diff --git a/utils/tex2rtf/src/htmlutil.cpp b/utils/tex2rtf/src/htmlutil.cpp
index fb72dcf0d5..c78636b467 100644
--- a/utils/tex2rtf/src/htmlutil.cpp
+++ b/utils/tex2rtf/src/htmlutil.cpp
@@ -28,10 +28,8 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #define HTML_FILENAME_PATTERN _T("%s_%s.html")
 
-#if !WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4
 static inline wxChar* copystring(const wxChar* s)
     { return wxStrcpy(new wxChar[wxStrlen(s) + 1], s); }
-#endif
 
 extern wxHashTable TexReferences;
 
diff --git a/utils/tex2rtf/src/rtfutils.cpp b/utils/tex2rtf/src/rtfutils.cpp
index 6dc426cdba..7bd7636c42 100644
--- a/utils/tex2rtf/src/rtfutils.cpp
+++ b/utils/tex2rtf/src/rtfutils.cpp
@@ -33,10 +33,8 @@
 #include "bmputils.h"
 #include "table.h"
 
-#if !WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4
 static inline wxChar* copystring(const wxChar* s)
     { return wxStrcpy(new wxChar[wxStrlen(s) + 1], s); }
-#endif
 
 wxList itemizeStack;
 static int indentLevel = 0;
diff --git a/utils/tex2rtf/src/tex2any.cpp b/utils/tex2rtf/src/tex2any.cpp
index 33466d1a93..01db1ed032 100644
--- a/utils/tex2rtf/src/tex2any.cpp
+++ b/utils/tex2rtf/src/tex2any.cpp
@@ -25,10 +25,8 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
-#if !WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4
 static inline wxChar* copystring(const wxChar* s)
     { return wxStrcpy(new wxChar[wxStrlen(s) + 1], s); }
-#endif
 
 /*
  * Variables accessible from clients
diff --git a/utils/tex2rtf/src/tex2rtf.cpp b/utils/tex2rtf/src/tex2rtf.cpp
index 6e11756439..b560cd0c04 100644
--- a/utils/tex2rtf/src/tex2rtf.cpp
+++ b/utils/tex2rtf/src/tex2rtf.cpp
@@ -66,10 +66,8 @@
 #include "tex2rtf.xpm"
 #endif
 
-#if !WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4
 static inline wxChar* copystring(const wxChar* s)
     { return wxStrcpy(new wxChar[wxStrlen(s) + 1], s); }
-#endif
 
 const float versionNo = float(TEX2RTF_VERSION_NUMBER);
 
diff --git a/utils/tex2rtf/src/texutils.cpp b/utils/tex2rtf/src/texutils.cpp
index 0735b06994..44e97bf267 100644
--- a/utils/tex2rtf/src/texutils.cpp
+++ b/utils/tex2rtf/src/texutils.cpp
@@ -41,10 +41,8 @@ using namespace std;
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include "tex2any.h"
 
-#if !WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4
 static inline wxChar* copystring(const wxChar* s)
     { return wxStrcpy(new wxChar[wxStrlen(s) + 1], s); }
-#endif
 
 wxHashTable TexReferences(wxKEY_STRING);
 wxList BibList(wxKEY_STRING);
diff --git a/utils/tex2rtf/src/xlputils.cpp b/utils/tex2rtf/src/xlputils.cpp
index 39408d8966..1a56cd04d9 100644
--- a/utils/tex2rtf/src/xlputils.cpp
+++ b/utils/tex2rtf/src/xlputils.cpp
@@ -24,10 +24,8 @@
 #include "tex2rtf.h"
 #include <ctype.h>
 
-#if !WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4
 static inline wxChar* copystring(const wxChar* s)
     { return wxStrcpy(new wxChar[wxStrlen(s) + 1], s); }
-#endif
 
 long currentBlockId = -1;
 static TexChunk *descriptionItemArg = NULL;