diff --git a/.ci/build-mac-arm64.sh b/.ci/build-mac-arm64.sh
index 8be887a164..a40a37972c 100644
--- a/.ci/build-mac-arm64.sh
+++ b/.ci/build-mac-arm64.sh
@@ -72,13 +72,13 @@ if [ ! -d "/tmp/Qt/$QT_VER" ]; then
   cd qt-downloader
   git checkout f52efee0f18668c6d6de2dec0234b8c4bc54c597
   # nested Qt 6.8.1 URL workaround
-  sed -i '' "s/'qt{0}_{0}{1}{2}'.format(major, minor, patch)]))/'qt{0}_{0}{1}{2}'.format(major, minor, patch), 'qt{0}_{0}{1}{2}'.format(major, minor, patch)]))/g" qt-downloader
-  sed -i '' "s/'{}\/{}\/qt{}_{}\/'/'{0}\/{1}\/qt{2}_{3}\/qt{2}_{3}\/'/g" qt-downloader
+  # sed -i '' "s/'qt{0}_{0}{1}{2}'.format(major, minor, patch)]))/'qt{0}_{0}{1}{2}'.format(major, minor, patch), 'qt{0}_{0}{1}{2}'.format(major, minor, patch)]))/g" qt-downloader
+  # sed -i '' "s/'{}\/{}\/qt{}_{}\/'/'{0}\/{1}\/qt{2}_{3}\/qt{2}_{3}\/'/g" qt-downloader
   cd "/tmp/Qt"
   "$BREW_X64_PATH/bin/pipenv" run pip3 install py7zr requests semantic_version lxml
   mkdir -p "$QT_VER/macos" ; ln -s "macos" "$QT_VER/clang_64"
-  sed -i '' 's/args\.version \/ derive_toolchain_dir(args) \/ //g' "$WORKDIR/qt-downloader/qt-downloader" # Qt 6.8.1 workaround
-  "$BREW_X64_PATH/bin/pipenv" run "$WORKDIR/qt-downloader/qt-downloader" macos desktop "$QT_VER" clang_64 --opensource --addons qtmultimedia qtimageformats -o "$QT_VER/clang_64"
+  # sed -i '' 's/args\.version \/ derive_toolchain_dir(args) \/ //g' "$WORKDIR/qt-downloader/qt-downloader" # Qt 6.8.1 workaround
+  "$BREW_X64_PATH/bin/pipenv" run "$WORKDIR/qt-downloader/qt-downloader" macos desktop "$QT_VER" clang_64 --opensource --addons qtmultimedia qtimageformats # -o "$QT_VER/clang_64"
 fi
 
 cd "$WORKDIR"
diff --git a/.ci/build-mac.sh b/.ci/build-mac.sh
index 9b541b3a53..80a8ed9786 100644
--- a/.ci/build-mac.sh
+++ b/.ci/build-mac.sh
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ if [ ! -d "/tmp/Qt/$QT_VER" ]; then
   cd qt-downloader
   git checkout f52efee0f18668c6d6de2dec0234b8c4bc54c597
   # nested Qt 6.8.1 URL workaround
-  sed -i '' "s/'qt{0}_{0}{1}{2}'.format(major, minor, patch)]))/'qt{0}_{0}{1}{2}'.format(major, minor, patch), 'qt{0}_{0}{1}{2}'.format(major, minor, patch)]))/g" qt-downloader
-  sed -i '' "s/'{}\/{}\/qt{}_{}\/'/'{0}\/{1}\/qt{2}_{3}\/qt{2}_{3}\/'/g" qt-downloader
+  # sed -i '' "s/'qt{0}_{0}{1}{2}'.format(major, minor, patch)]))/'qt{0}_{0}{1}{2}'.format(major, minor, patch), 'qt{0}_{0}{1}{2}'.format(major, minor, patch)]))/g" qt-downloader
+  # sed -i '' "s/'{}\/{}\/qt{}_{}\/'/'{0}\/{1}\/qt{2}_{3}\/qt{2}_{3}\/'/g" qt-downloader
   cd "/tmp/Qt"
   "$BREW_X64_PATH/bin/pipenv" run pip3 install py7zr requests semantic_version lxml
   mkdir -p "$QT_VER/macos" ; ln -s "macos" "$QT_VER/clang_64"
   sed -i '' 's/args\.version \/ derive_toolchain_dir(args) \/ //g' "$WORKDIR/qt-downloader/qt-downloader" # Qt 6.8.1 workaround
-  "$BREW_X64_PATH/bin/pipenv" run "$WORKDIR/qt-downloader/qt-downloader" macos desktop "$QT_VER" clang_64 --opensource --addons qtmultimedia qtimageformats -o "$QT_VER/clang_64"
+  "$BREW_X64_PATH/bin/pipenv" run "$WORKDIR/qt-downloader/qt-downloader" macos desktop "$QT_VER" clang_64 --opensource --addons qtmultimedia qtimageformats # -o "$QT_VER/clang_64"
 fi
 
 cd "$WORKDIR"
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index d8f2fa9258..81e4a92a9b 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ jobs:
     UPLOAD_REPO_FULL_NAME: "RPCS3/rpcs3-binaries-mac"
     RELEASE_MESSAGE: "../GitHubReleaseMessage.txt"
     ARTDIR: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
-    QT_VER: '6.8.1'
+    QT_VER: '6.7.3'
     QT_VER_MAIN: '6'
     LLVM_COMPILER_VER: '16'
 
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ jobs:
     UPLOAD_REPO_FULL_NAME: "RPCS3/rpcs3-binaries-mac-arm64"
     RELEASE_MESSAGE: "../GitHubReleaseMessage.txt"
     ARTDIR: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
-    QT_VER: '6.8.1'
+    QT_VER: '6.7.3'
     QT_VER_MAIN: '6'
     LLVM_COMPILER_VER: '16'