diff --git a/include/wx/msw/popupwin.h b/include/wx/msw/popupwin.h
index d95c1dabc0..e8effc0125 100644
--- a/include/wx/msw/popupwin.h
+++ b/include/wx/msw/popupwin.h
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ public:
     virtual WXHWND MSWGetParent() const;
 
 protected:
-    // popups handle the position like wxTopLevelWindow, not wxWindow
-    virtual void DoGetPosition(int *x, int *y) const;
-
     DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS_NO_COPY(wxPopupWindow)
 };
 
diff --git a/src/msw/popupwin.cpp b/src/msw/popupwin.cpp
index fbcf9961e6..7fc2510827 100644
--- a/src/msw/popupwin.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/popupwin.cpp
@@ -47,16 +47,6 @@ bool wxPopupWindow::Create(wxWindow *parent, int flags)
                                 flags | wxPOPUP_WINDOW);
 }
 
-void wxPopupWindow::DoGetPosition(int *x, int *y) const
-{
-    // the position of a "top level" window such as this should be in
-    // screen coordinates, not in the client ones which MSW gives us
-    // (because we are a child window)
-    wxPopupWindowBase::DoGetPosition(x, y);
-
-    GetParent()->ClientToScreen(x, y);
-}
-
 WXDWORD wxPopupWindow::MSWGetStyle(long flags, WXDWORD *exstyle) const
 {
     // we only honour the border flags, the others don't make sense for us