diff --git a/src/VideoStreaming/VideoStreaming.cc b/src/VideoStreaming/VideoStreaming.cc
index 4b45adbc5c6e5d8d521130f31a5cf496f2401313..3b1662c1e3626517c9bc19e16ad5d629f03771c7 100644
--- a/src/VideoStreaming/VideoStreaming.cc
+++ b/src/VideoStreaming/VideoStreaming.cc
@@ -42,12 +42,14 @@
 #endif
 
 #if defined(QGC_GST_STREAMING)
+#if (defined(__macos) && defined(QGC_INSTALL_RELEASE)) || defined(Q_OS_WIN)
 static void qgcputenv(const QString& key, const QString& root, const QString& path)
 {
     QString value = root + path;
     qputenv(key.toStdString().c_str(), QByteArray(value.toStdString().c_str()));
 }
 #endif
+#endif
 
 void initializeVideoStreaming(int &argc, char* argv[])
 {