diff --git a/src/citra/emu_window/emu_window_glfw.cpp b/src/citra/emu_window/emu_window_glfw.cpp
index 73c116373..f882a825e 100644
--- a/src/citra/emu_window/emu_window_glfw.cpp
+++ b/src/citra/emu_window/emu_window_glfw.cpp
@@ -28,8 +28,13 @@ EmuWindow_GLFW::EmuWindow_GLFW() {
     }
     glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MAJOR, 3);
     glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MINOR, 2);
+	
+#if EMU_PLATFORM == PLATFORM_MACOSX
+    // GLFW on OSX requires these window hints to be set to create a 3.2+ GL context.
     glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPENGL_FORWARD_COMPAT, GL_TRUE);
     glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPENGL_PROFILE, GLFW_OPENGL_CORE_PROFILE);
+#endif
+	
     m_render_window = glfwCreateWindow(VideoCore::kScreenTopWidth, 
         (VideoCore::kScreenTopHeight + VideoCore::kScreenBottomHeight), 
         m_window_title.c_str(), NULL, NULL);
diff --git a/src/common/platform.h b/src/common/platform.h
index 1e8dffbd4..2b36ab991 100644
--- a/src/common/platform.h
+++ b/src/common/platform.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 #define EMU_PLATFORM PLATFORM_WINDOWS
 
 #elif defined( __APPLE__ ) || defined( __APPLE_CC__ )
-#define EMU_PLATFORM PLATFORM_MAXOSX
+#define EMU_PLATFORM PLATFORM_MACOSX
 
 #elif defined(__linux__)
 #define EMU_PLATFORM PLATFORM_LINUX
diff --git a/src/video_core/video_core.cpp b/src/video_core/video_core.cpp
index cbd540bdf..3b8039de4 100644
--- a/src/video_core/video_core.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/video_core.cpp
@@ -30,8 +30,11 @@ void Start() {
 
 /// Initialize the video core
 void Init(EmuWindow* emu_window) {
+
+#if EMU_PLATFORM == PLATFORM_MACOSX
     // Known problem with GLEW prevents contexts above 2.x on OSX unless glewExperimental is enabled.
     glewExperimental = GL_TRUE;
+#endif
 
     g_emu_window = emu_window;
     g_emu_window->MakeCurrent();