diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 8e53f193..0aff1f40 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ endif
 endif
 
     # these are for everyone
-    COPT = -D_DARWIN_C_SOURCE -D__macosx__ -D__linux__ -W -Wall -Wdeclaration-after-statement -O$(OPTIM) -std=c99 -g $(LUACOPT) $(SDLCOPT) $(TTFCOPT) -I/usr/include
+    COPT = -D_DARWIN_C_SOURCE -D__macosx__ -W -Wall -Wdeclaration-after-statement -O$(OPTIM) -std=c99 -g $(LUACOPT) $(SDLCOPT) $(TTFCOPT) -I/usr/include
 ifdef MACOSX_LION
     LOPT = $(SDLLOPT) $(LUALOPT) -framework libpng14 -lz
 else