diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py b/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
index 726e711107..214ce90f91 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
@@ -872,6 +872,8 @@ class Application(QApplication):
             QApplication.setDesktopFileName(override_program_name)
         QApplication.setAttribute(Qt.AA_ShareOpenGLContexts, True)  # needed for webengine
         QApplication.__init__(self, qargs)
+        if isosx:
+            plugins['cocoa'][0].disable_cocoa_ui_elements()
         self.setAttribute(Qt.AA_UseHighDpiPixmaps)
         self.setAttribute(Qt.AA_SynthesizeTouchForUnhandledMouseEvents, False)
         try:
diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/cocoa.m b/src/calibre/utils/cocoa.m
index ed228bed3c..41f8fa4bd9 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/cocoa.m
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/cocoa.m
@@ -5,10 +5,29 @@
  * Distributed under terms of the GPL3 license.
  */
 
+#import <AppKit/AppKit.h>
+#import <AppKit/NSWindow.h>
+#import <Availability.h>
 
-#include <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
+void
+disable_window_tabbing(void) {
+	if ([NSWindow respondsToSelector:@selector(allowsAutomaticWindowTabbing)])
+        NSWindow.allowsAutomaticWindowTabbing = NO;
+}
+
+void
+remove_cocoa_menu_items(void) {
+	// Remove (disable) the "Start Dictation..." and "Emoji & Symbols" menu
+	// items from the "Edit" menu
+	[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setBool:YES forKey:@"NSDisabledDictationMenuItem"];
+	[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setBool:YES forKey:@"NSDisabledCharacterPaletteMenuItem"];
+
+	// Remove (don't have) the "Enter Full Screen" menu item from the "View" menu
+	[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setBool:NO forKey:@"NSFullScreenMenuItemEverywhere"];
+}
+
 void
 activate_cocoa_multithreading(void) {
 	if (![NSThread isMultiThreaded]) [[NSThread new] start];
diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/cocoa_wrapper.c b/src/calibre/utils/cocoa_wrapper.c
index 5f68e313e1..31ead5da7f 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/cocoa_wrapper.c
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/cocoa_wrapper.c
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ extern double cocoa_cursor_blink_time(void);
 extern void cocoa_send_notification(const char *identitifer, const char *title, const char *subtitle, const char *informativeText, const char* path_to_image);
 extern const char* cocoa_send2trash(const char *utf8_path);
 extern void activate_cocoa_multithreading(void);
+extern void disable_window_tabbing(void);
+extern void remove_cocoa_menu_items(void);
 
 static PyObject *notification_activated_callback = NULL;
 
@@ -70,11 +72,23 @@ enable_cocoa_multithreading(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
 	Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
 
+static PyObject*
+disable_cocoa_ui_elements(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
+	PyObject *tabbing = Py_True, *menu_items = Py_True;
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|OO", &tabbing, &menu_items)) return NULL;
+	if (PyObject_IsTrue(tabbing)) disable_window_tabbing();
+	if (PyObject_IsTrue(menu_items) remove_cocoa_menu_items();
+	Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
+
+
 static PyMethodDef module_methods[] = {
     {"cursor_blink_time", (PyCFunction)cursor_blink_time, METH_NOARGS, ""},
     {"enable_cocoa_multithreading", (PyCFunction)enable_cocoa_multithreading, METH_NOARGS, ""},
     {"set_notification_activated_callback", (PyCFunction)set_notification_activated_callback, METH_O, ""},
     {"send_notification", (PyCFunction)send_notification, METH_VARARGS, ""},
+    {"disable_cocoa_ui_elements", (PyCFunction)disable_cocoa_ui_elements, METH_VARARGS, ""},
     {"send2trash", (PyCFunction)send2trash, METH_VARARGS, ""},
     {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}        /* Sentinel */
 };