diff --git a/FL/mac.H b/FL/mac.H
index 42247b4a8..259937915 100644
--- a/FL/mac.H
+++ b/FL/mac.H
@@ -72,6 +72,16 @@ typedef CGContextRef Fl_Offscreen;
 #define MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_10 101000
 #endif
 
+#ifndef NSINTEGER_DEFINED // appears with 10.5 in NSObjCRuntime.h
+#if defined(__LP64__) && __LP64__
+typedef long NSInteger;
+typedef unsigned long NSUInteger;
+#else
+typedef int NSInteger;
+typedef unsigned int NSUInteger;
+#endif
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __OBJC__
 @class NSCursor;
 @class NSOpenGLPixelFormat;
diff --git a/src/Fl_Native_File_Chooser_MAC.mm b/src/Fl_Native_File_Chooser_MAC.mm
index 3b1b402d3..d09024d70 100644
--- a/src/Fl_Native_File_Chooser_MAC.mm
+++ b/src/Fl_Native_File_Chooser_MAC.mm
@@ -532,11 +532,7 @@ int Fl_Native_File_Chooser::runmodal()
   NSString *dir = nil;
   NSString *fname = nil;
   NSString *preset = nil;
-#if MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED < MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_5
-  int retval;
-#else
   NSInteger retval;
-#endif
   if (_preset_file) {
     preset = [[NSString alloc] initWithUTF8String:_preset_file];
     if (strchr(_preset_file, '/') != NULL) {
diff --git a/src/Fl_Sys_Menu_Bar.mm b/src/Fl_Sys_Menu_Bar.mm
index fc0576795..8dfb2035a 100644
--- a/src/Fl_Sys_Menu_Bar.mm
+++ b/src/Fl_Sys_Menu_Bar.mm
@@ -40,16 +40,6 @@
 
 #import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
 
-#ifndef NSINTEGER_DEFINED // appears with 10.5 in NSObjCRuntime.h
-#if defined(__LP64__) && __LP64__
-typedef long NSInteger;
-typedef unsigned long NSUInteger;
-#else
-typedef long NSInteger;
-typedef unsigned int NSUInteger;
-#endif
-#endif
-
 #include "flstring.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
diff --git a/src/Fl_cocoa.mm b/src/Fl_cocoa.mm
index 74607c7df..eb85f7125 100644
--- a/src/Fl_cocoa.mm
+++ b/src/Fl_cocoa.mm
@@ -53,17 +53,6 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
 
-#ifndef NSINTEGER_DEFINED // appears with 10.5 in NSObjCRuntime.h
-#if defined(__LP64__) && __LP64__
-typedef long NSInteger;
-typedef unsigned long NSUInteger;
-#else
-typedef long NSInteger;
-typedef unsigned int NSUInteger;
-#endif
-#endif
-
-
 // #define DEBUG_SELECT		// UNCOMMENT FOR SELECT()/THREAD DEBUGGING
 #ifdef DEBUG_SELECT
 #include <stdio.h>		// testing