diff --git a/vcl/aqua/source/dtrans/PictToBmpFlt.cxx b/vcl/aqua/source/dtrans/PictToBmpFlt.cxx
index 51b294258a04..196ec2e55865 100644
--- a/vcl/aqua/source/dtrans/PictToBmpFlt.cxx
+++ b/vcl/aqua/source/dtrans/PictToBmpFlt.cxx
@@ -118,10 +118,22 @@ bool BMPtoPICT(com::sun::star::uno::Sequence<sal_Int8>& aBmp,
       rtl_copyMemory(aPict.getArray(), ((sal_Int8*)*hPict), sz);
       HUnlock((Handle)hPict);
 
+#if MACOSX_SDK_VERSION < 1070
       // Release the data associated with the picture
       // Note: This function is deprecated in Mac OS X
       // 10.4.
+
+      // How nice. This whole thing needs to be rewritten I guess. Or
+      // does this code even get invoked on current OSes? Given that
+      // KillPicture() was deprecated already in 10.4, back when
+      // somebody was actually working on this code, hopefulluy
+      // knowing what he/she was doing, was it really not known that
+      // the stuff used here is going to go away?
+
       KillPicture(hPict);
+#else
+      SAL_WARN("vcl", "Here we used to call the deprecated KillPicture(), no idea what to do, so leaking...");
+#endif
 
       result = true;
     }