diff --git a/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp b/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp
index 20ce5e75c8..b8d503caea 100644
--- a/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp
+++ b/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp
@@ -2262,18 +2262,7 @@ bool wxXmlResourceHandlerImpl::IsObjectNode(const wxXmlNode *node) const
 
 wxString wxXmlResourceHandlerImpl::GetNodeContent(const wxXmlNode *node)
 {
-    const wxXmlNode *n = node;
-    if (n == nullptr) return wxEmptyString;
-    n = n->GetChildren();
-
-    while (n)
-    {
-        if (n->GetType() == wxXML_TEXT_NODE ||
-            n->GetType() == wxXML_CDATA_SECTION_NODE)
-            return n->GetContent();
-        n = n->GetNext();
-    }
-    return wxEmptyString;
+    return node ? node->GetNodeContent() : wxString{};
 }
 
 wxXmlNode *wxXmlResourceHandlerImpl::GetNodeParent(const wxXmlNode *node) const