diff --git a/.github/workflows/postgresql-16-src-make-macos.yml b/.github/workflows/postgresql-16-src-make-macos.yml
index 651e049a..a0a62f6b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/postgresql-16-src-make-macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/postgresql-16-src-make-macos.yml
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build postgres-tde-ext
         run: |
-          export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/json-c/lib -ljson-c"
-          export CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/json-c/include/json-c"
           ./configure
           make -j
           sudo make install