diff --git a/macosx/Controller.m b/macosx/Controller.m
index 1b6cb06fa..72e1c32f6 100644
--- a/macosx/Controller.m
+++ b/macosx/Controller.m
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #import "TorrentCell.h"
 #import "TorrentTableView.h"
 #import "StringAdditions.h"
-#import "Utils.h"
 
 #import <Sparkle/Sparkle.h>
 
@@ -1272,17 +1271,17 @@ static void sleepCallBack( void * controller, io_service_t y,
         }
     
         //append or remove ellipsis when needed
-        NSString * title = [menuItem title];
+        NSString * title = [menuItem title], * ellipsis = [NSString ellipsis];
         if (active && [fDefaults boolForKey: @"CheckRemove"])
         {
-            if (![title hasSuffix: NS_ELLIPSIS])
-                [menuItem setTitle: [title stringByAppendingString: NS_ELLIPSIS]];
+            if (![title hasSuffix: ellipsis])
+                [menuItem setTitle: [title stringByAppendingEllipsis]];
         }
         else
         {
-            if ([title hasSuffix: NS_ELLIPSIS])
+            if ([title hasSuffix: ellipsis])
                 [menuItem setTitle: [title substringToIndex:
-                            [title rangeOfString: NS_ELLIPSIS].location]];
+                            [title rangeOfString: ellipsis].location]];
         }
         return canUseMenu && [fTableView numberOfSelectedRows] > 0;
     }
diff --git a/macosx/PrefsController.m b/macosx/PrefsController.m
index ebcd4cd56..aeb7917e1 100644
--- a/macosx/PrefsController.m
+++ b/macosx/PrefsController.m
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 
 #import "PrefsController.h"
 #import "StringAdditions.h"
-#import "Utils.h"
 
 #define MIN_PORT            1
 #define MAX_PORT            65535
@@ -472,10 +471,10 @@
     [panel setCanChooseFiles:                 NO];
     [panel setCanChooseDirectories:          YES];
 
-    [panel beginSheetForDirectory: NULL file: NULL types: NULL
+    [panel beginSheetForDirectory: nil file: nil types: nil
         modalForWindow: [self window] modalDelegate: self didEndSelector:
         @selector( folderSheetClosed:returnCode:contextInfo: )
-        contextInfo: NULL];
+        contextInfo: nil];
 }
 
 @end
diff --git a/macosx/StringAdditions.h b/macosx/StringAdditions.h
index a5556de83..7a1aa2d68 100644
--- a/macosx/StringAdditions.h
+++ b/macosx/StringAdditions.h
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 
 @interface NSString (StringAdditions)
 
++ (NSString *) ellipsis;
+- (NSString *) stringByAppendingEllipsis;
+
 + (NSString *) stringWithInt: (int) value;
 
 + (NSString *) stringForFileSize: (uint64_t) size;
diff --git a/macosx/StringAdditions.m b/macosx/StringAdditions.m
index ff546ba88..224278a76 100644
--- a/macosx/StringAdditions.m
+++ b/macosx/StringAdditions.m
@@ -23,10 +23,19 @@
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 #import "StringAdditions.h"
-#import "Utils.h"
 
 @implementation NSString (StringAdditions)
 
++ (NSString *) ellipsis
+{
+	return [NSString stringWithUTF8String: "\xE2\x80\xA6"];
+}
+
+- (NSString *) stringByAppendingEllipsis
+{
+	return [self stringByAppendingString: [NSString ellipsis]];
+}
+
 + (NSString *) stringWithInt: (int) value
 {
     return [NSString stringWithFormat: @"%d", value];
@@ -114,7 +123,7 @@
     if( realWidth <= width )
         return [[[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString: self attributes: attributes] autorelease];
     
-    float ellipsisWidth = [NS_ELLIPSIS sizeWithAttributes: attributes].width;
+    float ellipsisWidth = [[NSString ellipsis] sizeWithAttributes: attributes].width;
     
     /* Width is too small */
     if ( ellipsisWidth > width )
@@ -150,7 +159,7 @@
     }
     else;
 
-    return [[[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString: [newString stringByAppendingString: NS_ELLIPSIS]
+    return [[[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString: [newString stringByAppendingEllipsis]
                                         attributes: attributes] autorelease];
 }
 
diff --git a/macosx/Torrent.m b/macosx/Torrent.m
index 03a3a1c33..0b5d4a042 100644
--- a/macosx/Torrent.m
+++ b/macosx/Torrent.m
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 
 #import "Torrent.h"
 #import "StringAdditions.h"
-#import "Utils.h"
 
 @interface Torrent (Private)
 
@@ -167,7 +166,7 @@
             break;
 
         case TR_STATUS_CHECK:
-            [fStatusString setString: [@"Checking existing files" stringByAppendingString: NS_ELLIPSIS]];
+            [fStatusString setString: [@"Checking existing files" stringByAppendingEllipsis]];
             break;
 
         case TR_STATUS_DOWNLOAD:
@@ -202,7 +201,7 @@
             break;
 
         case TR_STATUS_STOPPING:
-            [fStatusString setString: [@"Stopping" stringByAppendingString: NS_ELLIPSIS]];
+            [fStatusString setString: [@"Stopping" stringByAppendingEllipsis]];
             break;
     }
     
@@ -364,7 +363,7 @@
             break;
 
         case TR_STATUS_CHECK:
-            return [@"Checking existing files" stringByAppendingString: NS_ELLIPSIS];
+            return [@"Checking existing files" stringByAppendingEllipsis];
             break;
 
         case TR_STATUS_DOWNLOAD:
@@ -376,7 +375,7 @@
             break;
 
         case TR_STATUS_STOPPING:
-            return [@"Stopping" stringByAppendingString: NS_ELLIPSIS];
+            return [@"Stopping" stringByAppendingEllipsis];
             break;
         
         default:
diff --git a/macosx/Utils.h b/macosx/Utils.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e44005e90..000000000
--- a/macosx/Utils.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/******************************************************************************
- * $Id$
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2005-2006 Transmission authors and contributors
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
- * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
- * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
- * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
- * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
- * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
- * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
- * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
- * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
- * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
- * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
- *****************************************************************************/
-
-#define NS_ELLIPSIS [NSString stringWithUTF8String: "\xE2\x80\xA6"]
-#define OSX_VERSION [[[NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile: \
-    @"/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist"] \
-    objectForKey: @"ProductVersion"] floatValue]