diff --git a/src/msw/stattext.cpp b/src/msw/stattext.cpp
index 64887380ba..8063e90a29 100644
--- a/src/msw/stattext.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/stattext.cpp
@@ -89,11 +89,6 @@ WXDWORD wxStaticText::MSWGetStyle(long style, WXDWORD *exstyle) const
 wxSize wxStaticText::DoGetBestClientSize() const
 {
     wxClientDC dc(const_cast<wxStaticText *>(this));
-    wxFont font(GetFont());
-    if (!font.IsOk())
-        font = wxSystemSettings::GetFont(wxSYS_DEFAULT_GUI_FONT);
-
-    dc.SetFont(font);
 
     wxCoord widthTextMax, heightTextTotal;
     dc.GetMultiLineTextExtent(GetLabelText(), &widthTextMax, &heightTextTotal);
@@ -113,6 +108,16 @@ wxSize wxStaticText::DoGetBestClientSize() const
     // still not aligned to the same position.
     heightTextTotal += 1;
 
+    // And this extra pixel is an even worse hack which is somehow needed to
+    // avoid the problem with the native control now showing any text at all
+    // for some particular width values: e.g. without this, using " AJ" as a
+    // label doesn't show anything at all on the screen, even though the
+    // control text is properly set and it has rougly the correct (definitely
+    // not empty) size. This looks like a bug in the native control because it
+    // really should show at least the first characters, but it's not clear
+    // what else can we do about it than just add this extra pixel.
+    widthTextMax++;
+
     return wxSize(widthTextMax, heightTextTotal);
 }