--- configure	2025-09-01 15:33:27.000000000 -0600
+++ configure	2026-06-08 19:26:48.000000000 -0600
@@ -29464,8 +29464,6 @@
 printf "%s\n" "#define SDL_JOYSTICK_IOKIT 1" >>confdefs.h
 
             SOURCES="$SOURCES $srcdir/src/joystick/darwin/*.c"
-            SOURCES="$SOURCES $srcdir/src/joystick/iphoneos/*.m"
-            CheckJoystickMFI
             have_joystick=yes
         fi
         # Set up files for the haptic library
--- src/joystick/SDL_joystick.c	2025-01-01 08:47:53.000000000 -0700
+++ src/joystick/SDL_joystick.c	2026-06-08 19:26:47.000000000 -0600
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 #ifdef SDL_JOYSTICK_IOKIT
     &SDL_DARWIN_JoystickDriver,
 #endif
-#if (defined(__MACOSX__) || defined(__IPHONEOS__) || defined(__TVOS__)) && !defined(SDL_JOYSTICK_DISABLED)
+#if (defined(__IPHONEOS__) || defined(__TVOS__)) && !defined(SDL_JOYSTICK_DISABLED)
     &SDL_IOS_JoystickDriver,
 #endif
 #ifdef SDL_JOYSTICK_ANDROID
--- src/joystick/darwin/SDL_iokitjoystick.c	2025-01-01 08:47:53.000000000 -0700
+++ src/joystick/darwin/SDL_iokitjoystick.c	2026-06-08 19:26:47.000000000 -0600
@@ -535,6 +535,19 @@
     return SDL_FALSE;
 }
 
+#if !defined(__MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED) || (__MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED < 1060)
+/* IOHIDDeviceGetService() is only declared in 10.6+ and I can't find
+ * a public way to recover the io_service_t backing an IOHIDDeviceRef,
+ * so return a null service. Input will still work, this
+ * value is used only to attach force feedback/rumble, which is therefore unavailable on
+ * 10.5. */
+static io_service_t IOHIDDeviceGetService(IOHIDDeviceRef device)
+{
+    (void)device;
+    return (io_service_t)0;
+}
+#endif
+
 static void JoystickDeviceWasAddedCallback(void *ctx, IOReturn res, void *sender, IOHIDDeviceRef ioHIDDeviceObject)
 {
     recDevice *device;