diff --git a/include/wx/defs.h b/include/wx/defs.h
index 65d3a8a726..838021c9c8 100644
--- a/include/wx/defs.h
+++ b/include/wx/defs.h
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@
 #   pragma warning(disable:4512)    /*  operator=() couldn't be generated */
 #   pragma warning(disable:4710)    /*  function not inlined */
 
+    /* There are too many false positivies for this one, particularly when
+       using templates like wxVector<T> */
+    /* class 'foo' needs to have dll-interface to be used by clients of
+       class 'bar'" */
+#   pragma warning(disable:4251)
+
     /* For VC++ 5.0 for release mode, the warning 'C4702: unreachable code */
     /* is buggy, and occurs for code that does actually get executed */
 #   if !defined __WXDEBUG__ && __VISUALC__ <= 1100
diff --git a/include/wx/xrc/xmlres.h b/include/wx/xrc/xmlres.h
index 877dc1237d..6146f5956f 100644
--- a/include/wx/xrc/xmlres.h
+++ b/include/wx/xrc/xmlres.h
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ private:
     long m_version;
 
     int m_flags;
-    class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_XRC wxVector<wxXmlResourceHandler*> m_handlers;
+    wxVector<wxXmlResourceHandler*> m_handlers;
     wxXmlResourceDataRecords *m_data;
 #if wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
     wxFileSystem m_curFileSystem;