal];
 }
 
-// we need our own version of ProcessIdle here in order to
-// avoid deletion of pending objects, because ProcessIdle is running
-// to soon and ends up in destroying the object too early, ie before
-// a stack allocated instance is removed resulting in double deletes
-bool wxModalEventLoop::ProcessIdle()
-{
-    bool needMore = false;
-    if ( wxTheApp )
-    {
-        // synthesize an idle event and check if more of them are needed
-        wxIdleEvent event;
-        event.SetEventObject(wxTheApp);
-        wxTheApp->ProcessEvent(event);
-        
-#if wxUSE_LOG
-        // flush the logged messages if any (do this after processing the events
-        // which could have logged new messages)
-        wxLog::FlushActive();
-#endif
-        needMore = event.MoreRequested();
-        
-        wxWindowList::compatibility_iterator node = wxTopLevelWindows.GetFirst();
-        while (node)
-        {
-            wxWindow* win = node->GetData();
-            
-            // Don't send idle events to the windows that are about to be destroyed
-            // anyhow, this is wasteful and unexpected.
-            if ( !wxPendingDelete.Member(win) && win->SendIdleEvents(event) )
-                needMore = true;
-            node = node->GetNext();
-        }
-        
-        wxUpdateUIEvent::ResetUpdateTime();
-
-    }
-    return needMore;
-}
-
 void wxGUIEventLoop::BeginModalSession( wxWindow* modalWindow )
 {
     WXWindow nsnow = nil;