diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9d8fdb4a16e..c9621dc8aa9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
           git rebase --exec "git merge --no-commit origin/${GITHUB_BASE_REF} && ./.github/ci-test-each-commit-exec.sh && git reset --hard" ${{ env.TEST_BASE }}
 
   macos-native-arm64:
-    name: ${{ matrix.job-name }}
+    name: 'macOS 14 native, arm64, no depends, sqlite only, gui'
     # Use any image to support the xcode-select below, but hardcode version to avoid silent upgrades (and breaks).
     # See: https://github.com/actions/runner-images#available-images.
     runs-on: macos-14
@@ -98,18 +98,6 @@ jobs:
 
     timeout-minutes: 120
 
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        job-type: [standard, fuzz]
-        include:
-          - job-type: standard
-            file-env: './ci/test/00_setup_env_mac_native.sh'
-            job-name: 'macOS 14 native, arm64, no depends, sqlite only, gui'
-          - job-type: fuzz
-            file-env: './ci/test/00_setup_env_mac_native_fuzz.sh'
-            job-name: 'macOS 14 native, arm64, fuzz'
-
     env:
       DANGER_RUN_CI_ON_HOST: 1
       BASE_ROOT_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}
@@ -143,13 +131,13 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
         with:
           path: ${{ env.CCACHE_DIR }}
-          key: ${{ github.job }}-${{ matrix.job-type }}-ccache-${{ github.run_id }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ github.job }}-${{ matrix.job-type }}-ccache-
+          key: ${{ github.job }}-ccache-${{ github.run_id }}
+          restore-keys: ${{ github.job }}-ccache-
 
       - name: CI script
         run: ./ci/test_run_all.sh
         env:
-          FILE_ENV: ${{ matrix.file-env }}
+          FILE_ENV: './ci/test/00_setup_env_mac_native.sh'
 
       - name: Save Ccache cache
         uses: actions/cache/save@v4
@@ -157,7 +145,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: ${{ env.CCACHE_DIR }}
           # https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/main/tips-and-workarounds.md#update-a-cache
-          key: ${{ github.job }}-${{ matrix.job-type }}-ccache-${{ github.run_id }}
+          key: ${{ github.job }}-ccache-${{ github.run_id }}
 
   windows-native-dll:
     name: ${{ matrix.job-name }}
diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac_native.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac_native.sh
index e01a56895bf..bc42fa3deb6 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac_native.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac_native.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 export PIP_PACKAGES="--break-system-packages zmq"
 export GOAL="install"
 export CMAKE_GENERATOR="Ninja"
-export BITCOIN_CONFIG="-DBUILD_GUI=ON -DWITH_ZMQ=ON -DREDUCE_EXPORTS=ON"
+export BITCOIN_CONFIG="\
+  -DBUILD_GUI=ON -DWITH_ZMQ=ON -DREDUCE_EXPORTS=ON \
+  -DBUILD_FUZZ_BINARY=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DAPPEND_CFLAGS='-O2 -g' -DAPPEND_CXXFLAGS='-O2 -g' \
+"
+export RUN_FUZZ_TESTS=true
 export CI_OS_NAME="macos"
 export NO_DEPENDS=1
 export OSX_SDK=""
diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac_native_fuzz.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac_native_fuzz.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index cacf2423ac3..00000000000
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac_native_fuzz.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-#
-# Copyright (c) The Bitcoin Core developers
-# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
-# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
-
-export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
-
-export CMAKE_GENERATOR="Ninja"
-export BITCOIN_CONFIG="-DBUILD_FOR_FUZZING=ON"
-export CI_OS_NAME="macos"
-export NO_DEPENDS=1
-export OSX_SDK=""
-export RUN_UNIT_TESTS=false
-export RUN_FUNCTIONAL_TESTS=false
-export RUN_FUZZ_TESTS=true
-export GOAL="all"