diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1b4e3ca7ce..c7291e206a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for wxWidgets 3.0.0.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for wxWidgets 3.0.1.
 #
 # Report bugs to <wx-dev@lists.wxwidgets.org>.
 #
@@ -580,8 +580,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='wxWidgets'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='wxwidgets'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='3.0.0'
-PACKAGE_STRING='wxWidgets 3.0.0'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='3.0.1'
+PACKAGE_STRING='wxWidgets 3.0.1'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='wx-dev@lists.wxwidgets.org'
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1960,7 +1960,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures wxWidgets 3.0.0 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures wxWidgets 3.0.1 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -2029,7 +2029,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of wxWidgets 3.0.0:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of wxWidgets 3.0.1:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -2488,7 +2488,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-wxWidgets configure 3.0.0
+wxWidgets configure 3.0.1
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -3342,7 +3342,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by wxWidgets $as_me 3.0.0, which was
+It was created by wxWidgets $as_me 3.0.1, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -3805,7 +3805,7 @@ fi
 
 wx_major_version_number=3
 wx_minor_version_number=0
-wx_release_number=0
+wx_release_number=1
 wx_subrelease_number=0
 
 WX_RELEASE=$wx_major_version_number.$wx_minor_version_number
@@ -30051,8 +30051,6 @@ ac_link='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $
 ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
 
 
-if test "$wxUSE_UNICODE" = yes; then
-
             wchar_headers="#include <stdio.h>
 #include <wchar.h>"
     case "${host}" in
@@ -30156,7 +30154,6 @@ else
 $as_echo "no" >&6; }
 fi
 rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext;
-fi
 
 if test "$wxUSE_FILE" = "yes"; then
 
@@ -41944,7 +41941,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by wxWidgets $as_me 3.0.0, which was
+This file was extended by wxWidgets $as_me 3.0.1, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -42010,7 +42007,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-wxWidgets config.status 3.0.0
+wxWidgets config.status 3.0.1
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index d2bb7f8306..56812db35b 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -4270,8 +4270,6 @@ if test "$ac_cv_func_vsscanf" = "yes"; then
 fi
 AC_LANG_POP()
 
-if test "$wxUSE_UNICODE" = yes; then
-
     dnl also look if we have wide char IO functions, notice that [f]putws are
     dnl declared in special widec.h under Solaris
     wchar_headers="#include <stdio.h>
@@ -4297,7 +4295,6 @@ if test "$wxUSE_UNICODE" = yes; then
                    [AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
                     AC_DEFINE(HAVE__VSNWPRINTF)],
                    [AC_MSG_RESULT([no])]);
-fi
 
 if test "$wxUSE_FILE" = "yes"; then
     WX_CHECK_FUNCS(fsync)
diff --git a/include/wx/wxcrtvararg.h b/include/wx/wxcrtvararg.h
index 666e806ef3..bcb6c2c7f9 100644
--- a/include/wx/wxcrtvararg.h
+++ b/include/wx/wxcrtvararg.h
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
    so on but not all systems have them so use our own implementations in this
    case.
  */
-#if wxUSE_UNICODE && !defined(wxHAVE_TCHAR_SUPPORT) && !defined(HAVE_WPRINTF)
+#if !defined(wxHAVE_TCHAR_SUPPORT) && !defined(HAVE_WPRINTF)
     #define wxNEED_WPRINTF
 #endif
 #if !defined(wxHAVE_TCHAR_SUPPORT) && !defined(HAVE_VSWSCANF)