diff --git a/dlls/ntdll/unix/env.c b/dlls/ntdll/unix/env.c
index 36949b905fb..f95bf737f56 100644
--- a/dlls/ntdll/unix/env.c
+++ b/dlls/ntdll/unix/env.c
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@
 #ifdef __APPLE__
 # include <CoreFoundation/CFLocale.h>
 # include <CoreFoundation/CFString.h>
+# include <crt_externs.h>
+# define environ (*_NSGetEnviron())
+#else
+  extern char **environ;
 #endif
 
 #include "ntstatus.h"
@@ -70,7 +74,6 @@ static const WCHAR bootstrapW[] = {'W','I','N','E','B','O','O','T','S','T','R','
 
 int main_argc = 0;
 char **main_argv = NULL;
-char **main_envp = NULL;
 WCHAR **main_wargv = NULL;
 
 static LCID user_lcid, system_lcid;
@@ -931,12 +934,12 @@ static WCHAR *get_initial_environment( SIZE_T *pos, SIZE_T *size )
 
     /* estimate needed size */
     *size = 1;
-    for (e = main_envp; *e; e++) *size += strlen(*e) + 1;
+    for (e = environ; *e; e++) *size += strlen(*e) + 1;
 
     env = malloc( *size * sizeof(WCHAR) );
     ptr = env;
     end = env + *size - 1;
-    for (e = main_envp; *e && ptr < end; e++)
+    for (e = environ; *e && ptr < end; e++)
     {
         char *str = *e;
 
diff --git a/dlls/ntdll/unix/loader.c b/dlls/ntdll/unix/loader.c
index 1267469bf37..b7dfb5b3528 100644
--- a/dlls/ntdll/unix/loader.c
+++ b/dlls/ntdll/unix/loader.c
@@ -1953,7 +1953,6 @@ static jstring wine_init_jni( JNIEnv *env, jobject obj, jobjectArray cmdline, jo
 
     main_argc = argc;
     main_argv = argv;
-    main_envp = environ;
 
     init_paths( argv );
     virtual_init();
@@ -2149,11 +2148,10 @@ static void check_command_line( int argc, char *argv[] )
  *
  * Main entry point called by the wine loader.
  */
-DECLSPEC_EXPORT void __wine_main( int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[] )
+DECLSPEC_EXPORT void __wine_main( int argc, char *argv[] )
 {
     main_argc = argc;
     main_argv = argv;
-    main_envp = envp;
 
     init_paths( argv );
 
diff --git a/dlls/ntdll/unix/unix_private.h b/dlls/ntdll/unix/unix_private.h
index 91267f66e76..ee5630e76f1 100644
--- a/dlls/ntdll/unix/unix_private.h
+++ b/dlls/ntdll/unix/unix_private.h
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ extern SIZE_T startup_info_size;
 extern BOOL is_prefix_bootstrap;
 extern int main_argc;
 extern char **main_argv;
-extern char **main_envp;
 extern WCHAR **main_wargv;
 extern const WCHAR system_dir[];
 extern unsigned int supported_machines_count;
diff --git a/loader/main.c b/loader/main.c
index e5de4750015..ecb51efa136 100644
--- a/loader/main.c
+++ b/loader/main.c
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@
 
 #include "main.h"
 
-extern char **environ;
-
 #if defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__x86_64__) && !defined(HAVE_WINE_PRELOADER)
 
 /* Not using the preloader on x86_64:
@@ -260,8 +258,8 @@ int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
 
     if ((handle = load_ntdll( argv[0] )))
     {
-        void (*init_func)(int, char **, char **) = dlsym( handle, "__wine_main" );
-        if (init_func) init_func( argc, argv, environ );
+        void (*init_func)(int, char **) = dlsym( handle, "__wine_main" );
+        if (init_func) init_func( argc, argv );
         fprintf( stderr, "wine: __wine_main function not found in ntdll.so\n" );
         exit(1);
     }