diff --git a/clientgui/BOINCListCtrl.cpp b/clientgui/BOINCListCtrl.cpp
index 41133c4b39..af9c1151c3 100644
--- a/clientgui/BOINCListCtrl.cpp
+++ b/clientgui/BOINCListCtrl.cpp
@@ -620,21 +620,7 @@ void CBOINCListCtrl::OnMouseDown(wxMouseEvent& event) {
 void CBOINCListCtrl::RefreshCell(int row, int col) {
     wxRect r;
     
-#if (defined (__WXMSW__) && wxCHECK_VERSION(2,8,0))
     GetSubItemRect(row, col, r);
-#else
-    int i;
-    
-    GetItemRect(row, r);
-#if ! USE_NATIVE_LISTCONTROL
-    r.y = r.y - GetHeaderHeight() - 1;
-#endif
-    for (i=0; i< col; i++) {
-        r.x += GetColumnWidth(i);
-    }
-    r.width = GetColumnWidth(col);
-#endif
-
     RefreshRect(r);
 }