diff --git a/include/wx/osx/cocoa/dataview.h b/include/wx/osx/cocoa/dataview.h
index 2a9f02860d..5f6583b886 100644
--- a/include/wx/osx/cocoa/dataview.h
+++ b/include/wx/osx/cocoa/dataview.h
@@ -372,10 +372,13 @@ private:
 // NSTextFieldCell customized to allow vertical alignment
 // ============================================================================
 
+#ifndef __LP64__
+    #define wxTextFieldCell NSTextFieldCell
+#else
 @interface wxTextFieldCell : NSTextFieldCell
     -(void) setWXAlignment:(int)alignment;
 @end
-
+#endif
 
 // ============================================================================
 // wxImageTextCell
diff --git a/src/osx/cocoa/dataview.mm b/src/osx/cocoa/dataview.mm
index ee1e7ff180..d37da1a447 100644
--- a/src/osx/cocoa/dataview.mm
+++ b/src/osx/cocoa/dataview.mm
@@ -1258,7 +1258,6 @@ outlineView:(NSOutlineView*)outlineView
     //      error: instance variables may not be placed in class extension
     //
     // Until this can be fixed, disable it to at least fix compilation.
-    #define wxTextFieldCell NSTextFieldCell
 #else
 @interface wxTextFieldCell ()
 {