diff --git a/modules/send2trash_osx.c b/modules/send2trash_osx.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 197c5d3..0000000
--- a/modules/send2trash_osx.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright 2010 Hardcoded Software (http://www.hardcoded.net)
-
-This software is licensed under the "BSD" License as described in the "LICENSE" file, 
-which should be included with this package. The terms are also available at 
-http://www.hardcoded.net/licenses/bsd_license
-*/
-
-#define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN
-#include "Python.h"
-#include <CoreServices/CoreServices.h>
-
-static PyObject* send2trash_osx_send(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
-{
-    UInt8 *utf8_chars;
-    FSRef fp;
-    OSStatus op_result;
-    
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "es", "utf-8", &utf8_chars)) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    
-    FSPathMakeRefWithOptions(utf8_chars, kFSPathMakeRefDoNotFollowLeafSymlink, &fp, NULL);
-    op_result = FSMoveObjectToTrashSync(&fp, NULL, kFSFileOperationDefaultOptions);
-    PyMem_Free(utf8_chars);
-    if (op_result != noErr) {
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OSError, GetMacOSStatusCommentString(op_result));
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    return Py_None;
-}
-
-static PyMethodDef TrashMethods[] = {
-    {"send",  send2trash_osx_send, METH_VARARGS, ""},
-    {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}
-};
-
-static struct PyModuleDef TrashDef = {
-    PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT,
-    "send2trash_osx",
-    NULL,
-    -1,
-    TrashMethods,
-    NULL,
-    NULL,
-    NULL,
-    NULL
-};
-
-PyObject *
-PyInit_send2trash_osx(void)
-{
-    PyObject *m = PyModule_Create(&TrashDef);
-    if (m == NULL) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    return m;
-}
-
diff --git a/send2trash/plat_osx.py b/send2trash/plat_osx.py
index aed6667..ba58b6f 100644
--- a/send2trash/plat_osx.py
+++ b/send2trash/plat_osx.py
@@ -4,9 +4,41 @@
 # which should be included with this package. The terms are also available at 
 # http://www.hardcoded.net/licenses/bsd_license
 
-import send2trash_osx
+from ctypes import cdll, byref, Structure, c_char, c_char_p
+from ctypes.util import find_library
+
+Foundation = cdll.LoadLibrary(find_library('Foundation'))
+CoreServices = cdll.LoadLibrary(find_library('CoreServices'))
+
+GetMacOSStatusCommentString = Foundation.GetMacOSStatusCommentString
+GetMacOSStatusCommentString.restype = c_char_p
+FSPathMakeRefWithOptions = CoreServices.FSPathMakeRefWithOptions
+FSMoveObjectToTrashSync = CoreServices.FSMoveObjectToTrashSync
+
+kFSPathMakeRefDefaultOptions = 0
+kFSPathMakeRefDoNotFollowLeafSymlink = 0x01
+
+kFSFileOperationDefaultOptions = 0
+kFSFileOperationOverwrite = 0x01
+kFSFileOperationSkipSourcePermissionErrors = 0x02
+kFSFileOperationDoNotMoveAcrossVolumes = 0x04
+kFSFileOperationSkipPreflight = 0x08
+
+class FSRef(Structure):
+    _fields_ = [('hidden', c_char * 80)]
+
+def check_op_result(op_result):
+    if op_result:
+        msg = GetMacOSStatusCommentString(op_result).decode('utf-8')
+        raise OSError(msg)
 
 def send2trash(path):
-    if not isinstance(path, str):
-        path = str(path, 'utf-8')
-    send2trash_osx.send(path)
+    if not isinstance(path, bytes):
+        path = path.encode('utf-8')
+    fp = FSRef()
+    opts = kFSPathMakeRefDoNotFollowLeafSymlink
+    op_result = FSPathMakeRefWithOptions(path, opts, byref(fp), None)
+    check_op_result(op_result)
+    opts = kFSFileOperationDefaultOptions
+    op_result = FSMoveObjectToTrashSync(byref(fp), None, opts)
+    check_op_result(op_result)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4475fe0..0e4f406 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@ from distutils.extension import Extension
 
 exts = []
 
-if sys.platform == 'darwin':
-    exts.append(Extension(
-        'send2trash_osx',
-        [op.join('modules', 'send2trash_osx.c')],
-        extra_link_args=['-framework', 'CoreServices'],
-    ))
 if sys.platform == 'win32':
     exts.append(Extension(
         'send2trash_win',