diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index 8f23856d371..230c6ecfe78 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -517,14 +517,21 @@ jobs:
           # fix openssl header not found
           ln -sf /usr/local/opt/openssl/include/openssl /usr/local/include/openssl
 
+      - name: Install npm packages
+        run: |
+          npm install
+
+      - name: Remove dynamic libraries
+        run: |
+          # find *.dylib in $(brew --prefix) and delete them except if they start with /usr/local/lib/libboost
+          find $(brew --prefix) -name "*.dylib" -delete
+
       - name: Build MacOS
         env:
           BRANCH: ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
           BUILD_VERSION: ${{ needs.check_changelog.outputs.next_version_bare }}
           COMMIT: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
         run: |
-          npm install
-
           mkdir build
           cd build
           cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
diff --git a/cmake/compile_definitions/macos.cmake b/cmake/compile_definitions/macos.cmake
index 3bcf9528361..bee347576dd 100644
--- a/cmake/compile_definitions/macos.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compile_definitions/macos.cmake
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ add_compile_definitions(SUNSHINE_PLATFORM="macos")
 link_directories(/opt/local/lib)
 link_directories(/usr/local/lib)
 link_directories(/opt/homebrew/lib)
-ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DBOOST_LOG_DYN_LINK)
 
 list(APPEND SUNSHINE_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES
         ${APP_SERVICES_LIBRARY}
diff --git a/cmake/dependencies/macos.cmake b/cmake/dependencies/macos.cmake
index 7d8e211e242..b189e403363 100644
--- a/cmake/dependencies/macos.cmake
+++ b/cmake/dependencies/macos.cmake
@@ -10,3 +10,7 @@ FIND_LIBRARY(VIDEO_TOOLBOX_LIBRARY VideoToolbox)
 if(SUNSHINE_ENABLE_TRAY)
     FIND_LIBRARY(COCOA Cocoa REQUIRED)
 endif()
+
+set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)  # cmake-lint: disable=C0103
+# workaround to prevent link errors against icudata, icui18n
+set(Boost_NO_BOOST_CMAKE ON)  # cmake-lint: disable=C0103