diff --git a/basis/io/backend/unix/macosx/macosx.factor b/basis/io/backend/unix/macosx/macosx.factor
index 3fc61c6ced..376ace3585 100644
--- a/basis/io/backend/unix/macosx/macosx.factor
+++ b/basis/io/backend/unix/macosx/macosx.factor
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
 USING: init io.backend io.backend.unix
 io.backend.unix.multiplexers io.backend.unix.multiplexers.kqueue
-io.backend.unix.multiplexers.run-loop namespaces system vocabs ;
+io.backend.unix.multiplexers.run-loop namespaces system ;
+USE: io.files.unix ! need this for deploy
 IN: io.backend.unix.macosx
 
 SINGLETON: macosx-kqueue
@@ -16,5 +17,3 @@ M: macosx init-io ( -- )
 macosx set-io-backend
 
 [ start-signal-pipe-thread ] "io.backend.unix:signal-pipe-thread" add-startup-hook
-
-"io.files.unix" require ! for M: macosx (file-reader) for deploy and file reloading
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