diff --git a/src/common/arrstr.cpp b/src/common/arrstr.cpp
index 6c830ef631..c2fdb7fda9 100644
--- a/src/common/arrstr.cpp
+++ b/src/common/arrstr.cpp
@@ -25,23 +25,6 @@
 #include <functional>
 #include "wx/afterstd.h"
 
-#if defined( __WINDOWS__ )
-    #include <shlwapi.h>
-
-    // In some distributions of MinGW32, this function is exported in the library,
-    // but not declared in shlwapi.h. Therefore we declare it here.
-    #if defined( __MINGW32_TOOLCHAIN__ )
-        extern "C" __declspec(dllimport) int WINAPI StrCmpLogicalW(LPCWSTR psz1, LPCWSTR psz2);
-    #endif
-
-    // For MSVC we can also link the library containing StrCmpLogicalW()
-    // directly from here, for the other compilers this needs to be done at
-    // makefiles level.
-    #ifdef __VISUALC__
-        #pragma comment(lib, "shlwapi")
-    #endif
-#endif
-
 // ============================================================================
 // ArrayString
 // ============================================================================
@@ -912,15 +895,13 @@ int wxCMPFUNC_CONV wxCmpNaturalGeneric(const wxString& s1, const wxString& s2)
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // wxCmpNatural
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-//
-// If a native version of Natural sort is available, then use that, otherwise
-// use the generic version.
+
+// If native natural sort function isn't available, use the generic version.
+#if !defined(__WINDOWS__)
+
 int wxCMPFUNC_CONV wxCmpNatural(const wxString& s1, const wxString& s2)
 {
-#if defined( __WINDOWS__ )
-    return StrCmpLogicalW(s1.wc_str(), s2.wc_str());
-#else
     return wxCmpNaturalGeneric(s1, s2);
-#endif // #if defined( __WINDOWS__ )
 }
 
+#endif // #if !defined( __WINDOWS__ )
diff --git a/src/msw/utils.cpp b/src/msw/utils.cpp
index 6090e1351d..f4e55c31ab 100644
--- a/src/msw/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/utils.cpp
@@ -95,6 +95,22 @@
 // For wxKillAllChildren
 #include <tlhelp32.h>
 
+// For wxCmpNatural()
+#include <shlwapi.h>
+
+// In some distributions of MinGW32, this function is exported in the library,
+// but not declared in shlwapi.h. Therefore we declare it here.
+#if defined( __MINGW32_TOOLCHAIN__ )
+    extern "C" __declspec(dllimport) int WINAPI StrCmpLogicalW(LPCWSTR psz1, LPCWSTR psz2);
+#endif
+
+// For MSVC we can also link the library containing StrCmpLogicalW()
+// directly from here, for the other compilers this needs to be done at
+// makefiles level.
+#ifdef __VISUALC__
+    #pragma comment(lib, "shlwapi")
+#endif
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // constants
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1583,3 +1599,8 @@ wxCreateHiddenWindow(LPCTSTR *pclassname, LPCTSTR classname, WNDPROC wndproc)
 
     return hwnd;
 }
+
+int wxCMPFUNC_CONV wxCmpNatural(const wxString& s1, const wxString& s2)
+{
+    return StrCmpLogicalW(s1.wc_str(), s2.wc_str());
+}