diff --git a/include/wx/wxchar.h b/include/wx/wxchar.h
index cf639c0437..1d49653fd4 100644
--- a/include/wx/wxchar.h
+++ b/include/wx/wxchar.h
@@ -364,10 +364,7 @@
         #ifdef __WXWINCE__
             /* carefully: wxRemove() must return 0 on success while DeleteFile()
                returns 0 on error, so don't just define one as the other */
-            inline int wxRemove(const wxChar *path)
-            {
-                return ::DeleteFile(path) == 0;
-            }
+            int wxRemove(const wxChar *path);
         #else
             #define  wxRemove    _tremove
             #define  wxRename    _trename
diff --git a/src/common/wxchar.cpp b/src/common/wxchar.cpp
index 9d07b1c3fe..2e186082a2 100644
--- a/src/common/wxchar.cpp
+++ b/src/common/wxchar.cpp
@@ -1600,3 +1600,11 @@ void *calloc( size_t num, size_t size )
 
 #endif // __WXWINCE__ <= 211
 
+#ifdef __WXWINCE__
+
+int wxRemove(const wxChar *path)
+{
+    return ::DeleteFile(path) == 0;
+}
+
+#endif