diff --git a/backends/libpurple/main.cpp b/backends/libpurple/main.cpp
index 182e21c2dad20260a1a1d828e6ff0cf73dec1a42..c5c85adb6d8b8da377921bd754d44b678631e3c0 100644
--- a/backends/libpurple/main.cpp
+++ b/backends/libpurple/main.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include "geventloop.h"
 
 // #include "valgrind/memcheck.h"
-#ifndef __FreeBSD__
+#if !defined(__FreeBSD__) && !defined(__APPLE__)
 #include "malloc.h"
 #endif
 #include <algorithm>
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ class SpectrumNetworkPlugin : public NetworkPlugin {
 
 				purple_accounts_delete_wrapped(account);
 #ifndef WIN32
-#ifndef __FreeBSD__
+#if !defined(__FreeBSD__) && !defined(__APPLE__)
 				malloc_trim(0);
 #endif
 #endif
@@ -1583,7 +1583,7 @@ static void signed_on(PurpleConnection *gc, gpointer unused) {
 	PurpleAccount *account = purple_connection_get_account_wrapped(gc);
 	np->handleConnected(np->m_accounts[account]);
 #ifndef WIN32
-#ifndef __FreeBSD__
+#if !defined(__FreeBSD__) && !defined(__APPLE__)
 	// force returning of memory chunks allocated by libxml2 to kernel
 	malloc_trim(0);
 #endif
@@ -1782,7 +1782,7 @@ static void transportDataReceived(gpointer data, gint source, PurpleInputConditi
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 #ifndef WIN32
-#ifndef __FreeBSD__
+#if !defined(__FreeBSD__) && !defined(__APPLE__)
 		mallopt(M_CHECK_ACTION, 2);
 		mallopt(M_PERTURB, 0xb);
 #endif