diff --git macosx/tkMacOSXFont.c macosx/tkMacOSXFont.c
index d413f0b146..e2397019c4 100644
--- macosx/tkMacOSXFont.c
+++ macosx/tkMacOSXFont.c
@@ -171,10 +171,8 @@ static int		CreateNamedSystemFont(Tcl_Interp *interp,
     return _ds;
 }
 
-#ifndef __clang__
 @synthesize UTF8String = _UTF8String;
 @synthesize DString = _ds;
-#endif
 @end
 
 #define GetNSFontTraitsFromTkFontAttributes(faPtr) \