diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/osc/CMakeLists.txt b/src/osgPlugins/osc/CMakeLists.txt
index c313424e1..133eabe2f 100755
--- a/src/osgPlugins/osc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/osc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
 
-INCLUDE(TestBigEndian)
-TEST_BIG_ENDIAN(WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
-IF (WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
-        ADD_DEFINITIONS("-DOSC_HOST_BIG_ENDIAN")
-ELSE (WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
-        ADD_DEFINITIONS("-DOSC_HOST_LITTLE_ENDIAN")
-ENDIF (WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
-
 SET(TARGET_SRC
     ip/IpEndpointName.cpp
     osc/OscOutboundPacketStream.cpp
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/osc/osc/OscHostEndianness.h b/src/osgPlugins/osc/osc/OscHostEndianness.h
index 8cbfa44a2..25bbfb644 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/osc/osc/OscHostEndianness.h
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/osc/osc/OscHostEndianness.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 #define OSC_HOST_LITTLE_ENDIAN 1
 #undef OSC_HOST_BIG_ENDIAN
 
-#elif defined(__APPLE__)
+#else
 
     #if defined(__GLIBC__)
         #include <endian.h>