diff --git a/AppKit/CPApplication.j b/AppKit/CPApplication.j
index b10113d28..b57c26a98 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPApplication.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPApplication.j
@@ -576,27 +576,33 @@ CPRunContinuesResponse  = -1002;
 {
     _currentEvent = anEvent;
 
+#if PLATFORM(DOM)
     var willPropagate = [[[anEvent window] platformWindow] _willPropagateCurrentDOMEvent];
 
     // temporarily pretend we won't propagate the event. we'll restore the saved value later
     // we do this outside the if so that changes user code might make in _handleKeyEquiv. are preserved
     [[[anEvent window] platformWindow] _propagateCurrentDOMEvent:NO];
+#endif
 
     // Check if this is a candidate for key equivalent...
     if ([anEvent _couldBeKeyEquivalent] && [self _handleKeyEquivalent:anEvent])
     {
+#if PLATFORM(DOM)
         var characters = [anEvent characters],
             modifierFlags = [anEvent modifierFlags];
 
         // Unconditionally propagate on these keys to solve browser copy paste bugs
         if ((characters == "c" || characters == "x" || characters == "v") && (modifierFlags & CPPlatformActionKeyMask))
             [[[anEvent window] platformWindow] _propagateCurrentDOMEvent:YES];
+#endif
 
         return;
     }
 
+#if PLATFORM(DOM)
     // if we make it this far, then restore the original willPropagate value
     [[[anEvent window] platformWindow] _propagateCurrentDOMEvent:willPropagate];
+#endif
 
     if (_eventListeners.length)
     {