diff --git a/include/wx/osx/setup0.h b/include/wx/osx/setup0.h
index 7a4f799e0b..8db8c9a0f3 100644
--- a/include/wx/osx/setup0.h
+++ b/include/wx/osx/setup0.h
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
 #ifndef _WX_SETUP_H_
 #define _WX_SETUP_H_
 
+#ifdef __WXMAC_XCODE__
+// while configure based builds have the flags prepended, we must do this here
+// for xcode based builds
+#include "wx/osx/config_xcode.h"
+#endif
 
 /* --- start common options --- */
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/include/wx/platform.h b/include/wx/platform.h
index 2f5dea1d99..792dae400c 100644
--- a/include/wx/platform.h
+++ b/include/wx/platform.h
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
 #            define NSAppKitVersionNumber10_11 1404
 #        endif
 #    endif
-#    include "wx/osx/config_xcode.h"
 #    ifndef __WXOSX__
 #        define __WXOSX__ 1
 #    endif