diff --git a/samples/xrc/myframe.cpp b/samples/xrc/myframe.cpp
index fe36c8acfa..103d03b851 100644
--- a/samples/xrc/myframe.cpp
+++ b/samples/xrc/myframe.cpp
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@
 // Regular resources (the non-XRC kind).
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-// The application icon
-// All non-MSW platforms use an xpm. MSW uses an .ico file
-#if defined(__WXGTK__) || defined(__WXX11__) || defined(__WXMOTIF__) || defined(__WXMAC__) || defined(__WXMGL__)
-    #include "rc/appicon.xpm"
+// the application icon (under Windows and OS/2 it is in resources and even
+// though we could still include the XPM here it would be unused)
+#if !defined(__WXMSW__) && !defined(__WXPM__)
+    #include "../sample.xpm"
 #endif
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------