diff --git a/supervisor/shared/filesystem.c b/supervisor/shared/filesystem.c
index f6ade7cbba..2eff0b47aa 100644
--- a/supervisor/shared/filesystem.c
+++ b/supervisor/shared/filesystem.c
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ bool filesystem_init(bool create_allowed, bool force_create) {
             return false;
         }
 
+        #if CIRCUITPY_USB
         // inhibit file indexing on MacOS
         res = f_mkdir(&vfs_fat->fatfs, "/.fseventsd");
         if (res != FR_OK) {
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ bool filesystem_init(bool create_allowed, bool force_create) {
         make_empty_file(&vfs_fat->fatfs, "/.Trashes"); // MacOS
         make_empty_file(&vfs_fat->fatfs, "/.Trash-1000"); // Linux, XDG trash spec:
         // https://specifications.freedesktop.org/trash-spec/trashspec-latest.html
-
+        #endif
 
         #if CIRCUITPY_OS_GETENV
         make_empty_file(&vfs_fat->fatfs, "/settings.toml");