diff --git a/include/wx/generic/fontpickerg.h b/include/wx/generic/fontpickerg.h
index ce4f6adb3b..369c46677e 100644
--- a/include/wx/generic/fontpickerg.h
+++ b/include/wx/generic/fontpickerg.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include "wx/cmndata.h"
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// wxGenericFontButton: a button which brings up a wxColourDialog
+// wxGenericFontButton: a button which brings up a wxFontDialog
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxGenericFontButton : public wxButton,
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ public:     // API extensions specific for wxGenericFontButton
     // user can override this to init font data in a different way
     virtual void InitFontData();
 
-    // returns the font data shown in wxColourDialog
-    wxFontData *GetFontData() { return &ms_data; }
+    // returns the font data shown in wxFontDialog
+    wxFontData *GetFontData() { return &m_data; }
 
 
 public:
@@ -66,10 +66,7 @@ protected:
 
     void UpdateFont();
 
-    // the colour data shown in wxColourPickerCtrlGeneric
-    // controls. This member is static so that all colour pickers
-    // in the program share the same set of custom colours.
-    static wxFontData ms_data;
+    wxFontData m_data;
 
 private:
    DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxGenericFontButton)
diff --git a/src/generic/fontpickerg.cpp b/src/generic/fontpickerg.cpp
index 26f9908d7d..971f1cbdbb 100644
--- a/src/generic/fontpickerg.cpp
+++ b/src/generic/fontpickerg.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 // implementation
 // ============================================================================
 
-wxFontData wxGenericFontButton::ms_data;
 IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxGenericFontButton, wxButton)
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -73,22 +72,22 @@ bool wxGenericFontButton::Create( wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id,
 
 void wxGenericFontButton::InitFontData()
 {
-    ms_data.SetAllowSymbols(true);
-    ms_data.SetColour(*wxBLACK);
-    ms_data.EnableEffects(true);
+    m_data.SetAllowSymbols(true);
+    m_data.SetColour(*wxBLACK);
+    m_data.EnableEffects(true);
 }
 
 void wxGenericFontButton::OnButtonClick(wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(ev))
 {
     // update the wxFontData to be shown in the the dialog
-    ms_data.SetInitialFont(m_selectedFont);
+    m_data.SetInitialFont(m_selectedFont);
 
     // create the font dialog and display it
-    wxFontDialog dlg(this, ms_data);
+    wxFontDialog dlg(this, m_data);
     if (dlg.ShowModal() == wxID_OK)
     {
-        ms_data = dlg.GetFontData();
-        SetSelectedFont(ms_data.GetChosenFont());
+        m_data = dlg.GetFontData();
+        SetSelectedFont(m_data.GetChosenFont());
 
         // fire an event
         wxFontPickerEvent event(this, GetId(), m_selectedFont);
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ void wxGenericFontButton::UpdateFont()
     if ( !m_selectedFont.Ok() )
         return;
 
-    SetForegroundColour(ms_data.GetColour());
+    SetForegroundColour(m_data.GetColour());
 
     if (HasFlag(wxFNTP_USEFONT_FOR_LABEL))
     {