diff --git a/examples/DemoRunner/DemoRunner.jucer b/examples/DemoRunner/DemoRunner.jucer
index f4729cd8ce..32cb9a43b0 100644
--- a/examples/DemoRunner/DemoRunner.jucer
+++ b/examples/DemoRunner/DemoRunner.jucer
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
-<JUCERPROJECT name="DemoRunner" projectType="guiapp" jucerVersion="5.3.1" defines="JUCE_DEMO_RUNNER=1&#10;JUCE_UNIT_TESTS=1"
+<JUCERPROJECT name="DemoRunner" projectType="guiapp" jucerVersion="5.3.2" defines="JUCE_DEMO_RUNNER=1&#10;JUCE_UNIT_TESTS=1"
               bundleIdentifier="com.juce.demorunner" version="5.3.2" companyName="ROLI Ltd."
               companyCopyright="Copyright (c) 2018 - ROLI Ltd." companyWebsite="https://www.juce.com/"
               companyEmail="info@juce.com" id="yj7xMM" reportAppUsage="1">
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
             useGlobalPath="0"/>
     <MODULE id="juce_video" showAllCode="1" useLocalCopy="0" useGlobalPath="0"/>
   </MODULES>
-  <JUCEOPTIONS JUCE_USE_CAMERA="1" JUCE_USE_MP3AUDIOFORMAT="1"/>
+  <JUCEOPTIONS JUCE_USE_CAMERA="1" JUCE_USE_MP3AUDIOFORMAT="1" JUCE_ALLOW_STATIC_NULL_VARIABLES="0"/>
   <LIVE_SETTINGS>
     <OSX/>
   </LIVE_SETTINGS>
diff --git a/examples/DemoRunner/JuceLibraryCode/AppConfig.h b/examples/DemoRunner/JuceLibraryCode/AppConfig.h
index de08905c2f..8312cc5afd 100644
--- a/examples/DemoRunner/JuceLibraryCode/AppConfig.h
+++ b/examples/DemoRunner/JuceLibraryCode/AppConfig.h
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifndef    JUCE_ALLOW_STATIC_NULL_VARIABLES
- //#define JUCE_ALLOW_STATIC_NULL_VARIABLES 1
+ #define   JUCE_ALLOW_STATIC_NULL_VARIABLES 0
 #endif
 
 //==============================================================================
diff --git a/extras/Projucer/JuceLibraryCode/AppConfig.h b/extras/Projucer/JuceLibraryCode/AppConfig.h
index 1846127fb2..be68fba614 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/JuceLibraryCode/AppConfig.h
+++ b/extras/Projucer/JuceLibraryCode/AppConfig.h
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifndef    JUCE_ALLOW_STATIC_NULL_VARIABLES
- //#define JUCE_ALLOW_STATIC_NULL_VARIABLES 1
+ #define   JUCE_ALLOW_STATIC_NULL_VARIABLES 0
 #endif
 
 //==============================================================================
diff --git a/extras/Projucer/Projucer.jucer b/extras/Projucer/Projucer.jucer
index 9444f7102f..bc95b51087 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/Projucer.jucer
+++ b/extras/Projucer/Projucer.jucer
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
 <JUCERPROJECT id="M70qfTRRk" name="Projucer" projectType="guiapp" juceFolder="../../juce"
-              jucerVersion="5.3.1" version="5.3.2" bundleIdentifier="com.juce.theprojucer"
+              jucerVersion="5.3.2" version="5.3.2" bundleIdentifier="com.juce.theprojucer"
               defines="" splashScreenColour="Dark" displaySplashScreen="0"
               reportAppUsage="0" companyName="ROLI Ltd." companyCopyright="ROLI Ltd."
               cppLanguageStandard="11">
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@
             resource="0" file="Source/Wizards/jucer_TemplateThumbnailsComponent.h"/>
     </GROUP>
   </MAINGROUP>
-  <JUCEOPTIONS JUCE_LOG_ASSERTIONS="1" JUCE_USE_CURL="1"/>
+  <JUCEOPTIONS JUCE_LOG_ASSERTIONS="1" JUCE_USE_CURL="1" JUCE_ALLOW_STATIC_NULL_VARIABLES="0"/>
   <MODULES>
     <MODULE id="juce_analytics" showAllCode="1" useLocalCopy="0" useGlobalPath="0"/>
     <MODULE id="juce_core" showAllCode="1"/>
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/containers/juce_Variant.cpp b/modules/juce_core/containers/juce_Variant.cpp
index 43b8180ddc..4818cf7966 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/containers/juce_Variant.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/containers/juce_Variant.cpp
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ var::var() noexcept : type (&VariantType_Void::instance) {}
 var::var (const VariantType& t) noexcept  : type (&t) {}
 var::~var() noexcept  { type->cleanUp (value); }
 
-JUCE_DECLARE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (const var var::null);
+JUCE_DECLARE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (const var var::null;)
 
 //==============================================================================
 var::var (const var& valueToCopy)  : type (valueToCopy.type)
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/containers/juce_Variant.h b/modules/juce_core/containers/juce_Variant.h
index 975c6781f0..a50118c8ec 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/containers/juce_Variant.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/containers/juce_Variant.h
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ public:
        empty var from a function by reference, but if you need to do that, it's easy enough to use
        a function-local static var and return that, avoiding any order-of-initialisation issues.
     */
-    JUCE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (static const var null);
+    JUCE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (static const var null;)
 
 private:
     //==============================================================================
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/files/juce_File.cpp b/modules/juce_core/files/juce_File.cpp
index 1bf3258964..6d0b44c92b 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/files/juce_File.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/files/juce_File.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ File& File::operator= (File&& other) noexcept
     return *this;
 }
 
-JUCE_DECLARE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (const File File::nonexistent);
+JUCE_DECLARE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (const File File::nonexistent;)
 
 //==============================================================================
 static String removeEllipsis (const String& path)
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/files/juce_File.h b/modules/juce_core/files/juce_File.h
index 5c11921964..12a6ad799f 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/files/juce_File.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/files/juce_File.h
@@ -1053,9 +1053,9 @@ public:
        Use File::getSeparatorChar() and File::getSeparatorString(), and instead of File::nonexistent,
        just use File() or {}.
     */
-    JUCE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (static const juce_wchar separator);
-    JUCE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (static const StringRef separatorString);
-    JUCE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (static const File nonexistent);
+    JUCE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (static const juce_wchar separator;)
+    JUCE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (static const StringRef separatorString;)
+    JUCE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (static const File nonexistent;)
 
 private:
     //==============================================================================
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_posix_SharedCode.h b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_posix_SharedCode.h
index b10a127938..ce89f5ffe8 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_posix_SharedCode.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_posix_SharedCode.h
@@ -188,10 +188,8 @@ static MaxNumFileHandlesInitialiser maxNumFileHandlesInitialiser;
 #endif
 
 //==============================================================================
-#ifndef JUCE_GCC
- const juce_wchar File::separator = '/';
- const StringRef File::separatorString ("/");
-#endif
+JUCE_DECLARE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (const juce_wchar File::separator = '/';)
+JUCE_DECLARE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (const StringRef File::separatorString ("/");)
 
 juce_wchar File::getSeparatorChar()    { return '/'; }
 StringRef File::getSeparatorString()   { return "/"; }
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_win32_Files.cpp b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_win32_Files.cpp
index 85e7f27a95..76ebcee0e1 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_win32_Files.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_win32_Files.cpp
@@ -158,10 +158,8 @@ namespace WindowsFileHelpers
 }
 
 //==============================================================================
-#ifndef JUCE_GCC
- const juce_wchar File::separator = '\\';
- const StringRef File::separatorString ("\\");
-#endif
+JUCE_DECLARE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (const juce_wchar File::separator = '\\';)
+JUCE_DECLARE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (const StringRef File::separatorString ("\\");)
 
 juce_wchar File::getSeparatorChar()    { return '\\'; }
 StringRef File::getSeparatorString()   { return "\\"; }
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/system/juce_PlatformDefs.h b/modules/juce_core/system/juce_PlatformDefs.h
index 0666bccf3e..995c2e8113 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/system/juce_PlatformDefs.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/system/juce_PlatformDefs.h
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ namespace juce
 
 #if JUCE_ALLOW_STATIC_NULL_VARIABLES
  #if ! (defined (DOXYGEN) || defined (JUCE_GCC) || (JUCE_MSVC && _MSC_VER <= 1900))
-  #define JUCE_DEPRECATED_STATIC(valueDef)       JUCE_DEPRECATED (valueDef)
+  #define JUCE_DEPRECATED_STATIC(valueDef)       JUCE_DEPRECATED_ATTRIBUTE valueDef
 
   #if JUCE_MSVC
    #define JUCE_DECLARE_DEPRECATED_STATIC(valueDef) \
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/text/juce_String.cpp b/modules/juce_core/text/juce_String.cpp
index 88d530aec5..5b52e8e4b7 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/text/juce_String.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/text/juce_String.cpp
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ private:
     }
 };
 
-JUCE_DECLARE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (const String String::empty);
+JUCE_DECLARE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (const String String::empty;)
 
 //==============================================================================
 String::String() noexcept  : text (&(emptyString.text))
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/text/juce_String.h b/modules/juce_core/text/juce_String.h
index a778be1ce5..13686eb0d6 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/text/juce_String.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/text/juce_String.h
@@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@ public:
         empty string from a function by reference, but if you need to do that, it's easy enough to use
         a function-local static String object and return that, avoiding any order-of-initialisation issues.
     */
-    JUCE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (static const String empty);
+    JUCE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (static const String empty;)
 
 private:
     //==============================================================================
diff --git a/modules/juce_data_structures/values/juce_ValueTree.cpp b/modules/juce_data_structures/values/juce_ValueTree.cpp
index e40410d93f..90602687eb 100644
--- a/modules/juce_data_structures/values/juce_ValueTree.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_data_structures/values/juce_ValueTree.cpp
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ ValueTree::ValueTree() noexcept
 {
 }
 
-JUCE_DECLARE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (const ValueTree ValueTree::invalid);
+JUCE_DECLARE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (const ValueTree ValueTree::invalid;)
 
 ValueTree::ValueTree (const Identifier& type)  : object (new ValueTree::SharedObject (type))
 {
diff --git a/modules/juce_data_structures/values/juce_ValueTree.h b/modules/juce_data_structures/values/juce_ValueTree.h
index b1cffbdae8..cf3533b93c 100644
--- a/modules/juce_data_structures/values/juce_ValueTree.h
+++ b/modules/juce_data_structures/values/juce_ValueTree.h
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ public:
     /* An invalid ValueTree that can be used if you need to return one as an error condition, etc.
         @deprecated If you need an empty ValueTree object, just use ValueTree() or {}.
     */
-    JUCE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (static const ValueTree invalid);
+    JUCE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (static const ValueTree invalid;)
 
 private:
     //==============================================================================
diff --git a/modules/juce_graphics/geometry/juce_AffineTransform.cpp b/modules/juce_graphics/geometry/juce_AffineTransform.cpp
index e1c6b3fd55..1b508dad99 100644
--- a/modules/juce_graphics/geometry/juce_AffineTransform.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_graphics/geometry/juce_AffineTransform.cpp
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ bool AffineTransform::isIdentity() const noexcept
         && mat11 == 1.0f;
 }
 
-JUCE_DECLARE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (const AffineTransform AffineTransform::identity);
+JUCE_DECLARE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (const AffineTransform AffineTransform::identity;)
 
 //==============================================================================
 AffineTransform AffineTransform::followedBy (const AffineTransform& other) const noexcept
diff --git a/modules/juce_graphics/geometry/juce_AffineTransform.h b/modules/juce_graphics/geometry/juce_AffineTransform.h
index e7461bc21f..77d747c6a5 100644
--- a/modules/juce_graphics/geometry/juce_AffineTransform.h
+++ b/modules/juce_graphics/geometry/juce_AffineTransform.h
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ public:
     /* A ready-to-use identity transform - now depracated.
        @deprecated If you need an identity transform, just use AffineTransform() or {}.
     */
-    JUCE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (static const AffineTransform identity);
+    JUCE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (static const AffineTransform identity;)
 
     //==============================================================================
     /* The transform matrix is:
diff --git a/modules/juce_graphics/images/juce_Image.cpp b/modules/juce_graphics/images/juce_Image.cpp
index 6b478349b2..197839dda4 100644
--- a/modules/juce_graphics/images/juce_Image.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_graphics/images/juce_Image.cpp
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ Image::~Image()
 {
 }
 
-JUCE_DECLARE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (const Image Image::null);
+JUCE_DECLARE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (const Image Image::null;)
 
 int Image::getReferenceCount() const noexcept           { return image == nullptr ? 0 : image->getSharedCount(); }
 int Image::getWidth() const noexcept                    { return image == nullptr ? 0 : image->width; }
diff --git a/modules/juce_graphics/images/juce_Image.h b/modules/juce_graphics/images/juce_Image.h
index 74de5addf5..e9c8e83b57 100644
--- a/modules/juce_graphics/images/juce_Image.h
+++ b/modules/juce_graphics/images/juce_Image.h
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ public:
     /* A null Image object that can be used when you need to return an invalid image.
         @deprecated If you need a default-constructed var, just use Image() or {}.
     */
-    JUCE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (static const Image null);
+    JUCE_DEPRECATED_STATIC (static const Image null;)
 
 private:
     //==============================================================================