diff --git a/src/coreclr/pal/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/coreclr/pal/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 68a688be19c2ab..74fc5d3bc5cd52 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/pal/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/coreclr/pal/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 if(CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_OSX OR CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_FREEBSD)
-  # On OSX platforms and *BSD, we use the libunwind that's part of the OS
+  # On OSX and *BSD, we use the libunwind that's part of the OS
   set(CLR_CMAKE_USE_SYSTEM_LIBUNWIND 1)
 endif(CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_OSX OR CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_FREEBSD)
 
diff --git a/src/coreclr/pal/src/configure.cmake b/src/coreclr/pal/src/configure.cmake
index 1ed51a42b252f7..114e88409c473d 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/pal/src/configure.cmake
+++ b/src/coreclr/pal/src/configure.cmake
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ elseif(CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_SUNOS)
   set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES /opt/local/include)
 endif()
 
-if(CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_APPLE)
+if(CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_OSX)
   set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_DEFINITIONS -D_XOPEN_SOURCE)
 elseif(NOT CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_FREEBSD AND NOT CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_NETBSD)
   set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_DEFINITIONS "-D_BSD_SOURCE -D_SVID_SOURCE -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200809L")
diff --git a/src/coreclr/pal/src/include/pal/context.h b/src/coreclr/pal/src/include/pal/context.h
index 425aea17e32c87..c702ae272a76bd 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/pal/src/include/pal/context.h
+++ b/src/coreclr/pal/src/include/pal/context.h
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ const fpsimd_context* GetConstNativeSigSimdContext(const native_context_t *mc)
     return GetNativeSigSimdContext(const_cast<native_context_t*>(mc));
 }
 
-#else // !defined(TARGET_OSX)
+#else // TARGET_OSX
 
 #define MCREG_X0(mc)      ((mc)->__ss.__x[0])
 #define MCREG_X1(mc)      ((mc)->__ss.__x[1])
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ const _STRUCT_ARM_NEON_STATE64* GetConstNativeSigSimdContext(const native_contex
     return GetNativeSigSimdContext(const_cast<native_context_t*>(mc));
 }
 
-#endif // !defined(TARGET_OSX)
+#endif // TARGET_OSX
 
 #elif defined(HOST_LOONGARCH64)
 
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ const _STRUCT_ARM_NEON_STATE64* GetConstNativeSigSimdContext(const native_contex
 
 #else // HOST_ARM64
 
-#if defined(TARGET_OSX)
+#ifdef TARGET_OSX
 
 #define MCREG_Rbp(mc)      ((mc)->__ss.__rbp)
 #define MCREG_Rip(mc)      ((mc)->__ss.__rip)
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ inline void *FPREG_Xstate_Ymmh(const ucontext_t *uc)
     return reinterpret_cast<void *>(&((_STRUCT_X86_AVX_STATE64&)FPSTATE(uc)).__fpu_ymmh0);
 }
 
-#else // defined(TARGET_OSX)
+#else //TARGET_OSX
 
     // For FreeBSD, as found in x86/ucontext.h
 #define MCREG_Rbp(mc)	    ((mc).mc_rbp)
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ inline void *FPREG_Xstate_Ymmh(const ucontext_t *uc)
 
 #define FPREG_Xmm(uc, index)    *(M128A*) &(FPSTATE(uc)->sv_xmm[index])
 #define FPREG_St(uc, index)     *(M128A*) &(FPSTATE(uc)->sv_fp[index].fp_acc)
-#endif // defined(TARGET_OSX)
+#endif // TARGET_OSX
 #endif // HOST_ARM64
 
 #else // HOST_64BIT
diff --git a/src/coreclr/pal/src/thread/process.cpp b/src/coreclr/pal/src/thread/process.cpp
index 5d2cafb0f3fdaf..3f4402214959f8 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/pal/src/thread/process.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/pal/src/thread/process.cpp
@@ -2473,7 +2473,7 @@ InitializeFlushProcessWriteBuffers()
         }
     }
 
-#ifdef TARGET_APPLE
+#ifdef TARGET_OSX
     return TRUE;
 #else
     s_helperPage = static_cast<int*>(mmap(0, GetVirtualPageSize(), PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE, -1, 0));
@@ -2503,7 +2503,7 @@ InitializeFlushProcessWriteBuffers()
     }
 
     return status == 0;
-#endif // TARGET_APPLE
+#endif // TARGET_OSX
 }
 
 #define FATAL_ASSERT(e, msg) \
@@ -2570,7 +2570,6 @@ FlushProcessWriteBuffers()
             // Request the threads pointer values to force the thread to emit a memory barrier
             size_t registers = 128;
             machret = thread_get_register_pointer_values(pThreads[i], &sp, &registers, registerValues);
-
             if (machret == KERN_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER_SIZE)
             {
                 CHECK_MACH("thread_get_register_pointer_values()", machret);