diff --git a/tests/textfile/textfiletest.cpp b/tests/textfile/textfiletest.cpp
index e451a87d83..ce8bc49d24 100644
--- a/tests/textfile/textfiletest.cpp
+++ b/tests/textfile/textfiletest.cpp
@@ -171,9 +171,11 @@ void TextFileTestCase::ReadUTF8()
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL( 2u, f.GetLineCount() );
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL( wxTextFileType_Unix, f.GetLineType(0) );
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL( wxTextFileType_None, f.GetLineType(1) );
+#if wxHAVE_U_ESCAPE
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL( wxString(L"\u041f"), f.GetFirstLine() );
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL( wxString(L"\u0440\u0438\u0432\u0435\u0442"),
                           f.GetLastLine() );
+#endif // wxHAVE_U_ESCAPE
 }
 
 void TextFileTestCase::ReadUTF16()
@@ -189,9 +191,12 @@ void TextFileTestCase::ReadUTF16()
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL( 2u, f.GetLineCount() );
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL( wxTextFileType_Dos, f.GetLineType(0) );
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL( wxTextFileType_None, f.GetLineType(1) );
+
+#if wxHAVE_U_ESCAPE
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL( wxString(L"\u041f"), f.GetFirstLine() );
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL( wxString(L"\u0440\u0438\u0432\u0435\u0442"),
                           f.GetLastLine() );
+#endif // wxHAVE_U_ESCAPE
 }
 
 #endif // wxUSE_UNICODE