diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/stripable_colorpicker.cc b/gtk2_ardour/stripable_colorpicker.cc
index aac9afb9ac..12c0e48ac8 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/stripable_colorpicker.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/stripable_colorpicker.cc
@@ -35,31 +35,6 @@ StripableColorDialog::StripableColorDialog ()
 {
 	initialize_color_palette ();
 	signal_response().connect (sigc::mem_fun (*this, &StripableColorDialog::finish_color_edit));
-
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-	/* hide eyedropper button -- which does not work on OSX:
-	 * " the problem is worse than just `not getting the color' though.
-	 *   The action doesn't actually complete, and window focus is in a
-	 *   `weird state' until you click inside the color-picker dialog twice;
-	 *   then it all seems back to normal (but no color got picked)"
-	 *
-	 * the alternative is to patch gtk's source:
-	 * gtk/gtkcolorsel.c  gtk_color_selection_init() which packs
-	 *
-	 *  top_hbox [ VBOX [ triangle || hbox [ sample-area || picker-button] ] || ... ]
-	 */
-	ColorSelection* cs = get_color_selection(); // IS-A VBOX
-	if (!cs) { return ; }
-	Gtk::HBox* top_hbox = dynamic_cast<Gtk::HBox*> (cs->children()[0].get_widget());
-	if (!top_hbox) { return ; }
-	Gtk::VBox* vbox = dynamic_cast<Gtk::VBox*> (top_hbox->children()[0].get_widget());
-	if (!vbox) { return ; }
-	Gtk::HBox* hbox = dynamic_cast<Gtk::HBox*> (vbox->children()[1].get_widget());
-	if (!hbox) { return ; }
-	Gtk::Button* picker = dynamic_cast<Gtk::Button*> (hbox->children()[1].get_widget());
-	if (!picker) { return ; }
-	picker->hide ();
-#endif
 }
 
 StripableColorDialog::~StripableColorDialog ()