diff --git a/src/Compilation.zig b/src/Compilation.zig
index 7520e7cb4b..20d67e7c77 100644
--- a/src/Compilation.zig
+++ b/src/Compilation.zig
@@ -962,15 +962,17 @@ pub fn create(gpa: *Allocator, options: InitOptions) !*Compilation {
             break :blk false;
         };
 
-        const darwin_can_use_system_sdk = blk: {
+        const darwin_use_system_sdk = blk: {
             if (comptime !builtin.target.isDarwin()) break :blk false;
-            break :blk builtin.os.tag == .macos and options.target.isDarwin();
+            if (!options.is_native_os) break :blk false;
+            if (builtin.os.tag != .macos or !options.target.isDarwin()) break :blk false;
+            break :blk options.frameworks.len > 0 or options.framework_dirs.len > 0;
         };
 
         const sysroot = blk: {
             if (options.sysroot) |sysroot| {
                 break :blk sysroot;
-            } else if (darwin_can_use_system_sdk) {
+            } else if (darwin_use_system_sdk) {
                 break :blk try std.zig.system.darwin.getSDKPath(arena, options.target);
             } else {
                 break :blk null;
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 87086bf874..20ea5caded 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -1848,11 +1848,7 @@ fn buildOutputType(
             want_native_include_dirs = true;
     }
 
-    const is_darwin_on_darwin = (comptime builtin.target.isDarwin()) and cross_target.isDarwin();
-
-    if (sysroot == null and (cross_target.isNativeOs() or is_darwin_on_darwin) and
-        (system_libs.count() != 0 or want_native_include_dirs))
-    {
+    if (sysroot == null and cross_target.isNativeOs() and (system_libs.count() != 0 or want_native_include_dirs)) {
         const paths = std.zig.system.NativePaths.detect(arena, target_info) catch |err| {
             fatal("unable to detect native system paths: {s}", .{@errorName(err)});
         };
@@ -1861,12 +1857,6 @@ fn buildOutputType(
         }
 
         const has_sysroot = if (comptime builtin.target.isDarwin()) outer: {
-            const should_get_sdk_path = if (cross_target.isNativeOs() and target_info.target.os.tag == .macos) inner: {
-                const min = target_info.target.os.getVersionRange().semver.min;
-                const at_least_mojave = min.major >= 11 or (min.major >= 10 and min.minor >= 14);
-                break :inner at_least_mojave;
-            } else true;
-            if (!should_get_sdk_path) break :outer false;
             if (try std.zig.system.darwin.getSDKPath(arena, target_info.target)) |sdk_path| {
                 try clang_argv.ensureUnusedCapacity(2);
                 clang_argv.appendAssumeCapacity("-isysroot");