diff --git a/include/qemu/osdep.h b/include/qemu/osdep.h
index 191916f38e..720ed21a7e 100644
--- a/include/qemu/osdep.h
+++ b/include/qemu/osdep.h
@@ -786,8 +786,7 @@ size_t qemu_get_host_physmem(void);
  * Toggle write/execute on the pages marked MAP_JIT
  * for the current thread.
  */
-#if defined(MAC_OS_VERSION_11_0) && \
-    MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED >= MAC_OS_VERSION_11_0
+#ifdef __APPLE__
 static inline void qemu_thread_jit_execute(void)
 {
     pthread_jit_write_protect_np(true);