diff --git a/include/wx/string.h b/include/wx/string.h
index c2a60e233d..bf297f6a9a 100644
--- a/include/wx/string.h
+++ b/include/wx/string.h
@@ -2863,12 +2863,19 @@ inline const wchar_t* wxCStrData::AsWChar() const
 }
 #endif // wxUSE_UNICODE_WCHAR
 
-#if !wxUSE_UNICODE || wxUSE_UTF8_LOCALE_ONLY
+#if !wxUSE_UNICODE
+inline const char* wxCStrData::AsChar() const
+{
+    return m_str->wx_str() + m_offset;
+}
+#endif // !wxUSE_UNICODE
+
+#if wxUSE_UTF8_LOCALE_ONLY
 inline const char* wxCStrData::AsChar() const
 {
     return wxStringOperations::AddToIter(m_str->wx_str(), m_offset);
 }
-#endif // !wxUSE_UNICODE
+#endif // wxUSE_UTF8_LOCALE_ONLY
 
 inline const wxCharBuffer wxCStrData::AsCharBuf() const
 {
@@ -2898,7 +2905,11 @@ inline wxString wxCStrData::AsString() const
 
 inline const wxStringCharType *wxCStrData::AsInternal() const
 {
+#if wxUSE_UNICODE_UTF8
     return wxStringOperations::AddToIter(m_str->wx_str(), m_offset);
+#else
+    return m_str->wx_str() + m_offset;
+#endif
 }
 
 inline wxUniChar wxCStrData::operator*() const
diff --git a/include/wx/stringops.h b/include/wx/stringops.h
index ed53532d9e..f3046794be 100644
--- a/include/wx/stringops.h
+++ b/include/wx/stringops.h
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ struct WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxStringOperationsWchar
         { return i + n; }
     static wxStringImpl::const_iterator AddToIter(const wxStringImpl::const_iterator& i, int n)
         { return i + n; }
-    static const wxChar* AddToIter(const wxChar *i, int n)
-        { return i + n; }
 
     // returns distance of the two iterators in Unicode characters
     static int DiffIters(const wxStringImpl::iterator& i1,