// FIXME-UTF8: get rid of this, have only one wxEmptyString
#if wxUSE_UNICODE_UTF8
-extern const wxStringCharType WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE *wxEmptyStringImpl = "";
+const wxStringCharType WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE *wxEmptyStringImpl = "";
#endif
-extern const wxChar WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE *wxEmptyString = _T("");
+const wxChar WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE *wxEmptyString = _T("");
#else
// empty C style string: points to 'string data' byte of g_strEmpty
#if wxUSE_UNICODE_UTF8
// FIXME-UTF8: get rid of this, have only one wxEmptyString
-extern const wxStringCharType WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE *wxEmptyStringImpl = &g_strEmpty.dummy;
-extern const wxChar WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE *wxEmptyString = _T("");
+const wxStringCharType WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE *wxEmptyStringImpl = &g_strEmpty.dummy;
+const wxChar WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE *wxEmptyString = _T("");
#else
-extern const wxStringCharType WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE *wxEmptyString = &g_strEmpty.dummy;
+const wxStringCharType WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE *wxEmptyString = &g_strEmpty.dummy;
#endif
#endif