diff --git a/apple/common/RetroArch_Apple.h b/apple/common/RetroArch_Apple.h
index 0eb778cdda..b45b1b52ed 100644
--- a/apple/common/RetroArch_Apple.h
+++ b/apple/common/RetroArch_Apple.h
@@ -40,15 +40,12 @@ extern char** apple_argv;
 extern id<RetroArch_Platform> apple_platform;
 
 // main.m
-void apple_run_core(int argc, char **argv);
-void apple_start_iteration(void);
-void apple_stop_iteration(void);
-void apple_content_loaded(const char *core_path, const char *full_path);
-
-void apple_rarch_exited(void);
+extern void apple_run_core(int argc, char **argv);
+extern void apple_start_iteration(void);
+extern void apple_stop_iteration(void);
 
 // utility.m
-void apple_display_alert(const char *message, const char *title);
+extern void apple_display_alert(const char *message, const char *title);
 
 @interface RANumberFormatter : NSNumberFormatter
 #ifdef IOS
diff --git a/apple/common/main.m b/apple/common/main.m
index 3a90ec17f1..8c6f23fe03 100644
--- a/apple/common/main.m
+++ b/apple/common/main.m
@@ -23,10 +23,7 @@
 
 id<RetroArch_Platform> apple_platform;
 
-void apple_content_loaded(const char *core_path, const char  *full_path)
-{
-   [apple_platform loadingCore:BOXSTRING(core_path) withFile:full_path];
-}
+void apple_rarch_exited(void);
 
 void apple_rarch_exited(void)
 {
@@ -36,6 +33,7 @@ void apple_rarch_exited(void)
 void apple_run_core(int argc, char **argv)
 {
    static char config_path[PATH_MAX];
+   [apple_platform loadingCore:nil withFile:nil];
 
    strlcpy(config_path, g_defaults.config_path, sizeof(config_path));
 
diff --git a/frontend/platform/platform_apple.c b/frontend/platform/platform_apple.c
index 3b536a5e56..5c834f32e7 100644
--- a/frontend/platform/platform_apple.c
+++ b/frontend/platform/platform_apple.c
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
-/* Forward declarations */
 void apple_start_iteration(void);
+
 void apple_stop_iteration(void);
-void apple_content_loaded(const char *, const char *);
 
 static CFRunLoopObserverRef iterate_observer;
 
@@ -178,9 +177,8 @@ static void frontend_apple_get_environment_settings(int *argc, char *argv[],
 
 extern void apple_rarch_exited(void);
 
-static void frontend_apple_content_loaded(void)
+static void frontend_apple_load_content(void)
 {
-    apple_content_loaded(g_settings.libretro, g_extern.fullpath);
 }
 
 static void frontend_apple_shutdown(bool unused)
@@ -206,6 +204,6 @@ const frontend_ctx_driver_t frontend_ctx_apple = {
    frontend_apple_shutdown,      /* shutdown */
    NULL,                         /* get_name */
    frontend_apple_get_rating,    /* get_rating */
-   frontend_apple_content_loaded,  /* load_content */
+   frontend_apple_load_content,  /* load_content */
    "apple",
 };