diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_and_deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/test_and_deploy.yml
index dd6e1bba5..5e9b7ab87 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_and_deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_and_deploy.yml
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ jobs:
               libbz2-dev \
               ninja-build \
               software-properties-common
-          else
-            brew install cmake
           fi
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -55,9 +53,6 @@ jobs:
           python-version: '3.10'
       - name: Ensure latest pip, wheel & setuptools
         run: python -m pip install -q --upgrade pip wheel setuptools
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          brew install cmake
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: true
@@ -86,9 +81,6 @@ jobs:
           python-version: 3.13
       - name: Ensure latest pip, wheel & setuptools
         run: python -m pip install -q --upgrade pip wheel setuptools
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          brew install cmake
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_package.yml b/.github/workflows/test_package.yml
index e6560b053..0338ddc48 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_package.yml
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Ensure latest pip, wheel & setuptools
       run: "python -m pip install -q --upgrade pip wheel setuptools"
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        brew install cmake
     - name: Install nle via pip
       run: "pip install nle"
     - name: Check nethack is installed