diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac.sh
index 6da011d19b3..645dcffd021 100644
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 export CONTAINER_NAME=ci_macos_cross
 export DOCKER_NAME_TAG=ubuntu:20.04  # Check that Focal can cross-compile to macos (Focal is used in the gitian build as well)
 export HOST=x86_64-apple-darwin18
-export PACKAGES="cmake imagemagick libcap-dev librsvg2-bin libz-dev libbz2-dev libtiff-tools libtinfo5 python3-dev python3-setuptools xorriso"
+export PACKAGES="cmake imagemagick librsvg2-bin libz-dev libtiff-tools libtinfo5 python3-dev python3-setuptools xorriso"
 export XCODE_VERSION=11.3.1
 export XCODE_BUILD_ID=11C505
 export RUN_UNIT_TESTS=false
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
index 0dc531df0e6..98c3888b45d 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ packages:
 - "bsdmainutils"
 - "cmake"
 - "imagemagick"
-- "libcap-dev"
 - "libz-dev"
-- "libbz2-dev"
 - "python3"
 - "python3-dev"
 - "python3-setuptools"
diff --git a/depends/README.md b/depends/README.md
index 9e9878c5957..e72c6664742 100644
--- a/depends/README.md
+++ b/depends/README.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ The paths are automatically configured and no other options are needed unless ta
 
 #### For macOS cross compilation
 
-    sudo apt-get install curl librsvg2-bin libtiff-tools bsdmainutils cmake imagemagick libcap-dev libz-dev libbz2-dev python3-setuptools libtinfo5 xorriso
+    sudo apt-get install curl librsvg2-bin libtiff-tools bsdmainutils cmake imagemagick libz-dev python3-setuptools libtinfo5 xorriso
 
 #### For Win64 cross compilation