diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 176a6f5726..0000000000
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#include "cache.h"
-#include "config.h"
-#include "repository.h"
-#include "fsmonitor-settings.h"
-
-enum fsmonitor_reason fsm_os__incompatible(struct repository *r)
-{
-	return FSMONITOR_REASON_ZERO;
-}
diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index 3aa2e00d70..f5935227e2 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),Darwin)
 		endif
 	endif
 	FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND = darwin
-	FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS = darwin
 	BASIC_LDFLAGS += -framework CoreServices
 endif
 ifeq ($(uname_S),SunOS)
diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
index a1f5a90564..8bb57ead5a 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -303,9 +303,6 @@ endif()
 if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")
 	add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS)
 	list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c)
-elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Darwin")
-	add_compile_definitions(HAVE_FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS)
-	list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-darwin.c)
 endif()
 
 set(EXE_EXTENSION ${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX})