diff --git a/sysdata_darwin.go b/sysdata_darwin.go
index f406095..8d56c06 100644
--- a/sysdata_darwin.go
+++ b/sysdata_darwin.go
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ var classTypes = [nctypes]*classData{
 		},
 		show:		controlShow,
 		hide:			controlHide,
-		// TODO setText
 		textsel:		_titleOfSelectedItem,
 		alttextsel:		_stringValue,
 		append:		func(id C.id, what string, alternate bool) {
@@ -301,7 +300,7 @@ func getSysData(key C.id) *sysData {
 	return v
 }
 
-func (s *sysData) make(initText string, window *sysData) error {
+func (s *sysData) make(window *sysData) error {
 	var parentWindow C.id
 
 	ct := classTypes[s.ctype]
@@ -314,7 +313,6 @@ func (s *sysData) make(initText string, window *sysData) error {
 		ret <- ct.make(parentWindow, s.alternate)
 	}
 	s.id = <-ret
-	s.setText(initText)
 	if ct.getinside != nil {
 		uitask <- func() {
 			ret <- ct.getinside(s.id)
@@ -353,11 +351,6 @@ func (s *sysData) hide() {
 }
 
 func (s *sysData) setText(text string) {
-	var zeroSel C.SEL
-
-	if classTypes[s.ctype].settextsel == zeroSel {		// does not have concept of text
-		return
-	}
 	ret := make(chan struct{})
 	defer close(ret)
 	uitask <- func() {
diff --git a/todo.md b/todo.md
index a7301ba..ee4791a 100644
--- a/todo.md
+++ b/todo.md
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ so I don't forget:
 	- should message box text be selectable on all platforms or only on those that make it the default?
 - Listbox/Combobox.Index(n)
 	- Index(n) is the name used by reflect.Value; use a different one?
-- change sysData.make() so it does not take the initial window text as an argument and instead have the respective Control/Window.make() call sysData.setText() expressly; this would allow me to remove the "no such concept of text" checks from the GTK+ and Mac OS X backends
 - Message boxes should not show secondary text if none is specified.
 - note that you can change event channels before opening the window; this allows unifying menus/toolbars/etc.
 	- will probably want to bring back Event() for this (but as NewEvent())