diff --git a/googlemock/include/gmock/internal/gmock-internal-utils.h b/googlemock/include/gmock/internal/gmock-internal-utils.h
index 7bfa54c0..8f6c08b7 100644
--- a/googlemock/include/gmock/internal/gmock-internal-utils.h
+++ b/googlemock/include/gmock/internal/gmock-internal-utils.h
@@ -106,25 +106,6 @@ inline Element* GetRawPointer(Element* p) { return p; }
 # define GMOCK_WCHAR_T_IS_NATIVE_ 1
 #endif
 
-// signed wchar_t and unsigned wchar_t are NOT in the C++ standard.
-// Using them is a bad practice and not portable.  So DON'T use them.
-//
-// Still, Google Mock is designed to work even if the user uses signed
-// wchar_t or unsigned wchar_t (obviously, assuming the compiler
-// supports them).
-//
-// To gcc,
-//   wchar_t == signed wchar_t != unsigned wchar_t == unsigned int
-//
-// gcc-9 appears to treat signed/unsigned wchar_t as ill-formed
-// regardless of the signage of its underlying type.
-#ifdef __GNUC__
-#if !defined(__WCHAR_UNSIGNED__) && (__GNUC__ < 9)
-// signed/unsigned wchar_t are valid types.
-# define GMOCK_HAS_SIGNED_WCHAR_T_ 1
-#endif
-#endif
-
 // In what follows, we use the term "kind" to indicate whether a type
 // is bool, an integer type (excluding bool), a floating-point type,
 // or none of them.  This categorization is useful for determining
diff --git a/googlemock/test/gmock-actions_test.cc b/googlemock/test/gmock-actions_test.cc
index f761b446..f63c8c5a 100644
--- a/googlemock/test/gmock-actions_test.cc
+++ b/googlemock/test/gmock-actions_test.cc
@@ -105,10 +105,6 @@ TEST(BuiltInDefaultValueTest, IsZeroForNumericTypes) {
   EXPECT_EQ(0U, BuiltInDefaultValue<unsigned char>::Get());
   EXPECT_EQ(0, BuiltInDefaultValue<signed char>::Get());
   EXPECT_EQ(0, BuiltInDefaultValue<char>::Get());
-#if GMOCK_HAS_SIGNED_WCHAR_T_
-  EXPECT_EQ(0U, BuiltInDefaultValue<unsigned wchar_t>::Get());
-  EXPECT_EQ(0, BuiltInDefaultValue<signed wchar_t>::Get());
-#endif
 #if GMOCK_WCHAR_T_IS_NATIVE_
 #if !defined(__WCHAR_UNSIGNED__)
   EXPECT_EQ(0, BuiltInDefaultValue<wchar_t>::Get());
@@ -137,10 +133,6 @@ TEST(BuiltInDefaultValueTest, ExistsForNumericTypes) {
   EXPECT_TRUE(BuiltInDefaultValue<unsigned char>::Exists());
   EXPECT_TRUE(BuiltInDefaultValue<signed char>::Exists());
   EXPECT_TRUE(BuiltInDefaultValue<char>::Exists());
-#if GMOCK_HAS_SIGNED_WCHAR_T_
-  EXPECT_TRUE(BuiltInDefaultValue<unsigned wchar_t>::Exists());
-  EXPECT_TRUE(BuiltInDefaultValue<signed wchar_t>::Exists());
-#endif
 #if GMOCK_WCHAR_T_IS_NATIVE_
   EXPECT_TRUE(BuiltInDefaultValue<wchar_t>::Exists());
 #endif