diff --git a/src/mac/carbon/textctrl.cpp b/src/mac/carbon/textctrl.cpp
index 7273cf7bb8..a35a213678 100644
--- a/src/mac/carbon/textctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/mac/carbon/textctrl.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 // if this is set to 1 then under OSX 10.2 the 'classic' MLTE implementation will be used
 // if set to 0 then the unicode textctrl will be used
 #ifndef wxMAC_AWAYS_USE_MLTE
-#define wxMAC_AWAYS_USE_MLTE 1
+#define wxMAC_AWAYS_USE_MLTE 0
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __WXMAC_OSX__
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ bool wxTextCtrl::Create(wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id,
 
 #ifdef __WXMAC_OSX__
 #if MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED > MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_2
-    if ( UMAGetSystemVersion() >= 0x1030 )
+    if ( UMAGetSystemVersion() >= 0x1050 )
     {
         m_peer = new wxMacMLTEHIViewControl( this , str , pos , size , style ) ;
     }