diff --git a/ci/azure/macos_arm64_script b/ci/azure/macos_arm64_script
index 138e365404..fc9fc2f954 100755
--- a/ci/azure/macos_arm64_script
+++ b/ci/azure/macos_arm64_script
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ cmake .. \
   -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
   -DZIG_TARGET_TRIPLE="$HOST_TARGET" \
   -DZIG_TARGET_MCPU="$HOST_MCPU" \
-  -DZIG_STATIC=ON
+  -DZIG_STATIC=ON \
+  -DZIG_OMIT_STAGE2=ON
 
 unset CC
 unset CXX
diff --git a/ci/azure/macos_script b/ci/azure/macos_script
index ec384768d6..13e064f0e6 100755
--- a/ci/azure/macos_script
+++ b/ci/azure/macos_script
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ cmake .. \
   -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
   -DZIG_TARGET_TRIPLE="$TARGET" \
   -DZIG_TARGET_MCPU="$MCPU" \
-  -DZIG_STATIC=ON
+  -DZIG_STATIC=ON \
+  -DZIG_OMIT_STAGE2=ON
 
 # Now cmake will use zig as the C/C++ compiler. We reset the environment variables
 # so that installation and testing do not get affected by them.