diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 7398dd94bf63cb132da2c79de561a60f40b24ef8..446182460a2caa40c1697742a42dafe3bbae1f19 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -816,18 +816,8 @@ case $TARGET in
         build_linux || failure
         ;;
     $TARGET_MAC)
-        if [ -d /Users/Shared/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.8.sdk ]; then
-            echo "Preparing Mac OS X 10.8 SDK build environment..." | tee -a $LOGFILE
-            export LDFLAGS="-isysroot /Users/Shared/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.8.sdk -Wl,-syslibroot,/Users/Shared/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.8.sdk -arch x86_64 $LDFLAGS"
-            export CPPFLAGS="-isysroot /Users/Shared/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.8.sdk -arch x86_64 $CPPFLAGS"
-            export CFLAGS="-isysroot /Users/Shared/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.8.sdk -arch x86_64 $CFLAGS"
-            export CXXFLAGS="-isysroot /Users/Shared/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.8.sdk -arch x86_64 $CXXFLAGS"
-            export SDKROOT="/Users/Shared/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.8.sdk"
-            export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.8
-        else
-            echo "Mac OS X 10.8 SDK required but missing (in /Users/Shared/Developer/SDKs)!" | tee -a $LOGFILE
-            failure
-        fi
+        echo "Setting macOS 10.8 deployment target..." | tee -a $LOGFILE
+        export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.8
         check_prerequisites || failure
         prepare_tree || failure
         build_mac $TARGET_MAC || failure