diff --git deps/build.vars.ninja deps/build.vars.ninja
index 36bf5820d..184a58428 100644
--- deps/build.vars.ninja
+++ deps/build.vars.ninja
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ ncpu = `sysctl -n hw.ncpu`
 intdir = $builddir/_intermediate
 
 makeflags = -j$ncpu -l$ncpu
-cflags_sdk = -arch $arch -isysroot $SDKROOT -mmacosx-version-min=$MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET
-ldflags_sdk = $cflags_sdk -Wl,-syslibroot,$SDKROOT -Wl,-macosx_version_min,$MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET
+cflags_sdk = -arch $arch -mmacosx-version-min=$MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET
+ldflags_sdk = $cflags_sdk -Wl,-macosx_version_min,$MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET
 cflags = $cflags_sdk $cflags_config -w
 cxxflags = $cflags_sdk $cflags_config -stdlib=libc++ -w
 ldflags = $ldflags_sdk $ldflags_config
