diff --git a/make/common/Defs-macosx.gmk b/make/common/Defs-macosx.gmk
index b3349db2711c6401a79bad42bbdea4cdb993c95c..951a18de90acf1106e18afec4949591bfcd6a054 100644
--- a/make/common/Defs-macosx.gmk
+++ b/make/common/Defs-macosx.gmk
@@ -405,3 +405,11 @@ ifdef CROSS_COMPILE_ARCH
 endif
 
 LIB_LOCATION ?= $(LIBDIR)
+
+# Adding these macros will make it an error to link to mac APIs newer than OS version 10.7
+ifeq ($(MACOSX_REQUIRED_VERSION),)
+  MACOSX_REQUIRED_VERSION:=1070
+endif
+MACOSX_OS_VERSION_CFLAGS := -DMAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED=$(MACOSX_REQUIRED_VERSION) -DMAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED=$(MACOSX_REQUIRED_VERSION)
+OTHER_CFLAGS += $(MACOSX_OS_VERSION_CFLAGS)
+OTHER_CXXFLAGS += $(MACOSX_OS_VERSION_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/makefiles/CompileDemos.gmk b/makefiles/CompileDemos.gmk
index 4346e3dee740a2361277432db303a130aed8775d..f3100b10ab3077bb30246665b4e727f574fd2a9b 100644
--- a/makefiles/CompileDemos.gmk
+++ b/makefiles/CompileDemos.gmk
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ $(eval $(call SetupNativeCompilation,BUILD_LIBPOLLER,\
 		CFLAGS:=$(CFLAGS_JDKLIB) $(SHARED_LIBRARY_FLAGS) \
                         -I$(JDK_OUTPUTDIR)/democlasses/jni/Poller, \
 		LDFLAGS:=$(LDFLAGS_JDKLIB), \
+		LDFLAGS_SUFFIX_solaris:=-lc,\
 		OBJECT_DIR:=$(JDK_OUTPUTDIR)/demoobjs/jni/Poller,\
                 OUTPUT_DIR:=$(JDK_OUTPUTDIR)/demoobjs, \
 		LIBRARY:=Poller))
diff --git a/makefiles/CompileNativeLibraries.gmk b/makefiles/CompileNativeLibraries.gmk
index fdd2762107de542baf3408f4fd0e85ba432a5925..01dbc2ba41719bc45d2226524741a0dfff0c5f80 100644
--- a/makefiles/CompileNativeLibraries.gmk
+++ b/makefiles/CompileNativeLibraries.gmk
@@ -2188,6 +2188,7 @@ $(eval $(call SetupNativeCompilation,BUILD_LIBJFR,\
 		MAPFILE:=$(JDK_TOPDIR)/makefiles/mapfiles/libjfr/mapfile-vers, \
 		LDFLAGS:=$(LDFLAGS_JDKLIB) \
 			 $(call SET_SHARED_LIBRARY_ORIGIN),\
+		LDFLAGS_SUFFIX_solaris:=-lc,\
 		VERSIONINFO_RESOURCE:=$(JDK_TOPDIR)/src/windows/resource/version.rc,\
 		RC_FLAGS:=$(RC_FLAGS)\
 			  -D "JDK_FNAME=jfr.dll" \
@@ -2236,6 +2237,7 @@ $(eval $(call SetupNativeCompilation,BUILD_LIBKCMS,\
 		LDFLAGS:=$(LDFLAGS_JDKLIB) \
 			 $(call SET_SHARED_LIBRARY_ORIGIN),\
 		LDFLAGS_SUFFIX_linux:=-lc -lpthread,\
+		LDFLAGS_SUFFIX_solaris:=-lc,\
 		LDFLAGS_SUFFIX_windows:=$(WIN_JAVA_LIB) advapi32.lib user32.lib version.lib, \
 		LDFLAGS_SUFFIX_posix:=-lm -ljava -ljvm,\
 		VERSIONINFO_RESOURCE:=$(JDK_TOPDIR)/src/closed/share/native/sun/java2d/cmm/kcms/cmm.rc,\
@@ -2939,6 +2941,7 @@ $(eval $(call SetupNativeCompilation,BUILD_LIBJ2UCRYPTO,\
 		MAPFILE:=$(JDK_TOPDIR)/makefiles/mapfiles/libj2ucrypto/mapfile-vers, \
 		LDFLAGS:=$(LDFLAGS_JDKLIB),\
 		LDFLAGS_SUFFIX:=$(LIBDL),\
+		LDFLAGS_SUFFIX_solaris:=-lc,\
 		OBJECT_DIR:=$(JDK_OUTPUTDIR)/objs/libj2ucrypto))
 
 $(BUILD_LIBJ2UCRYPTO) : $(BUILD_LIBJAVA)
diff --git a/makefiles/Import.gmk b/makefiles/Import.gmk
index e26bc4dde34546170467731b3b3a0b987a450e41..5e99b53f0e8dca9ed07701d80c473acdbbe35428 100644
--- a/makefiles/Import.gmk
+++ b/makefiles/Import.gmk
@@ -100,33 +100,13 @@ IMPORT_TARGET_FILES += $(IMPORT_TARGET_CLASSES) $(IMPORT_TARGET_SOURCES) $(IMPOR
 
 #######
 
-ifeq ($(OPENJDK_TARGET_OS),solaris)
-define do-install-file
-	$(MKDIR) -p '$$(@D)'
-	$(RM) '$$@'
-	$(CP) -r -P '$$<' '$$(@D)'
-endef
-else ifeq ($(OPENJDK_TARGET_OS),macosx)
-define do-install-file
-	$(MKDIR) -p '$$(@D)'
-	$(RM) '$$@'
-	$(CP) -pRP '$$<' '$$@'
-endef
-else
-define do-install-file
-	$(MKDIR) -p '$$(@D)'
-	$(RM) '$$@'
-	$(CP) -P '$$<' '$$@'
-endef
-endif
-
 define CopyDir
         $1_SRC_FILES := $(shell $(FIND) $2 -type f -a \( -name DUMMY $(addprefix -o$(SPACE)-name$(SPACE),$4) \))
         $1_DST_FILES := $$(patsubst $2/%,$3/%,$$($1_SRC_FILES))
         IMPORT_TARGET_FILES += $$($1_DST_FILES)
 $3/% : $2/%
 	$(ECHO) $(LOG_INFO) Copying $$(@F)
-	$(do-install-file)
+	$$(install-file)
 endef
 
 #######
@@ -222,26 +202,4 @@ $(INSTALL_LIBRARIES_HERE)/minimal/%.diz : $(INSTALL_LIBRARIES_HERE)/%.diz
 
 #######
 
-ifeq ($(OPENJDK_TARGET_OS),solaris)
-define install-file
-	$(MKDIR) -p '$(@D)'
-	$(RM) '$@'
-	$(CP) -r -P '$<' '$(@D)'
-endef
-else ifeq ($(OPENJDK_TARGET_OS),macosx)
-define install-file
-	$(MKDIR) -p '$(@D)'
-	$(RM) '$@'
-	$(CP) -pRP '$<' '$@'
-endef
-else
-define install-file
-	$(MKDIR) -p '$(@D)'
-	$(RM) '$@'
-	$(CP) -P '$<' '$@'
-endef
-endif
-
-#######
-
 all: $(IMPORT_TARGET_FILES)