diff --git a/include/wx/osx/core/private.h b/include/wx/osx/core/private.h
index 9984d8d8e4..6f5a05bd23 100644
--- a/include/wx/osx/core/private.h
+++ b/include/wx/osx/core/private.h
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxMacMakeStringFromPascal( const unsigned char * from
 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxMacFSRefToPath( const FSRef *fsRef , CFStringRef additionalPathComponent = NULL );
 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE OSStatus wxMacPathToFSRef( const wxString&path , FSRef *fsRef );
 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxMacHFSUniStrToString( ConstHFSUniStr255Param uniname );
-WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE CFURLRef wxOSXCreateURLFromFileSystemPath( const wxString& path);
 
 // keycode utils from app.cpp
 
@@ -60,6 +59,8 @@ WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE long wxMacTranslateKey(unsigned char key, unsigned char code);
 
 #endif
 
+WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE CFURLRef wxOSXCreateURLFromFileSystemPath( const wxString& path);
+
 #if wxUSE_GUI
 
 #if wxOSX_USE_IPHONE
diff --git a/src/common/filefn.cpp b/src/common/filefn.cpp
index 51ac27ade9..ce25de9ebc 100644
--- a/src/common/filefn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/filefn.cpp
@@ -796,7 +796,16 @@ wxString wxPathOnly (const wxString& path)
 // and back again - or we get nasty problems with delimiters.
 // Also, convert to lower case, since case is significant in UNIX.
 
-#if defined(__WXMAC__) && !defined(__WXOSX_IPHONE__)
+#ifdef __WXOSX__
+
+CFURLRef wxOSXCreateURLFromFileSystemPath( const wxString& path)
+{
+    wxCFRef<CFMutableStringRef> cfMutableString(CFStringCreateMutableCopy(NULL, 0, wxCFStringRef(path)));
+    CFStringNormalize(cfMutableString,kCFStringNormalizationFormD);
+    return CFURLCreateWithFileSystemPath(kCFAllocatorDefault, cfMutableString , kCFURLPOSIXPathStyle, false);
+}
+
+#ifndef __WXOSX_IPHONE__
 
 wxString wxMacFSRefToPath( const FSRef *fsRef , CFStringRef additionalPathComponent )
 {
@@ -842,13 +851,6 @@ wxString wxMacHFSUniStrToString( ConstHFSUniStr255Param uniname )
     return wxCFStringRef::AsStringWithNormalizationFormC(cfname);
 }
 
-CFURLRef wxOSXCreateURLFromFileSystemPath( const wxString& path)
-{
-    wxCFRef<CFMutableStringRef> cfMutableString(CFStringCreateMutableCopy(NULL, 0, wxCFStringRef(path)));
-    CFStringNormalize(cfMutableString,kCFStringNormalizationFormD);
-    return CFURLCreateWithFileSystemPath(kCFAllocatorDefault, cfMutableString , kCFURLPOSIXPathStyle, false);
-}
-
 #ifndef __LP64__
 
 wxString wxMacFSSpec2MacFilename( const FSSpec *spec )
@@ -871,6 +873,8 @@ void wxMacFilename2FSSpec( const wxString& path , FSSpec *spec )
 }
 #endif
 
+#endif // !__WXOSX_IPHONE__
+
 #endif // __WXMAC__