diff --git a/reactos/base/shell/explorer/utility/xmlstorage.cpp b/reactos/base/shell/explorer/utility/xmlstorage.cpp
index 6d4013b8676..3c08d7c3b06 100644
--- a/reactos/base/shell/explorer/utility/xmlstorage.cpp
+++ b/reactos/base/shell/explorer/utility/xmlstorage.cpp
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ namespace XMLStorage {
 
  // work around GCC's wide string constant bug
 #ifdef __GNUC__
-const LPCXSSTR XMLStorage::XS_EMPTY = XS_EMPTY_STR;
-const LPCXSSTR XMLStorage::XS_TRUE = XS_TRUE_STR;
-const LPCXSSTR XMLStorage::XS_FALSE = XS_FALSE_STR;
-const LPCXSSTR XMLStorage::XS_INTFMT = XS_INTFMT_STR;
-const LPCXSSTR XMLStorage::XS_FLOATFMT = XS_FLOATFMT_STR;
+const LPCXSSTR XS_EMPTY = XS_EMPTY_STR;
+const LPCXSSTR XS_TRUE = XS_TRUE_STR;
+const LPCXSSTR XS_FALSE = XS_FALSE_STR;
+const LPCXSSTR XS_INTFMT = XS_INTFMT_STR;
+const LPCXSSTR XS_FLOATFMT = XS_FLOATFMT_STR;
 #endif