diff --git a/src/qt/macnotificationhandler.mm b/src/qt/macnotificationhandler.mm
index 98f260d14..cf18bc9bb 100644
--- a/src/qt/macnotificationhandler.mm
+++ b/src/qt/macnotificationhandler.mm
@@ -1,84 +1,64 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2011-2013 The Bitcoin Core developers
 // Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
 #include "macnotificationhandler.h"
 
 #undef slots
 #include <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
 #import <objc/runtime.h>
 
 // Add an obj-c category (extension) to return the expected bundle identifier
 @implementation NSBundle (returnCorrectIdentifier)
 - (NSString *)__bundleIdentifier {
     if (self == [NSBundle mainBundle]) {
         return @"org.bitcoinabc.BitcoinABC-Qt";
     } else {
         return [self __bundleIdentifier];
     }
 }
 @end
 
 void MacNotificationHandler::showNotification(const QString &title,
                                               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];
     }
 }
 
 bool MacNotificationHandler::hasUserNotificationCenterSupport() {
     Class possibleClass = NSClassFromString(@"NSUserNotificationCenter");
 
     // check if users OS has support for NSUserNotification
     if (possibleClass != nil) {
         return true;
     }
     return false;
 }
 
 MacNotificationHandler *MacNotificationHandler::instance() {
     static MacNotificationHandler *s_instance = nullptr;
     if (!s_instance) {
         s_instance = new MacNotificationHandler();
 
         Class aPossibleClass = objc_getClass("NSBundle");
         if (aPossibleClass) {
             // change NSBundle -bundleIdentifier method to return a correct
             // bundle identifier a bundle identifier is required to use OSXs
             // User Notification Center
             method_exchangeImplementations(
                 class_getInstanceMethod(aPossibleClass,
                                         @selector(bundleIdentifier)),
                 class_getInstanceMethod(aPossibleClass,
                                         @selector(__bundleIdentifier)));
         }
     }
     return s_instance;
 }