diff --git a/src/gui/mainwidget.cpp b/src/gui/mainwidget.cpp
index e65430a..37b9d06 100644
--- a/src/gui/mainwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/mainwidget.cpp
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ void MainWidget::refreshDatabase()
 TrayIndicator *MainWidget::createTrayObject(QWidget *parent)
 {
     TrayFunctionPointer create_tray = NULL;
-
+#ifdef Q_OS_LINUX
     QString desktop = getenv("XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP");
     qDebug() << "Current desktop: " << desktop;
 
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ TrayIndicator *MainWidget::createTrayObject(QWidget *parent)
         else
             qDebug() << "Cannot load libqcma_appindicator plugin";
     }
-
+#endif
     // else QSystemTrayIcon
     return (create_tray != NULL) ? create_tray(parent) : createTrayIndicator(parent);
 }
diff --git a/src/indicator/qtrayicon.h b/src/indicator/qtrayicon.h
index f90a40a..ea31229 100644
--- a/src/indicator/qtrayicon.h
+++ b/src/indicator/qtrayicon.h
@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@ public:
     void hide();
     void showMessage(const QString &title, const QString &message);
 
-#ifndef Q_OS_LINUX
-    void showMessage(const QString &title, const QString &message);
-#endif
-
 private:
     //system tray
     QAction *quit;
diff --git a/src/indicator/trayindicator_global.h b/src/indicator/trayindicator_global.h
index 1ce7e5d..3033fc6 100644
--- a/src/indicator/trayindicator_global.h
+++ b/src/indicator/trayindicator_global.h
@@ -22,10 +22,14 @@
 
 #include <QtCore/qglobal.h>
 
+#ifdef Q_OS_LINUX
 #if defined(QCMA_TRAYINDICATOR_LIBRARY)
 #  define TRAYINDICATORSHARED_EXPORT Q_DECL_EXPORT
 #else
 #  define TRAYINDICATORSHARED_EXPORT Q_DECL_IMPORT
 #endif
+#else
+#  define TRAYINDICATORSHARED_EXPORT
+#endif
 
 #endif // TRAYINDICATOR_GLOBAL_H