diff --git a/cmake/macros/SetupQt.cmake b/cmake/macros/SetupQt.cmake
index 593fd31a5a..3ef0f9cde8 100644
--- a/cmake/macros/SetupQt.cmake
+++ b/cmake/macros/SetupQt.cmake
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ macro(setup_qt)
         message(FATAL_ERROR "VCPKG_QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH should have been set by hifi_vcpkg.py")
     endif()
     if (NOT DEV_BUILD)
-        if (UNIX AND DEFINED ENV{QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH})
+        if (UNIX AND DEFINED ENV{QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH} AND NOT APPLE)
             # HACK: obey QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH to allow UNIX to use older QT libs
             message("HACK: obey QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH on UNIX")
             set(QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH $ENV{QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH})
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ macro(setup_qt)
         endif()
     endif()
 
+    message("QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH = " ${QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH})
+
     # figure out where the qt dir is
     get_filename_component(QT_DIR "${QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}/../../" ABSOLUTE)
     set(QT_VERSION "unknown")