diff --git a/demos/poem/wxpoem.cpp b/demos/poem/wxpoem.cpp
index cfca656f6e..36206c8753 100644
--- a/demos/poem/wxpoem.cpp
+++ b/demos/poem/wxpoem.cpp
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ void MainWindow::ScanBuffer(wxDC *dc, bool DrawIt, int *max_x, int *max_y)
         height = *max_y;
     }
 
-    if (DrawIt && wxColourDisplay())
+    if (DrawIt)
     {
         dc->SetBrush(*wxLIGHT_GREY_BRUSH);
         dc->SetPen(*wxGREY_PEN);
@@ -347,20 +347,18 @@ void MainWindow::ScanBuffer(wxDC *dc, bool DrawIt, int *max_x, int *max_y)
     if (DrawIt)
     {
         // Draw dark grey thick border
-        if (wxColourDisplay())
-        {
-            dc->SetBrush(*wxGREY_BRUSH);
-            dc->SetPen(*wxGREY_PEN);
+        dc->SetBrush(*wxGREY_BRUSH);
+        dc->SetPen(*wxGREY_PEN);
+
+        // Left side
+        dc->DrawRectangle(0, 0, THIN_LINE_BORDER, height);
+        // Top side
+        dc->DrawRectangle(THIN_LINE_BORDER, 0, width-THIN_LINE_BORDER, THIN_LINE_BORDER);
+        // Right side
+        dc->DrawRectangle(width-THIN_LINE_BORDER, THIN_LINE_BORDER, width, height-THIN_LINE_BORDER);
+        // Bottom side
+        dc->DrawRectangle(THIN_LINE_BORDER, height-THIN_LINE_BORDER, width-THIN_LINE_BORDER, height);
 
-            // Left side
-            dc->DrawRectangle(0, 0, THIN_LINE_BORDER, height);
-            // Top side
-            dc->DrawRectangle(THIN_LINE_BORDER, 0, width-THIN_LINE_BORDER, THIN_LINE_BORDER);
-            // Right side
-            dc->DrawRectangle(width-THIN_LINE_BORDER, THIN_LINE_BORDER, width, height-THIN_LINE_BORDER);
-            // Bottom side
-            dc->DrawRectangle(THIN_LINE_BORDER, height-THIN_LINE_BORDER, width-THIN_LINE_BORDER, height);
-        }
         // Draw border
         // Have grey background, plus 3-d border -
         // One black rectangle.
@@ -376,10 +374,7 @@ void MainWindow::ScanBuffer(wxDC *dc, bool DrawIt, int *max_x, int *max_y)
 
         // Right and bottom white lines - 'grey' (black!) if
         // we're running on a mono display.
-        if (wxColourDisplay())
-            dc->SetPen(*wxWHITE_PEN);
-        else
-            dc->SetPen(*wxBLACK_PEN);
+        dc->SetPen(*wxWHITE_PEN);
 
         dc->DrawLine(width-THICK_LINE_BORDER, THICK_LINE_BORDER,
                      width-THICK_LINE_BORDER, height-THICK_LINE_BORDER);
diff --git a/src/common/dcbase.cpp b/src/common/dcbase.cpp
index 1363984b7e..8b070995d8 100644
--- a/src/common/dcbase.cpp
+++ b/src/common/dcbase.cpp
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ wxIMPLEMENT_ABSTRACT_CLASS(wxDCImpl, wxObject);
 
 wxDCImpl::wxDCImpl( wxDC *owner )
         : m_window(NULL)
-        , m_colour(wxColourDisplay())
+        , m_colour(true)
         , m_ok(true)
         , m_clipping(false)
         , m_isInteractive(0)
diff --git a/src/common/dcsvg.cpp b/src/common/dcsvg.cpp
index 7a02bebb4f..2913548a12 100644
--- a/src/common/dcsvg.cpp
+++ b/src/common/dcsvg.cpp
@@ -402,7 +402,6 @@ void wxSVGFileDCImpl::Init(const wxString &filename, int Width, int Height,
     m_backgroundBrush = *wxTRANSPARENT_BRUSH;
     m_textForegroundColour = *wxBLACK;
     m_textBackgroundColour = *wxWHITE;
-    m_colour = wxColourDisplay();
 
     m_pen   = *wxBLACK_PEN;
     m_font  = *wxNORMAL_FONT;
diff --git a/src/motif/dcclient.cpp b/src/motif/dcclient.cpp
index 6bf809572f..a85f36bfc2 100644
--- a/src/motif/dcclient.cpp
+++ b/src/motif/dcclient.cpp
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ void wxWindowDCImpl::Init()
     m_currentPenDash = NULL;
     m_currentStyle = -1;
     m_currentFill = -1;
-    m_colour = wxColourDisplay();
     m_display = NULL;
     m_pixmap = (WXPixmap) 0;
     m_autoSetting = 0;