diff --git a/include/wx/msw/textctrl.h b/include/wx/msw/textctrl.h
index 14265e7983..f5d08060b8 100644
--- a/include/wx/msw/textctrl.h
+++ b/include/wx/msw/textctrl.h
@@ -184,8 +184,6 @@ protected:
     // common part of all ctors
     void Init();
 
-    virtual bool DoLoadFile(const wxString& file, int fileType);
-
     // creates the control of appropriate class (plain or rich edit) with the
     // styles corresponding to m_windowStyle
     //
@@ -203,13 +201,6 @@ protected:
     // the limit is due to a previous call to SetMaxLength() and not built in)
     bool HasSpaceLimit(unsigned int *len) const;
 
-    // call this to increase the size limit (will do nothing if the current
-    // limit is big enough)
-    //
-    // returns true if we increased the limit to allow entering more text,
-    // false if we hit the limit set by SetMaxLength() and so didn't change it
-    bool AdjustSpaceLimit();
-
 #if wxUSE_RICHEDIT && (!wxUSE_UNICODE || wxUSE_UNICODE_MSLU)
     // replace the selection or the entire control contents with the given text
     // in the specified encoding
@@ -274,6 +265,13 @@ private:
 
     void OnKeyDown(wxKeyEvent& event);
 
+    // call this to increase the size limit (will do nothing if the current
+    // limit is big enough)
+    //
+    // returns true if we increased the limit to allow entering more text,
+    // false if we hit the limit set by SetMaxLength() and so didn't change it
+    bool AdjustSpaceLimit();
+
     DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
     DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS_NO_COPY(wxTextCtrl)
 
diff --git a/src/msw/textctrl.cpp b/src/msw/textctrl.cpp
index 8e2a25a633..207b825c40 100644
--- a/src/msw/textctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/textctrl.cpp
@@ -1379,23 +1379,6 @@ void wxTextCtrl::DoSetSelection(long from, long to, int flags)
     }
 }
 
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Working with files
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-bool wxTextCtrl::DoLoadFile(const wxString& file, int fileType)
-{
-    if ( wxTextCtrlBase::DoLoadFile(file, fileType) )
-    {
-        // update the size limit if needed
-        AdjustSpaceLimit();
-
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    return false;
-}
-
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // dirty status
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------