diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 38ba2fa4f..3bf1d3614 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ This is a mostly undocumented, developer plugin to transmit raw data.
 OSS - http://www.opensound.com
 Open Sound System.
 
-OSX - http://www.apple.com
-Necessary if you are on Mac OSX.
-
 PulseAudio - http://www.pulseaudio.org/
 An advanced sound daemon.  You will need libpulse.
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6e4bb5439..488f13323 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ ver 0.18 (2012/??/??)
   - ffado: remove broken plugin
   - httpd: support HEAD requests
   - mvp: remove obsolete plugin
+  - osx: disabled by default because it's unmaintained and unsupported
 * improved decoder/output error reporting
 * eliminate timer wakeup on idle MPD
 * fix unresponsive MPD while waiting for stream
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0aec84617..a16d80e87 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -340,6 +340,11 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(oss,
 		[disable OSS support (default: enable)]),,
 	enable_oss=yes)
 
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(osx,
+	AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-osx],
+		[enable the OS X output plugin - unsupported! (default: disable)]),,
+	enable_osx=no)
+
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(pipe-output,
 	AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-pipe-output],
 		[enable support for writing audio to a pipe (default: disable)]),,
@@ -1304,7 +1309,6 @@ fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_OSS, test x$enable_oss = xyes)
 
 dnl ----------------------------------- OSX -----------------------------------
-enable_osx=$host_is_darwin
 if test x$enable_osx = xyes; then
 	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OSX, 1, [Define for compiling OS X support])
 	LIBS="$LIBS -framework AudioUnit -framework CoreAudio -framework CoreServices"