diff --git a/src/qt/macnotificationhandler.mm b/src/qt/macnotificationhandler.mm
--- a/src/qt/macnotificationhandler.mm
+++ b/src/qt/macnotificationhandler.mm
@@ -23,32 +23,12 @@
                                               const QString &text) {
     // check if users OS has support for NSUserNotification
     if (this->hasUserNotificationCenterSupport()) {
-        // okay, seems like 10.8+
-        QByteArray utf8 = title.toUtf8();
-        char *cString = (char *)utf8.constData();
-        NSString *titleMac = [[NSString alloc] initWithUTF8String:cString];
-
-        utf8 = text.toUtf8();
-        cString = (char *)utf8.constData();
-        NSString *textMac = [[NSString alloc] initWithUTF8String:cString];
-
-        // do everything weak linked (because we will keep <10.8 compatibility)
-        id userNotification =
-            [[NSClassFromString(@"NSUserNotification") alloc] init];
-        [userNotification performSelector:@selector(setTitle:)
-                               withObject:titleMac];
-        [userNotification performSelector:@selector(setInformativeText:)
-                               withObject:textMac];
-
-        id notificationCenterInstance =
-            [NSClassFromString(@"NSUserNotificationCenter")
-                performSelector:@selector(defaultUserNotificationCenter)];
-        [notificationCenterInstance
-            performSelector:@selector(deliverNotification:)
-                 withObject:userNotification];
-
-        [titleMac release];
-        [textMac release];
+        NSUserNotification *userNotification =
+            [[NSUserNotification alloc] init];
+        userNotification.title = title.toNSString();
+        userNotification.informativeText = text.toNSString();
+        [[NSUserNotificationCenter defaultUserNotificationCenter]
+            deliverNotification:userNotification];
         [userNotification release];
     }
 }