diff --git a/common/include/Utilities/StringHelpers.h b/common/include/Utilities/StringHelpers.h
index d71cdfbfa0..874db63973 100644
--- a/common/include/Utilities/StringHelpers.h
+++ b/common/include/Utilities/StringHelpers.h
@@ -21,12 +21,16 @@
 
 #include <wx/tokenzr.h>
 
+#if _WIN32
+	#define WX_STR(str) (str.wc_str())
+#else
 // Stupid wx3.0 doesn't support c_str for vararg function
 #if wxMAJOR_VERSION >= 3
 	#define WX_STR(str) (static_cast<const char*>(str.c_str()))
 #else
 	#define WX_STR(str) (str.c_str())
 #endif
+#endif
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //  pxToUTF8
diff --git a/common/src/Utilities/pxTranslate.cpp b/common/src/Utilities/pxTranslate.cpp
index f579a2a757..aba039ea5a 100644
--- a/common/src/Utilities/pxTranslate.cpp
+++ b/common/src/Utilities/pxTranslate.cpp
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ bool pxIsEnglish( int id )
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 const wxChar* __fastcall pxExpandMsg( const wxChar* englishContent )
 {
-#if wxMAJOR_VERSION >= 3
+#if _WIN32 || wxMAJOR_VERSION < 3
+	return wxGetTranslation(englishContent);
+#else
 	wxString translation = wxGetTranslation( englishContent );
 	return translation.wc_str();
-#else
-	return wxGetTranslation( englishContent );
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ const wxChar* __fastcall pxGetTranslation( const wxChar* message )
 			Console.WriteLn( Color_Green, L"Message: %s", message );
 		}
 	}
-#if wxMAJOR_VERSION >= 3
+#if _WIN32 || wxMAJOR_VERSION < 3
+	return wxGetTranslation(message);
+#else
 	wxString translation = wxGetTranslation( message );
 	return translation.wc_str();
-#else
-	return wxGetTranslation( message );
 #endif
 }