diff --git a/src/EventFilter.h b/src/EventFilter.h
index c883bfd8..c3942b50 100644
--- a/src/EventFilter.h
+++ b/src/EventFilter.h
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef FILTER_H_
 #define FILTER_H_
 
-#ifdef OPENSCAD_QTGUI
-
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QFileOpenEvent>
 #include "MainWindow.h"
@@ -27,6 +25,4 @@ protected:
 	}
 };
 
-#endif // OPENSCAD_QTGUI
-
 #endif
diff --git a/src/openscad.cc b/src/openscad.cc
index a8bb24af..f4f4014d 100644
--- a/src/openscad.cc
+++ b/src/openscad.cc
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
 #include <sstream>
 
 #ifdef __APPLE__
-#include "EventFilter.h"
 #include "AppleEvents.h"
 #ifdef OPENSCAD_DEPLOY
   #include "SparkleAutoUpdater.h"
@@ -433,6 +432,9 @@ int cmdline(const char *deps_output_file, const std::string &filename, Camera &c
 
 #ifdef OPENSCAD_QTGUI
 #include "MainWindow.h"
+  #ifdef __APPLE__
+  #include "EventFilter.h"
+  #endif
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QString>
 #include <QDir>