diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5989b3b5c..9a6e7e6d9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ matrix:
 env:
     global:
         - PYTHON=python3
-        - PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$HOME/glfw/lib/pkgconfig:$HOME/harfbuzz/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
-        - LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/glfw/lib:$HOME/harfbuzz/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+        - PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$HOME/harfbuzz/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
+        - LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/harfbuzz/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
         - ASAN_OPTIONS=leak_check_at_exit=0
 
 install: |
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ install: |
         if [[ "$USE_BREW" == "1" ]]; then
             brew update;
             brew install python3;
-            brew install glfw;
+            brew install libunistring;
             brew install freetype;
             brew install harfbuzz --without-glib --without-gobject-introspection --without-graphite2 --without-icu4c;
         else
@@ -95,13 +95,6 @@ install: |
         fi
     else
         pushd /tmp
-        wget -O glfw-3.2.1.zip https://github.com/glfw/glfw/archive/3.2.1.zip
-        unzip -q glfw-3.2.1.zip
-        cd glfw-3.2.1
-        cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DGLFW_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DGLFW_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -DGLFW_BUILD_DOCS=OFF -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/glfw
-        make
-        make install
-
         wget https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/releases/download/1.6.3/harfbuzz-1.6.3.tar.bz2
         tar xf harfbuzz-1.6.3.tar.bz2
         cd harfbuzz-1.6.3
@@ -111,7 +104,6 @@ install: |
         cd ..
         popd
     fi
-    pkg-config --cflags glfw3
     pkg-config --cflags harfbuzz
     if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" != 'osx' ]]; then
         PLIB=$(ldd `which python` | grep libpython | cut -d ' ' -f 3)
diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index 2a21e5642..9c6d2e2a0 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -89,14 +89,12 @@ the following dependencies are installed first.
 === Dependencies
 
 * python >= 3.5
-* glfw   >= 3.2
+* harfbuzz >= 1.5.0 
 * libunistring 
 * zlib
 * libpng
 * freetype
 * fontconfig (not needed on macOS)
-* harfbuzz >= 1.5.0 
-* xsel (only on X11 systems with glfw < 3.3)
 * ImageMagick (optional, needed to use the `kitty icat` tool to display images in the terminal)
 * gcc or clang (required only for building)
 * pkg-config (required only for building)
@@ -131,8 +129,7 @@ python3 /path/to/kitty/folder
 kitty is available as a macOS `dmg` file for easy installation from the
 link:../../releases[releases page].  You can also run kitty directly from
 source using the above install from source instructions, after installing its
-two dependencies (`python >= 3.5` and `glfw >= 3.2` using http://brew.sh/[brew]
-or a similar package manager)
+dependencies using http://brew.sh/[brew] or a similar package manager.
 
 
 == Design philosophy
diff --git a/glfw/cocoa_window.m b/glfw/cocoa_window.m
index 16fbb7bfd..af1de09b9 100644
--- a/glfw/cocoa_window.m
+++ b/glfw/cocoa_window.m
@@ -859,15 +859,9 @@ static const NSRange kEmptyRange = { NSNotFound, 0 };
 }
 
 - (void)loadMainMenu
-{
-#if MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 100800
-    [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"MainMenu"
-                                  owner:NSApp
-                        topLevelObjects:&nibObjects];
-#else
-    [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"MainMenu" owner:NSApp];
-#endif
+{ // removed by Kovid as it generated compiler warnings 
 }
+
 @end
 
 // Set up the menu bar (manually)
diff --git a/glfw/glfw.py b/glfw/glfw.py
index 4186103ec..d99626643 100755
--- a/glfw/glfw.py
+++ b/glfw/glfw.py
@@ -19,13 +19,19 @@ def init_env(env, pkg_config, at_least_version, module='x11'):
         x for x in ans.cflags
         if x not in '-Wpedantic -Wextra -pedantic-errors'.split()
     ]
-    ans.cflags.append('-pthread')
+    if not isosx:
+        ans.cflags.append('-pthread')
+        ans.ldpaths.append('-pthread')
     ans.cflags.append('-fpic')
-    ans.ldpaths.append('-pthread')
     ans.cflags.append('-D_GLFW_' + module.upper())
     ans.cflags.append('-D_GLFW_BUILD_DLL')
 
-    if not isosx:
+    if isosx:
+        ans.ldpaths.extend(
+            "-framework Cocoa -framework IOKit -framework CoreFoundation -framework CoreVideo".
+            split()
+        )
+    else:
         ans.ldpaths.extend('-lrt -lm -ldl'.split())
 
     if module == 'x11':
@@ -216,6 +222,8 @@ def main():
         shutil.copy2(src, '.')
     shutil.copy2(glfw_header, '.')
     patch_in_file('internal.h', lambda x: x.replace('../include/GLFW/', ''))
+    patch_in_file('cocoa_window.m', lambda x: re.sub(
+        r'[(]void[)]loadMainMenu.+?}', '(void)loadMainMenu\n{ // removed by Kovid as it generated compiler warnings \n}\n', x, flags=re.DOTALL))
     json.dump(
         sinfo,
         open('source-info.json', 'w'),
diff --git a/kitty/glfw.c b/kitty/glfw.c
index 43b783f51..042fc6b6e 100644
--- a/kitty/glfw.c
+++ b/kitty/glfw.c
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@
 #include "state.h"
 #include <structmember.h>
 #include "glfw-wrapper.h"
-#if defined(__APPLE__)
 extern bool cocoa_make_window_resizable(void *w);
-#endif
 
 #if GLFW_KEY_LAST >= MAX_KEY_COUNT
 #error "glfw has too many keys, you should increase MAX_KEY_COUNT"
@@ -262,7 +260,8 @@ create_os_window(PyObject UNUSED *self, PyObject *args) {
     glfwSetWindowFocusCallback(glfw_window, window_focus_callback);
 #ifdef __APPLE__
     if (OPT(macos_hide_titlebar)) {
-        if (!cocoa_make_window_resizable(glfwGetCocoaWindow(glfw_window))) { PyErr_Print(); }
+        if (glfwGetCocoaWindow) { if (!cocoa_make_window_resizable(glfwGetCocoaWindow(glfw_window))) { PyErr_Print(); } }
+        else fprintf(stderr, "Failed to load glfwGetCocoaWindow\n");
     }
 #endif
     double now = monotonic();
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d21eb8cd3..15cdf675b 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -208,7 +208,9 @@ def kitty_env():
     ans.ldpaths += pylib + font_libs + gl_libs + libpng + [
         '-lunistring'
     ]
-    if not isosx:
+    if isosx:
+        ans.ldpaths.extend('-framework Cocoa'.split())
+    else:
         ans.ldpaths += ['-lrt']
         if '-ldl' not in ans.ldpaths:
             ans.ldpaths.append('-ldl')