diff --git a/include/wx/msw/window.h b/include/wx/msw/window.h
index 51a09d5579..c1c4e3555b 100644
--- a/include/wx/msw/window.h
+++ b/include/wx/msw/window.h
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ private:
 
 // kbd code translation
 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE int wxCharCodeMSWToWX(int keySym, WXLPARAM lParam = 0);
-WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE WXWORD wxCharCodeWXToMSW(int id, bool *IsVirtual = NULL);
+WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE WXWORD wxCharCodeWXToMSW(int id);
 
 // window creation helper class: before creating a new HWND, instantiate an
 // object of this class on stack - this allows to process the messages sent to
diff --git a/src/msw/accel.cpp b/src/msw/accel.cpp
index dfcb758f2b..f3e2f10c7f 100644
--- a/src/msw/accel.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/accel.cpp
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@
 
 #include "wx/msw/private.h"
 
-extern WXWORD wxCharCodeWXToMSW(int id, bool *isVirtual);
-
 IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxAcceleratorTable, wxObject)
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -105,19 +103,15 @@ wxAcceleratorTable::wxAcceleratorTable(int n, const wxAcceleratorEntry entries[]
     {
         int flags = entries[i].GetFlags();
 
-        BYTE fVirt = 0;
+        BYTE fVirt = FVIRTKEY;
         if ( flags & wxACCEL_ALT )
-            fVirt |= FALT | FVIRTKEY;
+            fVirt |= FALT;
         if ( flags & wxACCEL_SHIFT )
-            fVirt |= FSHIFT | FVIRTKEY;
+            fVirt |= FSHIFT;
         if ( flags & wxACCEL_CTRL )
-            fVirt |= FCONTROL | FVIRTKEY;
+            fVirt |= FCONTROL;
 
-        bool isVirtual;
-
-        WORD key = wxCharCodeWXToMSW(entries[i].GetKeyCode(), &isVirtual);
-        if (isVirtual)
-            fVirt |= FVIRTKEY;
+        WORD key = wxCharCodeWXToMSW(entries[i].GetKeyCode());
 
         arr[i].fVirt = fVirt;
         arr[i].key = key;
diff --git a/src/msw/window.cpp b/src/msw/window.cpp
index bad095f9e9..be4d7d01d2 100644
--- a/src/msw/window.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/window.cpp
@@ -6095,11 +6095,8 @@ int wxCharCodeMSWToWX(int vk, WXLPARAM lParam)
     return wxk;
 }
 
-WXWORD wxCharCodeWXToMSW(int wxk, bool *isVirtual)
+WXWORD wxCharCodeWXToMSW(int wxk)
 {
-    if ( isVirtual )
-        *isVirtual = true;
-
     // check the table first
     for ( size_t n = 0; n < WXSIZEOF(gs_specialKeys); n++ )
     {
@@ -6174,8 +6171,6 @@ WXWORD wxCharCodeWXToMSW(int wxk, bool *isVirtual)
             else
 #endif // !__WXWINCE__
             {
-                if ( isVirtual )
-                    *isVirtual = false;
                 vk = (WXWORD)wxk;
             }
     }