diff --git a/gio/giomodule.c b/gio/giomodule.c
index ca1daf2a8..e75e48d69 100644
--- a/gio/giomodule.c
+++ b/gio/giomodule.c
@@ -1270,9 +1270,6 @@ _g_io_modules_ensure_loaded (void)
 #if defined(HAVE_INOTIFY_INIT1)
       g_type_ensure (g_inotify_file_monitor_get_type ());
 #endif
-#if defined(HAVE_KQUEUE)
-      g_type_ensure (g_kqueue_file_monitor_get_type ());
-#endif
 #if defined(HAVE_FEN)
       g_type_ensure (g_fen_file_monitor_get_type ());
 #endif
diff --git a/gio/giounix-private.c b/gio/giounix-private.c
index c535a0896..54fae5b84 100644
--- a/gio/giounix-private.c
+++ b/gio/giounix-private.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ _g_fd_is_pollable (int fd)
   close (efd);
 
   return add_succeeded;
-#elif defined (HAVE_KQUEUE)
+#elif 0
   /*
    * Apple OSes and BSDs
    *
diff --git a/gio/meson.build b/gio/meson.build
index 49a37a7bd..0c15eb55b 100644
--- a/gio/meson.build
+++ b/gio/meson.build
@@ -758,11 +758,11 @@ if glib_conf.has('HAVE_SYS_INOTIFY_H') and have_func_inotify_init1
 endif
 
 # kevent
-if have_func_kqueue and have_func_kevent
-  subdir('kqueue')
-  internal_deps += [ kqueue_lib ]
-  internal_objects += [kqueue_lib.extract_all_objects()]
-endif
+#if have_func_kqueue and have_func_kevent
+#  subdir('kqueue')
+#  internal_deps += [ kqueue_lib ]
+#  internal_objects += [kqueue_lib.extract_all_objects()]
+#endif
 
 if host_system == 'windows'
   subdir('win32')