diff --git a/src/coreclr/minipal/Unix/doublemapping.cpp b/src/coreclr/minipal/Unix/doublemapping.cpp
index 3de865c372f92d..67d516fb322a56 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/minipal/Unix/doublemapping.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/minipal/Unix/doublemapping.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@
 #include "minipal.h"
 #include "minipal/cpufeatures.h"
 
-#ifndef TARGET_OSX
+#ifdef TARGET_OSX
+
+#include <mach/mach.h>
+
+#else // TARGET_OSX
 
 #ifdef TARGET_64BIT
 static const off_t MaxDoubleMappedSize = 2048ULL*1024*1024*1024;
@@ -34,9 +38,9 @@ static const off_t MaxDoubleMappedSize = UINT_MAX;
 
 bool VMToOSInterface::CreateDoubleMemoryMapper(void** pHandle, size_t *pMaxExecutableCodeSize)
 {
-    if (minipal_detect_emulation())
+    if (minipal_detect_rosetta())
     {
-        // Rosetta or QEMU doesn't support double mapping correctly
+        // Rosetta doesn't support double mapping correctly
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/coreclr/minipal/Windows/doublemapping.cpp b/src/coreclr/minipal/Windows/doublemapping.cpp
index 57d36b434d858d..9bde3dc86d8b52 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/minipal/Windows/doublemapping.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/minipal/Windows/doublemapping.cpp
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ inline void *GetBotMemoryAddress(void)
 
 bool VMToOSInterface::CreateDoubleMemoryMapper(void **pHandle, size_t *pMaxExecutableCodeSize)
 {
-    if (minipal_detect_emulation())
+    if (minipal_detect_rosetta())
     {
-        // Rosetta or QEMU doesn't support double mapping correctly
+        // Rosetta doesn't support double mapping correctly
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/coreclr/vm/amd64/asmhelpers.S b/src/coreclr/vm/amd64/asmhelpers.S
index 77d0f5bcb4fb7c..8d83938246a2c9 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/vm/amd64/asmhelpers.S
+++ b/src/coreclr/vm/amd64/asmhelpers.S
@@ -311,14 +311,3 @@ LEAF_ENTRY GetTlsIndexObjectDescOffset, _TEXT
         int 3
 LEAF_END GetTlsIndexObjectDescOffset, _TEXT
 #endif
-
-# These functions are used to verify that double mapping used to implement W^X works.
-LEAF_ENTRY VerifyDoubleMapping1, _TEXT
-  mov rax, 1
-  ret
-LEAF_END_MARKED VerifyDoubleMapping1, _TEXT
-
-LEAF_ENTRY VerifyDoubleMapping2, _TEXT
-  mov rax, 2
-  ret
-LEAF_END_MARKED VerifyDoubleMapping2, _TEXT
diff --git a/src/native/minipal/cpufeatures.c b/src/native/minipal/cpufeatures.c
index e03a65b5e09474..be6a8b2929a05a 100644
--- a/src/native/minipal/cpufeatures.c
+++ b/src/native/minipal/cpufeatures.c
@@ -476,7 +476,8 @@ int minipal_getcpufeatures(void)
     return result;
 }
 
-bool minipal_detect_emulation(void)
+// Detect if the current process is running under the Apple Rosetta x64 emulator
+bool minipal_detect_rosetta(void)
 {
 #ifdef HOST_AMD64
     // Check for CPU brand indicating emulation
@@ -499,25 +500,11 @@ bool minipal_detect_emulation(void)
     brand[sizeof(brand) - 1] = '\0';
 
     // Check if CPU brand indicates emulation
-    if (strstr(brand, "VirtualApple") != NULL || strstr(brand, "QEMU") != NULL)
+    if (strstr(brand, "VirtualApple") != NULL)
     {
         return true;
     }
 #endif
 
-    // Check for process name of PID 1 indicating emulation
-    char cmdline[256];
-    FILE *cmdline_file = fopen("/proc/1/cmdline", "r");
-    if (cmdline_file != NULL)
-    {
-        fgets(cmdline, sizeof(cmdline), cmdline_file);
-        fclose(cmdline_file);
-
-        if (strstr(cmdline, "qemu") != NULL || strstr(cmdline, "rosetta") != NULL)
-        {
-            return true;
-        }
-    }
-
     return false;
 }
diff --git a/src/native/minipal/cpufeatures.h b/src/native/minipal/cpufeatures.h
index 57e30b5d15439d..472ce178339613 100644
--- a/src/native/minipal/cpufeatures.h
+++ b/src/native/minipal/cpufeatures.h
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ extern "C"
 #endif // __cplusplus
 
 int minipal_getcpufeatures(void);
-bool minipal_detect_emulation(void);
+bool minipal_detect_rosetta(void);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }