diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 82a6cb1fba..b64e7b4c48 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ if(NOT WEBKIT_DIR)
     set(WEBKIT_INCLUDE_DIR "${BUN_WORKDIR}/bun-webkit/include")
 
     if(APPLE)
-        set(ICU_INCLUDE_DIR "${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/opt/icu4c/include")
+        set(ICU_INCLUDE_DIR "")
     else()
         set(ICU_INCLUDE_DIR "${BUN_WORKDIR}/bun-webkit/include/wtf/unicode")
     endif()
@@ -1146,21 +1146,7 @@ endif()
 
 # --- ICU ---
 if(APPLE)
-    # TODO: a much better check can be done to find this path
-    find_path(
-        ICU4C_DIR NAMES lib/libicudata.a
-        PATHS ENV PATH /usr/local/opt/icu4c /opt/homebrew/opt/icu4c
-    )
-    find_path(
-        ICONV_DIR NAMES lib/libiconv.a
-        PATHS ENV PATH /usr/local/opt/libiconv /opt/homebrew/opt/libiconv
-    )
-
     target_link_libraries(${bun} PRIVATE "icucore")
-    target_link_libraries(${bun} PRIVATE "${ICONV_DIR}/lib/libiconv.a")
-    target_link_libraries(${bun} PRIVATE "${ICU4C_DIR}/lib/libicudata.a")
-    target_link_libraries(${bun} PRIVATE "${ICU4C_DIR}/lib/libicui18n.a")
-    target_link_libraries(${bun} PRIVATE "${ICU4C_DIR}/lib/libicuuc.a")
 endif()
 
 # --- Stripped Binary "bun"
diff --git a/scripts/download-webkit.sh b/scripts/download-webkit.sh
index 228c1abfb4..0595a12539 100644
--- a/scripts/download-webkit.sh
+++ b/scripts/download-webkit.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ if [ -z "$PKG" ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-
 url="https://github.com/oven-sh/WebKit/releases/download/autobuild-$TAG/$PKG.tar.gz"
 
 old_tar_dir="$(dirname "$0")/../.webkit-cache"
@@ -54,4 +53,10 @@ fi
 
 tar -xzf "$tar" -C "$(dirname "$OUTDIR")" || (rm "$tar" && exit 1)
 
-echo "$TAG-$PKG" > "$OUTDIR/.tag"
+# We want to make sure we use the system-version of icucore on macOS
+if [ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]; then
+  # delete the unicode folder from include
+  rm -rf "$OUTDIR/include/unicode"
+fi
+
+echo "$TAG-$PKG" >"$OUTDIR/.tag"