diff --git a/samples/text/text.cpp b/samples/text/text.cpp
index 4a21cb13d9..3f69987957 100644
--- a/samples/text/text.cpp
+++ b/samples/text/text.cpp
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@
 // Licence:     wxWindows license
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-#ifdef __GNUG__
-    #pragma implementation "text.cpp"
-#endif
-
 // For compilers that support precompilation, includes "wx/wx.h".
 #include "wx/wxprec.h"