diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 092e29f150..85e888fb5e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5384,7 +5384,7 @@ DEFAULT_wxUSE_WX_RESOURCES=1
 DEFAULT_wxUSE_RPC=0
 DEFAULT_wxUSE_HELP=1
 
-DEFAULT_wxUSE_UNICODE=1
+DEFAULT_wxUSE_UNICODE=0
 DEFAULT_wxUSE_WCSRTOMBS=0
 
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 12d8ca1af3..ca2a5c4e4e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ DEFAULT_wxUSE_WX_RESOURCES=1
 DEFAULT_wxUSE_RPC=0
 DEFAULT_wxUSE_HELP=1
 
-DEFAULT_wxUSE_UNICODE=1
+DEFAULT_wxUSE_UNICODE=0
 DEFAULT_wxUSE_WCSRTOMBS=0
 
 dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------