diff --git a/mrv2/lib/mrvApp/App.cpp b/mrv2/lib/mrvApp/App.cpp
index b9583c7d6..e7e1f87f1 100644
--- a/mrv2/lib/mrvApp/App.cpp
+++ b/mrv2/lib/mrvApp/App.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #    include <pybind11/embed.h>
 namespace py = pybind11;
 #    include "mrvPy/Cmds.h"
+#    include "mrvPy/PyStdErrOutRedirect.h"
 #endif
 
 #include <tlIO/System.h>
@@ -63,8 +64,6 @@ namespace py = pybind11;
 #include "mrvApp/mrvOpenSeparateAudioDialog.h"
 #include "mrvApp/mrvSettingsObject.h"
 
-#include "mrvPy/PyStdErrOutRedirect.h"
-
 #include "mrvPreferencesUI.h"
 #include "mrViewer.h"
 
@@ -165,7 +164,9 @@ namespace mrv
         ImageListener* imageListener = nullptr;
 #endif
 
+#ifdef MRV2_PYBIND11
         std::unique_ptr<PyStdErrOutStreamRedirect> pythonStdErrOutRedirect;
+#endif
         std::shared_ptr<PlaylistsModel> playlistsModel;
         std::shared_ptr<FilesModel> filesModel;
         std::shared_ptr<
diff --git a/mrv2/lib/mrvPy/PyStdErrOutRedirect.h b/mrv2/lib/mrvPy/PyStdErrOutRedirect.h
index 5708ee9df..e2a441dec 100644
--- a/mrv2/lib/mrvPy/PyStdErrOutRedirect.h
+++ b/mrv2/lib/mrvPy/PyStdErrOutRedirect.h
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ namespace mrv
             auto sysm = py::module::import("sys");
             _stdout = sysm.attr("stdout");
             _stderr = sysm.attr("stderr");
-            auto stdout = py::module::import("mrv2").attr("FLTKRedirectOutput");
-            auto stderr = py::module::import("mrv2").attr("FLTKRedirectError");
-            _stdout_buffer = stdout();
+            auto out = py::module::import("mrv2").attr("FLTKRedirectOutput");
+            auto err = py::module::import("mrv2").attr("FLTKRedirectError");
+            _stdout_buffer = out();
             // such as objects created by pybind11
-            _stderr_buffer = stderr();
+            _stderr_buffer = err();
             sysm.attr("stdout") = _stdout_buffer;
             sysm.attr("stderr") = _stderr_buffer;
         }