diff --git a/darwin/control.m b/darwin/controls.m
similarity index 100%
rename from darwin/control.m
rename to darwin/controls.m
diff --git a/darwin/meson.build b/darwin/meson.build
index 3114c536..a4a18d42 100644
--- a/darwin/meson.build
+++ b/darwin/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # 23 march 2019
 
 libui_sources += [
-	'darwin/control.m',
+	'darwin/controls.m',
 	'darwin/main.m',
 ]
 
diff --git a/test/controls.c b/test/controls.c
index 9d359887..1c11a613 100644
--- a/test/controls.c
+++ b/test/controls.c
@@ -17,8 +17,13 @@ static void testVtableFree(uiControl *c, void *implData)
 	// do nothing
 }
 
-const uiControlVtable testVtable = {
+static const uiControlVtable vtable = {
 	.Size = sizeof (uiControlVtable),
 	.Init = testVtableInit,
 	.Free = testVtableFree,
 };
+
+const uiControlVtable *testVtable(void)
+{
+	return &vtable;
+}
diff --git a/test/controls_darwin.m b/test/controls_darwin.m
index 69fc91a0..3027082e 100644
--- a/test/controls_darwin.m
+++ b/test/controls_darwin.m
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 // 10 june 2019
 #import "test_darwin.h"
 
-uiControlOSVtable *allocOSVtableFull(testingT *t, const char *file, long line)
-{
-	uiControlOSVtable *v;
+static const uiControlOSVtable vtable = {
+	.Size = sizeof (uiControlOSVtable),
+};
 
-	v = (uiControlOSVtable *) malloc(sizeof (uiControlOSVtable));
-	if (v == NULL)
-		testingTFatalfFull(t, file, line, "memory exhausted allocating uiControlOSVtable");
-	memset(v, 0, sizeof (uiControlOSVtable));
-	v->Size = sizeof (uiControlOSVtable);
-	return v;
+const uiControlOSVtable *testOSVtable(void)
+{
+	return &vtable;
 }
diff --git a/test/controls_errors.cpp b/test/controls_errors.cpp
index 41e866f6..9923a0dc 100644
--- a/test/controls_errors.cpp
+++ b/test/controls_errors.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ static const struct checkErrorCase cases[] = {
 	{
 		"uiRegisterControlType() with NULL OS vtable",
 		[](void) {
-			uiRegisterControlType("name", &testVtable, NULL, 0);
+			uiRegisterControlType("name", testVtable(), NULL, 0);
 		},
 		"uiRegisterControlType(): invalid null pointer for uiControlOSVtable",
 	},
diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index a96978af..5b5e2fa9 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if libui_OS == 'windows'
 	]
 elif libui_OS == 'darwin'
 	libui_test_sources += [
-#		'controls_darwin.m',
+		'controls_darwin.m',
 	]
 else
 	libui_test_sources += [
diff --git a/test/test.h b/test/test.h
index 7a30687d..69ebe1ed 100644
--- a/test/test.h
+++ b/test/test.h
@@ -50,9 +50,8 @@ extern void checkProgrammerErrorsFull(testingT *t, const char *file, long line,
 #define checkProgrammerErrorsInThread(t, cases) checkProgrammerErrorsFull(t, __FILE__, __LINE__, cases, true)
 
 // controls.c
-extern const uiControlVtable testVtable;
-extern uiControlOSVtable *allocOSVtableFull(testingT *t, const char *file, long line);
-#define allocOSVtable(t) allocOSVtableFull(t, __FILE__, __LINE__)
+extern const uiControlVtable *testVtable(void);
+extern const uiControlOSVtable *testOSVtable(void);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }