diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b3aa10f..9ffb337 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 PKG_NAME = "pymmcore"
 SWIG_MOD_NAME = "pymmcore_swig"
 IS_WINDOWS = platform.system() == "Windows"
-IS_MACOS = platform.system() == "Darwin"
 ROOT = Path(__file__).parent
 MMCorePath = ROOT / "mmCoreAndDevices" / "MMCore"
 MMDevicePath = ROOT / "mmCoreAndDevices" / "MMDevice"
@@ -85,9 +84,7 @@ def run(self):
 ]
 
 mmcore_libraries = ["MMDevice"]
-if IS_WINDOWS:
-    mmcore_libraries.extend(["Iphlpapi", "Advapi32"])
-else:
+if not IS_WINDOWS:
     mmcore_libraries.extend(["dl"])
 
 if not IS_WINDOWS:
@@ -97,16 +94,6 @@ def run(self):
     os.environ["CFLAGS"] = " ".join(cflags)
 
 
-# MMCore on macOS currently requires these frameworks (for a feature that
-# should be deprecated). Frameworks need to appear on the linker command line
-# before the object files, so extra_link_args doesn't work.
-if IS_MACOS:
-    ldflags = ["-framework", "CoreFoundation", "-framework", "IOKit"]
-    if "LDFLAGS" in os.environ:
-        ldflags.insert(0, os.environ["LDFLAGS"])
-    os.environ["LDFLAGS"] = " ".join(ldflags)
-
-
 mmcore_extension = Extension(
     f"{PKG_NAME}._{SWIG_MOD_NAME}",
     sources=mmcore_sources + [os.path.join(PKG_NAME, f"{SWIG_MOD_NAME}.i")],