diff --git a/src/gtk/clipbrd.cpp b/src/gtk/clipbrd.cpp
index 4444320855..1bda9b97d2 100644
--- a/src/gtk/clipbrd.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/clipbrd.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ extern GdkAtom g_altTextAtom;
 // the trace mask we use with wxLogTrace() - call
 // wxLog::AddTraceMask(TRACE_CLIPBOARD) to enable the trace messages from here
 // (there will be a *lot* of them!)
-static const wxChar *TRACE_CLIPBOARD = _T("clipboard");
+#define TRACE_CLIPBOARD _T("clipboard")
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // reminder