diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e8625e5bf8..a62e8dfc5e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([projectM], [3.1.11], [me@mish.dev], [projectM], [https://github.com/projectM-visualizer/projectm/])
+AC_INIT([projectM], [3.1.12], [me@mish.dev], [projectM], [https://github.com/projectM-visualizer/projectm/])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign subdir-objects tar-pax])
 
 AX_IS_RELEASE([git-directory])
diff --git a/src/libprojectM/Common.hpp b/src/libprojectM/Common.hpp
index e1b9a25341..d3405bab85 100755
--- a/src/libprojectM/Common.hpp
+++ b/src/libprojectM/Common.hpp
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 #include <cstdarg>
 #include <cassert>
 
-#include "Intrinsics.h"
-
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #define strcasecmp(s, t) _strcmpi(s, t)
 #endif
diff --git a/src/libprojectM/Intrinsics.h b/src/libprojectM/Intrinsics.h
deleted file mode 100644
index f504e04e56..0000000000
--- a/src/libprojectM/Intrinsics.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-//
-//  Intrinsics.h
-//  libprojectM
-//
-//  Created by Mischa Spiegelmock on 2/13/21.
-//
-
-#ifndef PRJMIntrinsics_h
-#define PRJMIntrinsics_h
-
-// try to detect if we have SSE2 (intel only)
-#ifdef __SSE2__
-#define _HAS_SSE2_ 1
-#endif
-
-#endif /* PRJMIntrinsics_h */
diff --git a/src/libprojectM/Makefile.am b/src/libprojectM/Makefile.am
index b534f72020..8c72b1c682 100644
--- a/src/libprojectM/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/libprojectM/Makefile.am
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ libprojectM_la_SOURCES = ConfigFile.cpp Preset.cpp PresetLoader.cpp timer.cpp \
 	HungarianMethod.hpp        Preset.hpp                 RandomNumberGenerators.hpp\
 	IdleTextures.hpp           PresetChooser.hpp          TimeKeeper.hpp\
 	KeyHandler.hpp             PresetFactory.hpp          projectM.hpp\
-  BackgroundWorker.h				 Intrinsics.h \
+  BackgroundWorker.h				 \
 	PCM.hpp                    PresetFactoryManager.hpp\
 	projectM.hpp projectM-opengl.h \
 	ConfigFile.h      \
diff --git a/src/libprojectM/MilkdropPresetFactory/MilkdropPreset.cpp b/src/libprojectM/MilkdropPresetFactory/MilkdropPreset.cpp
index d3239878b3..fce094234c 100755
--- a/src/libprojectM/MilkdropPresetFactory/MilkdropPreset.cpp
+++ b/src/libprojectM/MilkdropPresetFactory/MilkdropPreset.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 #include "PresetFactoryManager.hpp"
 #include "MilkdropPresetFactory.hpp"
 
-#ifdef _HAS_SSE2_
+#ifdef __SSE2__
 #include <immintrin.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ void MilkdropPreset::evaluateFrame()
 }
 
 
-#ifdef _HAS_SSE2_
+#ifdef __SSE2__
 inline void init_mesh(float **mesh, const float value, const int gx, const int gy)
 {
   __m128 mvalue = _mm_set_ps1(value);
diff --git a/src/libprojectM/MilkdropPresetFactory/Param.hpp b/src/libprojectM/MilkdropPresetFactory/Param.hpp
index aef9b86b4f..92823329a3 100755
--- a/src/libprojectM/MilkdropPresetFactory/Param.hpp
+++ b/src/libprojectM/MilkdropPresetFactory/Param.hpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class Preset;
 class Test;
 
 
-#ifdef _HAS_SSE2_
+#ifdef __SSE2__
 #include <immintrin.h>
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/libprojectM/MilkdropPresetFactory/PresetFrameIO.cpp b/src/libprojectM/MilkdropPresetFactory/PresetFrameIO.cpp
index 5b022252a3..79d1ac37b5 100644
--- a/src/libprojectM/MilkdropPresetFactory/PresetFrameIO.cpp
+++ b/src/libprojectM/MilkdropPresetFactory/PresetFrameIO.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <cmath>
 #include "Renderer/BeatDetect.hpp"
 
-#ifdef _HAS_SSE2_
+#ifdef __SSE2__
 #include <immintrin.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ void PresetOutputs::PerPixelMath_c(const PipelineContext &context)
 }
 
 
-#ifdef _HAS_SSE2_
+#ifdef __SSE2__
 
 // is there an SSE way to do this?
 inline __m128 _mm_pow(__m128 x, __m128 y)
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ void PresetOutputs::PerPixelMath_sse(const PipelineContext &context)
 
 void PresetOutputs::PerPixelMath(const PipelineContext &context)
 {
-#ifdef _HAS_SSE2_
+#ifdef __SSE2__
 	PerPixelMath_sse(context);
 #else
 	PerPixelMath_c(context);
diff --git a/src/libprojectM/MilkdropPresetFactory/PresetFrameIO.hpp b/src/libprojectM/MilkdropPresetFactory/PresetFrameIO.hpp
index e952073ce1..d9bc4ddf47 100644
--- a/src/libprojectM/MilkdropPresetFactory/PresetFrameIO.hpp
+++ b/src/libprojectM/MilkdropPresetFactory/PresetFrameIO.hpp
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class PresetOutputs : public Pipeline {
 
 private:
     void PerPixelMath_c( const PipelineContext &context);
-#ifdef _HAS_SSE2_
+#ifdef __SSE2__
     void PerPixelMath_sse( const PipelineContext &context);
 #endif
 };
diff --git a/src/projectM-sdl/SDLprojectM.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/src/projectM-sdl/SDLprojectM.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index b602fa1a7c..47d1f60f59 100644
--- a/src/projectM-sdl/SDLprojectM.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/src/projectM-sdl/SDLprojectM.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -543,6 +543,7 @@
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = YES;
 				ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH = YES;
 				OTHER_CFLAGS = "-DDATADIR_PATH='\"/usr/local/share/projectM\"'";
+				OTHER_LDFLAGS = "-lSDL2";
 			};
 			name = Debug;
 		};
@@ -588,7 +589,9 @@
 				LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS = /usr/local/lib;
 				MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 10.9;
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = NO;
+				ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH = YES;
 				OTHER_CFLAGS = "-DDATADIR_PATH='\"/usr/local/share/projectM\"'";
+				OTHER_LDFLAGS = "-lSDL2";
 			};
 			name = Release;
 		};
@@ -604,7 +607,6 @@
 				INFOPLIST_FILE = "$(SRCROOT)/projectM-SDL/Info.plist";
 				LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS = /usr/local/lib;
 				MARKETING_VERSION = 3.1.11;
-				OTHER_LDFLAGS = "-lSDL2";
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = net.projectm.sdl;
 				PRODUCT_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME)";
 				PROVISIONING_PROFILE_SPECIFIER = "";
@@ -624,7 +626,6 @@
 				INFOPLIST_FILE = "$(SRCROOT)/projectM-SDL/Info.plist";
 				LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS = /usr/local/lib;
 				MARKETING_VERSION = 3.1.11;
-				OTHER_LDFLAGS = "-lSDL2";
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = net.projectm.sdl;
 				PRODUCT_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME)";
 				PROVISIONING_PROFILE_SPECIFIER = "";