diff --git a/src/mac/carbon/toplevel.cpp b/src/mac/carbon/toplevel.cpp
index 0b7780598c..3c6fa41f2c 100644
--- a/src/mac/carbon/toplevel.cpp
+++ b/src/mac/carbon/toplevel.cpp
@@ -912,7 +912,9 @@ wxTopLevelWindowMac::~wxTopLevelWindowMac()
 {
     if ( m_macWindow )
     {
+#if wxUSE_TOOLTIPS
         wxToolTip::NotifyWindowDelete(m_macWindow) ;
+#endif
         wxPendingDelete.Append( new wxMacDeferredWindowDeleter( (WindowRef) m_macWindow ) ) ;
     }