diff --git a/src/osx/cocoa/textctrl.mm b/src/osx/cocoa/textctrl.mm
index e4c6567bb9..3602eea161 100644
--- a/src/osx/cocoa/textctrl.mm
+++ b/src/osx/cocoa/textctrl.mm
@@ -580,6 +580,12 @@ wxNSTextViewControl::wxNSTextViewControl( wxTextCtrl *wxPeer, WXWidget w )
     [tv setHorizontallyResizable:NO];
     [tv setAutoresizingMask:NSViewWidthSizable];
 
+    if ( !wxPeer->HasFlag(wxTE_RICH | wxTE_RICH2) )
+    {
+        [tv setRichText:NO];
+        [tv setAutomaticQuoteSubstitutionEnabled:NO];
+    }
+
     [m_scrollView setDocumentView: tv];
 
     [tv setDelegate: tv];