diff --git a/lib/pure/fenv.nim b/lib/pure/fenv.nim
index ddb6a1a0c3..1d96fd6be6 100644
--- a/lib/pure/fenv.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/fenv.nim
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 ## The types, vars and procs are bindings for the C standard library
 ## [<fenv.h>](https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/numeric/fenv) header.
 
-when defined(posix) and not defined(genode):
+when defined(posix) and not defined(genode) and not defined(macosx):
   {.passl: "-lm".}
 
 var
diff --git a/lib/pure/math.nim b/lib/pure/math.nim
index 1ca4825a2d..73a60e9744 100644
--- a/lib/pure/math.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/math.nim
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func fac*(n: int): int =
 
 {.push checks: off, line_dir: off, stack_trace: off.}
 
-when defined(posix) and not defined(genode):
+when defined(posix) and not defined(genode) and not defined(macosx):
   {.passl: "-lm".}
 
 const