diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 946ba0f4a7..4a5eb5f917 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1050,11 +1050,15 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 if(APPLE)
+    # this is gated to avoid the following warning when developing on modern versions of macOS.
+    # ld: warning: object file (/opt/homebrew/opt/icu4c/lib/libicudata.a[2](icudt73l_dat.o)) was built for newer 'macOS' version (14.0) than being linked (11.0)
+    if(DEFINED ENV{CI})
     if(ARCH STREQUAL "x86_64")
         set(CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET "10.14")
     else()
         set(CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET "11.0")
     endif()
+    endif()
 
     target_link_options(${bun} PUBLIC "-dead_strip")
     target_link_options(${bun} PUBLIC "-dead_strip_dylibs")