diff --git a/include/wx/dataview.h b/include/wx/dataview.h
index 304864aab1..a3547fb13c 100644
--- a/include/wx/dataview.h
+++ b/include/wx/dataview.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "wx/dataobj.h"
 #include "wx/withimages.h"
 #include "wx/systhemectrl.h"
+#include "wx/vector.h"
 
 class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_CORE wxImageList;
 class wxItemAttr;
@@ -179,8 +180,7 @@ private:
 // wxDataViewModel
 // ---------------------------------------------------------
 
-WX_DECLARE_LIST_WITH_DECL(wxDataViewModelNotifier, wxDataViewModelNotifiers,
-                          class WXDLLIMPEXP_ADV);
+typedef wxVector<wxDataViewModelNotifier*> wxDataViewModelNotifiers;
 
 class WXDLLIMPEXP_ADV wxDataViewModel: public wxRefCounter
 {
@@ -273,8 +273,9 @@ public:
     virtual bool IsVirtualListModel() const { return false; }
 
 protected:
-    // the user should not delete this class directly: he should use DecRef() instead!
-    virtual ~wxDataViewModel() { }
+    // Dtor is protected because the objects of this class must not be deleted,
+    // DecRef() must be used instead.
+    virtual ~wxDataViewModel();
 
     // Helper function used by the default Compare() implementation to compare
     // values of types it is not aware about. Can be overridden in the derived
@@ -285,7 +286,7 @@ protected:
         return 0;
     }
 
-
+private:
     wxDataViewModelNotifiers  m_notifiers;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/common/datavcmn.cpp b/src/common/datavcmn.cpp
index 0f2ccc24b8..117dec03e3 100644
--- a/src/common/datavcmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/datavcmn.cpp
@@ -95,9 +95,6 @@ wxFont wxDataViewItemAttr::GetEffectiveFont(const wxFont& font) const
 // wxDataViewModelNotifier
 // ---------------------------------------------------------
 
-#include "wx/listimpl.cpp"
-WX_DEFINE_LIST(wxDataViewModelNotifiers)
-
 bool wxDataViewModelNotifier::ItemsAdded( const wxDataViewItem &parent, const wxDataViewItemArray &items )
 {
     size_t count = items.GetCount();
@@ -134,7 +131,15 @@ bool wxDataViewModelNotifier::ItemsChanged( const wxDataViewItemArray &items )
 
 wxDataViewModel::wxDataViewModel()
 {
-    m_notifiers.DeleteContents( true );
+}
+
+wxDataViewModel::~wxDataViewModel()
+{
+    wxDataViewModelNotifiers::const_iterator iter;
+    for (iter = m_notifiers.begin(); iter != m_notifiers.end(); ++iter)
+    {
+        delete *iter;
+    }
 }
 
 bool wxDataViewModel::ItemAdded( const wxDataViewItem &parent, const wxDataViewItem &item )
@@ -305,7 +310,20 @@ void wxDataViewModel::AddNotifier( wxDataViewModelNotifier *notifier )
 
 void wxDataViewModel::RemoveNotifier( wxDataViewModelNotifier *notifier )
 {
-    m_notifiers.DeleteObject( notifier );
+    wxDataViewModelNotifiers::iterator iter;
+    for (iter = m_notifiers.begin(); iter != m_notifiers.end(); ++iter)
+    {
+        if ( *iter == notifier )
+        {
+            delete notifier;
+            m_notifiers.erase(iter);
+
+            // Skip the assert below.
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    wxFAIL_MSG(wxS("Removing non-registered notifier"));
 }
 
 int wxDataViewModel::Compare( const wxDataViewItem &item1, const wxDataViewItem &item2,