diff --git a/src/gtk/combobox.cpp b/src/gtk/combobox.cpp
index fdb640143f..07d6d0a777 100644
--- a/src/gtk/combobox.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/combobox.cpp
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 
 // We use GtkCombo which has been deprecated since GTK+ 2.3.0
 // in favour of GtkComboBox for <GTK2.4 runtime
-#include <gtk/gtkversion.h>
-#if defined(GTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED) && GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,3,0)
+// We also use GtkList
+#ifdef GTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
 #undef GTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
 #endif
 #include "wx/gtk/private.h"