diff --git a/include/wx/strconv.h b/include/wx/strconv.h
index 8f5569356d..6822ca62d1 100644
--- a/include/wx/strconv.h
+++ b/include/wx/strconv.h
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ public:
     virtual wxMBConv *Clone() const = 0;
 
     // virtual dtor for any base class
-    virtual ~wxMBConv();
+    virtual ~wxMBConv() { }
 };
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/common/strconv.cpp b/src/common/strconv.cpp
index e22f22bbea..94ff70d1b0 100644
--- a/src/common/strconv.cpp
+++ b/src/common/strconv.cpp
@@ -394,11 +394,6 @@ size_t wxMBConv::WC2MB(char *outBuff, const wchar_t *inBuff, size_t outLen) cons
     return rc;
 }
 
-wxMBConv::~wxMBConv()
-{
-    // nothing to do here (necessary for Darwin linking probably)
-}
-
 wxWCharBuffer wxMBConv::cMB2WC(const char *psz) const
 {
     if ( psz )