diff --git a/atari/plot/font_freetype.c b/atari/plot/font_freetype.c
index 22c404e7c..9eba3b48b 100755
--- a/atari/plot/font_freetype.c
+++ b/atari/plot/font_freetype.c
@@ -477,15 +477,19 @@ static void draw_glyph1(FONT_PLOTTER self, GRECT * loc, uint8_t * pixdata, int p
 				}
 		}
 	}
-	if( app.nplanes > 8 ){
+#ifdef WITH_8BPP_SUPPORT
+	if( app.nplanes > 8 ){
+#endif
 		unsigned short out[4];
 		rgb_to_vdi1000( (unsigned char*)&colour, (unsigned short*)&out );
 		vs_color( self->plotter->vdi_handle, OFFSET_CUSTOM_COLOR, (unsigned short*)&out[0] );
 		self->plotter->plot_mfdb( self->plotter, loc, &tmp, OFFSET_CUSTOM_COLOR, PLOT_FLAG_TRANS );
+#ifdef WITH_8BPP_SUPPORT
 	} else {
 		unsigned char c = RGB_TO_VDI(colour);
 		self->plotter->plot_mfdb( self->plotter, loc, &tmp, c, PLOT_FLAG_TRANS );
 	}
+#endif
 
 }
 
diff --git a/atari/plot/font_internal.c b/atari/plot/font_internal.c
index 5d70c2645..1f9f1301c 100644
--- a/atari/plot/font_internal.c
+++ b/atari/plot/font_internal.c
@@ -240,15 +240,19 @@ static int text( FONT_PLOTTER self,  int x, int y, const char *text, size_t leng
 				d += rowsize;
 			}
     	}
-    	if( app.nplanes > 8 ){
+#ifdef WITH_8BPP_SUPPORT
+    	if( app.nplanes > 8 ){
+#endif
 			unsigned short out[4];
 			rgb_to_vdi1000( (unsigned char*)&fstyle->foreground, (unsigned short*)&out );
 			vs_color( self->plotter->vdi_handle, OFFSET_CUSTOM_COLOR, (unsigned short*)&out[0] );
 			self->plotter->plot_mfdb( self->plotter, &loc, &tmp, OFFSET_CUSTOM_COLOR, PLOT_FLAG_TRANS );
+#ifdef WITH_8BPP_SUPPORT
 		} else {
 			unsigned char c = RGB_TO_VDI(fstyle->foreground);
 			self->plotter->plot_mfdb( self->plotter, &loc, &tmp, c, PLOT_FLAG_TRANS );
-		}
+		}
+#endif
 	}
 
     free(buffer);
diff --git a/atari/plot/plotter_vdi.c b/atari/plot/plotter_vdi.c
index fa7bc3550..33eb8857f 100755
--- a/atari/plot/plotter_vdi.c
+++ b/atari/plot/plotter_vdi.c
@@ -145,7 +145,11 @@ int ctor_plotter_vdi(GEM_PLOTTER self )
 	self->path = path;
 	self->bitmap = bitmap;
 	self->bitmap_resize = bitmap_resize;
+#ifdef WITH_8BPP_SUPPORT
 	self->bitmap_convert =(app.nplanes > 8) ? bitmap_convert : bitmap_convert_8;
+#else
+	self->bitmap_convert = bitmap_convert;
+#endif
 	//self->bitmap_convert =bitmap_convert;
 	self->plot_mfdb = plot_mfdb;
 	self->text = text;
@@ -261,10 +265,11 @@ static int dtor( GEM_PLOTTER self )
 			free( self->fbuf[i].mem );
 	}
 
+#ifdef WITH_8BPP_SUPPORT
 	for( i=OFFSET_WEB_PAL; i<OFFSET_CUST_PAL+16; i++){
 		vs_color( self->vdi_handle, i, &sys_pal[i][0] );
 	}
-
+#endif
 
 	/* close Hermes stuff: */
 	Hermes_ConverterReturn( hermes_cnv_h );
@@ -1031,6 +1036,7 @@ inline unsigned char get_stdpx(MFDB * dst, int wdplanesz, int x, int y )
 	return( ret );
 }
 
+#ifdef WITH_8BPP_SUPPORT
 static int bitmap_convert_8( GEM_PLOTTER self,
 	struct bitmap * img,
 	int x,
@@ -1211,6 +1217,7 @@ static int bitmap_convert_8( GEM_PLOTTER self,
 
 	return(0);
 }
+#endif
 
 /* convert bitmap to the virutal (chunked) framebuffer format */
 static int bitmap_convert( GEM_PLOTTER self,