diff --git a/wxPython/setup.py b/wxPython/setup.py
index 8ba901d52e..f7e64a4c43 100755
--- a/wxPython/setup.py
+++ b/wxPython/setup.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ HYBRID = 1         # If set and not debug or FINAL, then build a
                    # wxWindows must have been built with /MD, not /MDd
                    # (using FINAL=hybrid will do it.)
 
-WXDLLVER = '240'   # Version part of wxWindows DLL name
+WXDLLVER = '24'   # Version part of wxWindows DLL name
 
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------