diff --git a/include/wx/meta/movable.h b/include/wx/meta/movable.h
index cb207abc39..7fc60d0bbf 100644
--- a/include/wx/meta/movable.h
+++ b/include/wx/meta/movable.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ WX_DECLARE_TYPE_MOVABLE(wxULongLong_t)
 // Visual C++ 6.0 can't compile partial template specializations and as this is
 // only an optimization, we can live with pointers not being recognized as
 // movable types under VC6
-#ifndef __VISUALC6__
+#if !wxCHECK_VISUALC_VERSION(7)
 
 // pointers are movable:
 template<typename T>
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ struct wxIsMovable<const T*>
     enum { value = true };
 };
 
-#endif // !__VISUALC6__
+#endif // !VC++ < 7
 
 // Our implementation of wxString is written in such way that it's safe to move
 // it around. OTOH, we don't know anything about std::string.