diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c8e9fae2eb..e287d3a099 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ if (UNIX)
         find_library (lib_ApplicationServices ApplicationServices)
         find_library (lib_Foundation Foundation)
         find_library (lib_Carbon Carbon)
-        find_library (lib_UserNotifications UserNotifications)
 
         list (APPEND libs
             ${lib_ScreenSaver}
@@ -181,7 +180,6 @@ if (UNIX)
             ${lib_ApplicationServices}
             ${lib_Foundation}
             ${lib_Carbon}
-            ${lib_UserNotifications}
         )
 
     else() # not-apple
diff --git a/src/gui/src/OSXHelpers.h b/src/gui/src/OSXHelpers.h
index d8bd31b825..15876aecfb 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/OSXHelpers.h
+++ b/src/gui/src/OSXHelpers.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #define OSXHELPERS__H
 
 bool isOSXSecureInputEnabled();
-void OSXSendSecureInputNotification();
 bool isOSXInterfaceStyleDark();
 bool isOSXUseDarkIcons();
 
diff --git a/src/gui/src/OSXHelpers.mm b/src/gui/src/OSXHelpers.mm
index 59298c8782..e9bd75a7d8 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/OSXHelpers.mm
+++ b/src/gui/src/OSXHelpers.mm
@@ -23,56 +23,9 @@
 #import <array>
 #import <string>
 
-NSString* runCommand(NSString* commandToRun)
-{
-    NSTask *task = [[NSTask alloc] init];
-    [task setLaunchPath:@"/bin/sh"];
-
-    NSArray *arguments = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:
-                          @"-c" ,
-                          [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", commandToRun],
-                          nil];
-    NSLog(@"run command:%@", commandToRun);
-    [task setArguments:arguments];
-
-    NSPipe *pipe = [NSPipe pipe];
-    [task setStandardOutput:pipe];
-
-    NSFileHandle *file = [pipe fileHandleForReading];
-
-    [task launch];
-
-    NSData *data = [file readDataToEndOfFile];
-
-    NSString *output = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
-    return output;
-}
-
 bool
 isOSXSecureInputEnabled()
 {
-    //NSString *output = runCommand(@"ioreg -l -w 0 | grep kCGSSessionSecureInputPID");
-    //NSLog (@"grep returned:\n%@", output);
-
-    /*
-    int pid = [[NSProcessInfo processInfo] processIdentifier];
-    NSPipe *pipe = [NSPipe pipe];
-    NSFileHandle *file = pipe.fileHandleForReading;
-
-    NSTask *task = [[NSTask alloc] init];
-    task.launchPath = @"/usr/sbin/ioreg";
-    task.arguments = @[@"-l", @"-w", @"0"];
-    task.standardOutput = pipe;
-
-    [task launch];
-
-    NSData *data = [file readDataToEndOfFile];
-    [file closeFile];
-
-    NSString *grepOutput = [[NSString alloc] initWithData: data encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding];
-    NSLog (@"grep returned:\n%@", grepOutput);
-    */
-
     std::array<char, 128> buffer;
     std::string result;
     std::unique_ptr<FILE, decltype(&pclose)> pipe(popen("ioreg -l -w 0 | grep kCGSSessionSecureInputPID", "r"), pclose);
diff --git a/src/lib/platform/OSXScreen.h b/src/lib/platform/OSXScreen.h
index e9bd90b8db..fcc0e20f8b 100644
--- a/src/lib/platform/OSXScreen.h
+++ b/src/lib/platform/OSXScreen.h
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include <mach/mach_init.h>
 #include <IOKit/pwr_mgt/IOPMLib.h>
 #include <IOKit/IOMessage.h>
-#include <IOKit/IOKitLib.h>
 
 extern "C" {
     typedef int CGSConnectionID;
diff --git a/src/lib/platform/OSXScreen.mm b/src/lib/platform/OSXScreen.mm
index 234b42759a..bd3a69b069 100755
--- a/src/lib/platform/OSXScreen.mm
+++ b/src/lib/platform/OSXScreen.mm
@@ -845,81 +845,9 @@ OSXScreen::disable()
 	m_isOnScreen = m_isPrimary;
 }
 
-std::string  CFStringRefToStdString(const CFStringRef pCFStringRef)
-{
-    const char* pCStr = NULL;
-
-    std::string sRet;
-
-    if (pCFStringRef)
-        {
-        pCStr = CFStringGetCStringPtr(pCFStringRef, kCFStringEncodingMacRoman);
-        if(pCStr)
-            sRet.assign(pCStr);
-        }
-    return sRet;
-}
-
-bool isSecureInput() {
-    NXEventHandle 		handle = MACH_PORT_NULL;
-    io_service_t		service = MACH_PORT_NULL, service_p = MACH_PORT_NULL;
-    mach_port_t			masterPort;
-    io_name_t n;
-    char buf[4096];
-    uint32_t s = sizeof(buf);
-
-	kern_return_t kr = IOMasterPort( MACH_PORT_NULL, &masterPort );
-	if(kr != KERN_SUCCESS) return false;
-
-	service = IORegistryEntryFromPath( masterPort, kIOServicePlane ":/" );
-	IORegistryEntryGetParentEntry(service, kIOServicePlane, &service_p);
-	CFTypeRef consoleUsers = IORegistryEntrySearchCFProperty(service_p, kIOServicePlane, CFSTR("IOConsoleUsers"), NULL, kIORegistryIterateParents | kIORegistryIterateRecursively);
-	if(!consoleUsers) return false;
-
-	CFTypeID type = CFGetTypeID(consoleUsers);
-	if(type != CFArrayGetTypeID())
-	{
-		CFRelease(consoleUsers);
-		return false;
-	}
-	CFTypeRef dict = CFArrayGetValueAtIndex((CFArrayRef)consoleUsers, 0);
-	if(!dict)
-	{
-		CFRelease(consoleUsers);
-		return false;
-	}
-	type = CFGetTypeID(dict);
-	if(type != CFDictionaryGetTypeID())
-	{
-		CFRelease(consoleUsers);
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	CFIndex count = CFDictionaryGetCount((CFDictionaryRef)dict);
-	const void * keys [count];
-	const void * values [count];
-	CFDictionaryGetKeysAndValues((CFDictionaryRef)dict, reinterpret_cast<const void **>(keys), reinterpret_cast<const void **>(values));
-	for(CFIndex i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
-		CFIndex keySize = CFStringGetMaximumSizeForEncoding(CFStringGetLength(reinterpret_cast<CFStringRef>(keys[i])), kCFStringEncodingASCII);
-		char key [keySize + 1];
-
-		if(!CFStringGetCString(reinterpret_cast<CFStringRef>(keys[i]), key, keySize + 1, kCFStringEncodingASCII)) {
-			continue;
-		}
-		LOG((CLOG_INFO "registry %s", key));
-	}
-
-
-	CFIndex secureInputCount = CFDictionaryGetCountOfKey((CFDictionaryRef)dict, CFSTR("kCGSSessionSecureInputPID"));
-	CFRelease(consoleUsers);
-	return secureInputCount > 0;
-}
-
 void
 OSXScreen::enter()
 {
-	bool secure = isSecureInput();
-
 	showCursor();
 
 	if (m_isPrimary) {