diff --git a/include/wx/defs.h b/include/wx/defs.h
index 2b2b5fec49..65d3a8a726 100644
--- a/include/wx/defs.h
+++ b/include/wx/defs.h
@@ -516,16 +516,23 @@ typedef int wxWindowID;
 
 /*  Macro to issue warning when using deprecated functions with gcc3 or MSVC7: */
 #if wxCHECK_GCC_VERSION(3, 1)
-    #define wxDEPRECATED(x) x __attribute__ ((deprecated))
-    #define wxDEPRECATED_INLINE(func, body) x { body } __attribute__ ((deprecated))
+    #define wxDEPRECATED(x) __attribute__((deprecated)) x
 #elif defined(__VISUALC__) && (__VISUALC__ >= 1300)
     #define wxDEPRECATED(x) __declspec(deprecated) x
-    #define wxDEPRECATED_INLINE(func, body) __declspec(deprecated) x { body }
 #else
     #define wxDEPRECATED(x) x
-    #define wxDEPRECATED_INLINE(func, body) func { body }
 #endif
 
+/*
+   Macro which marks the function as being deprecated but also defines it
+   inline.
+
+   Currently it's defined in the same trivial way in all cases but it could
+   need a special definition with some other compilers in the future which
+   explains why do we have it.
+ */
+#define wxDEPRECATED_INLINE(func, body) wxDEPRECATED(func) { body }
+
 /*
    Special variant of the macro above which should be used for the functions
    which are deprecated but called by wx itself: this often happens with