diff --git a/include/wx/filefn.h b/include/wx/filefn.h
index 0db4c1e6bb..0f3d25f388 100644
--- a/include/wx/filefn.h
+++ b/include/wx/filefn.h
@@ -602,9 +602,6 @@ public:
     wxPathList(const wxArrayString &arr)
         { Add(arr); }
 
-    // avoid GCC warning about virtual functions w/o virtual dtor
-    virtual ~wxPathList() {}
-
     // Adds all paths in environment variable
     void AddEnvList(const wxString& envVariable);