diff --git a/project.hxp b/project.hxp
index a934ee56a..6d52b5461 100644
--- a/project.hxp
+++ b/project.hxp
@@ -861,12 +861,15 @@ class Project extends HXProject
     var unicodeCheck:String = "✓ ";
     var unicodeCross:String = "× ";
 
-    #if (!target.unicode)
-    // lime build tools uses neko (unless compiling with `-eval`), and neko on windows doesn't support UTF8/unicode characters
-    // so we need to remove our cute emoji!
-    unicodeCheck = "o ";
-    unicodeCross = "x ";
-    #end
+    if (isWindows())
+    {
+      #if (!target.unicode)
+      // lime build tools uses neko (unless compiling with `-eval`), and neko on windows doesn't support UTF8/unicode characters
+      // so we need to remove our cute emoji!
+      unicodeCheck = "o ";
+      unicodeCross = "x ";
+      #end
+    }
 
     for (flagStr in this.haxedefs.keys())
     {