diff --git a/docs/doxygen/mainpages/const_cpp.h b/docs/doxygen/mainpages/const_cpp.h
index 5453ca49a4..4037ef207c 100644
--- a/docs/doxygen/mainpages/const_cpp.h
+++ b/docs/doxygen/mainpages/const_cpp.h
@@ -172,8 +172,7 @@ Currently the following symbols exist:
 @itemdef{wxHAS_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_RW, Defined if the currently used compiler
     supports template Read() and Write() methods in wxConfig.}
 @itemdef{wxHAS_MEMBER_DEFAULT, Defined if the currently used compiler supports
-    C++11 @c =default. @c wxMEMBER_DEFAULT is defined as this keyword in this
-    case, and as nothing otherwise.}
+    C++11 @c =default.}
 @itemdef{wxHAS_LARGE_FILES, Defined if wxFile supports files more than 4GB in
     size (notice that you must include @c wx/filefn.h before testing for this
     symbol).}
diff --git a/include/wx/animate.h b/include/wx/animate.h
index f2db61fc12..92051d6490 100644
--- a/include/wx/animate.h
+++ b/include/wx/animate.h
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ public:
     explicit wxAnimation(const wxString &name, wxAnimationType type = wxANIMATION_TYPE_ANY);
 
 #ifdef wxHAS_MEMBER_DEFAULT
-    wxAnimation(const wxAnimation&) wxMEMBER_DEFAULT;
-    wxAnimation& operator=(const wxAnimation&) wxMEMBER_DEFAULT;
+    wxAnimation(const wxAnimation&) = default;
+    wxAnimation& operator=(const wxAnimation&) = default;
 #endif
 
     bool IsOk() const;
diff --git a/include/wx/defs.h b/include/wx/defs.h
index 347d622ee7..3322d7c5cf 100644
--- a/include/wx/defs.h
+++ b/include/wx/defs.h
@@ -290,13 +290,10 @@ typedef short int WXTYPE;
    still requires handling MSVS specially, unfortunately) */
 #if __cplusplus >= 201103L || wxCHECK_VISUALC_VERSION(14)
     #define wxHAS_MEMBER_DEFAULT
-    #define wxMEMBER_DEFAULT = default
 
     #define wxHAS_NOEXCEPT
     #define wxNOEXCEPT noexcept
 #else
-    #define wxMEMBER_DEFAULT
-
     #define wxNOEXCEPT
 #endif
 
diff --git a/include/wx/unichar.h b/include/wx/unichar.h
index a7cb03079c..1fc45eb937 100644
--- a/include/wx/unichar.h
+++ b/include/wx/unichar.h
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ public:
         { if (&c != this) *this = c.UniChar(); return *this; }
 
 #ifdef wxHAS_MEMBER_DEFAULT
-    wxUniCharRef(const wxUniCharRef&) wxMEMBER_DEFAULT;
+    wxUniCharRef(const wxUniCharRef&) = default;
 #endif
 
 #define wxUNICHAR_REF_DEFINE_OPERATOR_EQUAL(type) \