diff --git a/modules/gui/macosx/macosx.m b/modules/gui/macosx/macosx.m
index ee8b5831faddf5628bd06a7d7e4d82b134ed3987..5c459be8ee6bcb505d9e0b954b961df434e54f56 100644
--- a/modules/gui/macosx/macosx.m
+++ b/modules/gui/macosx/macosx.m
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ vlc_module_begin();
     set_subcategory( SUBCAT_INTERFACE_GENERAL );
     add_bool( "macosx-embedded", 1, NULL, EMBEDDED_TEXT, EMBEDDED_LONGTEXT,
                      VLC_FALSE );
+#if defined( __ppc__ ) || defined (__ppc64__)
     add_submodule();
         set_description( _("Quartz video") );
         set_capability( "video output", 100 );
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ vlc_module_begin();
                   VLC_TRUE );
         add_bool( "macosx-background", 0, NULL, BACKGROUND_TEXT, BACKGROUND_LONGTEXT,
                      VLC_FALSE );
+#endif
     add_submodule();
         set_description( "Mac OS X OpenGL" );
         set_capability( "opengl provider", 100 );