diff --git a/components/virtualtreeview-new/branches/4.8/VirtualTrees.pas b/components/virtualtreeview-new/branches/4.8/VirtualTrees.pas
index 0d31485c4..6b59060de 100644
--- a/components/virtualtreeview-new/branches/4.8/VirtualTrees.pas
+++ b/components/virtualtreeview-new/branches/4.8/VirtualTrees.pas
@@ -496,10 +496,6 @@ var // Clipboard format IDs used in OLE drag'n drop and clipboard transfers.
   IsWinVistaOrAbove: Boolean;
 
 type
-  {$ifdef VER2_2}
-  UnicodeString = WideString;
-  {$endif}
-
   // The exception used by the trees.
   EVirtualTreeError = class(Exception);