diff --git a/src/generic/choicbkg.cpp b/src/generic/choicbkg.cpp
index c21023c25b..731ff90cab 100644
--- a/src/generic/choicbkg.cpp
+++ b/src/generic/choicbkg.cpp
@@ -176,14 +176,16 @@ wxString wxChoicebook::GetPageText(size_t n) const
 
 int wxChoicebook::GetPageImage(size_t WXUNUSED(n)) const
 {
-    wxFAIL_MSG( wxT("wxChoicebook::GetPageImage() not implemented") );
-
     return wxNOT_FOUND;
 }
 
 bool wxChoicebook::SetPageImage(size_t WXUNUSED(n), int WXUNUSED(imageId))
 {
-    wxFAIL_MSG( wxT("wxChoicebook::SetPageImage() not implemented") );
+    // fail silently, the code may be written to use one of several book
+    // classes and call SetPageImage() unconditionally, it's better to just
+    // ignore it (which is the best we can do short of rewriting this class to
+    // use wxBitmapComboBox anyhow) than complain loudly about a rather
+    // harmless problem
 
     return false;
 }