diff --git a/include/wx/animate.h b/include/wx/animate.h
index 2f595ae03b..98c1a8e5ef 100644
--- a/include/wx/animate.h
+++ b/include/wx/animate.h
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ public:
                           wxAnimationType type = wxANIMATION_TYPE_ANY) = 0;
     virtual bool Load(wxInputStream& stream,
                       wxAnimationType type = wxANIMATION_TYPE_ANY) = 0;
-
-protected:
-    wxDECLARE_ABSTRACT_CLASS(wxAnimationImpl);
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/common/animatecmn.cpp b/src/common/animatecmn.cpp
index 91167a0444..37e4fb55f5 100644
--- a/src/common/animatecmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/animatecmn.cpp
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@
 #include "wx/image.h"
 #include "wx/dcmemory.h"
 
+// global objects
 const char wxAnimationCtrlNameStr[] = "animationctrl";
 wxAnimation wxNullAnimation;
 
-wxIMPLEMENT_ABSTRACT_CLASS(wxAnimationImpl, wxObject);
 wxIMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxAnimation, wxObject);
 wxIMPLEMENT_ABSTRACT_CLASS(wxAnimationCtrlBase, wxControl);