--- fontconfig/src/fcinit.c
+++ fontconfig/src/fcinit.c
@@ -108,7 +108,14 @@
 
     FcInitDebug();
 
-    if (!FcConfigParseAndLoad (config, 0, FcTrue)) {
+#if defined(__APPLE__)
+    // macOS doesn't have a default /etc/fonts/font.conf, so silence warning
+    // about that for now
+    FcBool complain = FcFalse;
+#else
+    FcBool complain = FcTrue;
+#endif
+    if (!FcConfigParseAndLoad (config, 0, complain)) {
 	const FcChar8 *sysroot = FcConfigGetSysRoot (config);
 	FcConfig      *fallback = FcInitFallbackConfigWithFilter (config, sysroot);