diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index ab5b603b4..3191cef1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        qbt_gui: ["GUI=ON", "GUI=OFF"]
         libt_version: ["v2.0.4", "v1.2.14"]
+        qbt_gui: ["GUI=ON", "GUI=OFF"]
       fail-fast: false
 
     steps:
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup ccache
         uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1
+        with:
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
             -Ddeprecated-functions=OFF \
             --graphviz=cmake-build-dir/target_graph.dot
           cmake --build build
-          sudo cmake --install build --prefix /usr/local
+          sudo cmake --install build
 
       - name: Build qBittorrent
         run: |
@@ -186,95 +188,66 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
+        libt_version: ["v2.0.4", "v1.2.14"]
         qbt_gui: ["GUI=ON", "GUI=OFF"]
       fail-fast: false
 
     env:
-      VCPKG_DEST_MACOS: /Users/runner/qbt_tools/vcpkg
-
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        shell: pwsh
+      openssl_root: /usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-      # - ninja is needed for building qBittorrent (because it's preferable, not a hard requirement)
-      # - automake is needed for the installation the vcpkg installation of fontconfig, a dependency of qt5-base
-      - name: Install build tools
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          brew install automake ninja
-
-      - name: Setup vcpkg
-        uses: lukka/run-vcpkg@v7
+      - name: Setup ccache
+        uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1
         with:
-          vcpkgDirectory: ${{ env.VCPKG_DEST_MACOS }}
-          vcpkgGitCommitId: ${{ env.VCPKG_COMMIT }}
-          setupOnly: true
-
-      - name: Configure vcpkg triplet overlay
-        run: |
-          New-Item `
-            -Path ${{ github.workspace }} `
-            -Name "triplets_overlay" `
-            -ItemType Directory
-          Copy-Item `
-            ${{ env.RUNVCPKG_VCPKG_ROOT }}/triplets/x64-osx.cmake `
-            ${{ github.workspace }}/triplets_overlay/x64-osx-release.cmake
-          Add-Content `
-            ${{ github.workspace }}/triplets_overlay/x64-osx-release.cmake `
-            -Value "set(VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE release)","set(VCPKG_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET 10.15)"
-
-      # NOTE: Avoids a libtorrent ABI issue. See https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/issues/4965
-      - name: Adjust "C++ standard" cmake flag
-        run: |
-          (Get-Content `
-            -path ${{ env.RUNVCPKG_VCPKG_ROOT }}/ports/libtorrent/portfile.cmake).Replace( `
-              '${FEATURE_OPTIONS}', '${FEATURE_OPTIONS} -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17') `
-            | Set-Content -Path ${{ env.RUNVCPKG_VCPKG_ROOT }}/ports/libtorrent/portfile.cmake
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          $packages = `
-            "boost-circular-buffer:x64-osx-release",
-            "libtorrent:x64-osx-release",
-            "qt5-base:x64-osx-release",
-            "qt5-svg:x64-osx-release",
-            "qt5-tools:x64-osx-release",
-            "qt5-macextras:x64-osx-release"
-          ${{ env.RUNVCPKG_VCPKG_ROOT }}/vcpkg upgrade `
-            --overlay-triplets=${{ github.workspace }}/triplets_overlay `
-            --no-dry-run
-          foreach($package in $packages)
-          {
-            ${{ env.RUNVCPKG_VCPKG_ROOT }}/vcpkg install $package `
-              --overlay-triplets=${{ github.workspace }}/triplets_overlay `
-              --clean-after-build
-          }
+          brew update > /dev/null
+          brew install \
+            cmake ninja \
+            boost openssl@1.1 qt@5 zlib
+          brew link --force \
+            qt@5
+          # workaround for cmake + Qt
+          sudo ln -s /usr/local/opt/qt@5/mkspecs /usr/local/mkspecs
+          sudo ln -s /usr/local/opt/qt@5/plugins /usr/local/plugins
 
-      - name: Build qBittorrent
-        shell: bash
+      - name: Install libtorrent
         run: |
+          git clone --branch ${{ matrix.libt_version }} --depth 1 https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent.git
+          cd libtorrent
+          git submodule update --init --recursive
+          export PATH="/usr/lib/ccache:/usr/local/opt/ccache/libexec:$PATH"
+          cmake \
+            -B build \
+            -G "Ninja" \
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
+            -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 \
+            -Ddeprecated-functions=OFF \
+            -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR="${{ env.openssl_root }}"
+          cmake --build build
+          sudo cmake --install build
+
+      - name: Build qBittorrent
+        run: |
+          export PATH="/usr/lib/ccache:/usr/local/opt/ccache/libexec:$PATH"
           cmake \
             -B build \
             -G "Ninja" \
             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
-            -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON \
-            -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${{ env.VCPKG_DEST_MACOS }}/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake \
-            -DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=x64-osx-release \
             -D${{ matrix.qbt_gui }} \
             -DVERBOSE_CONFIGURE=ON \
-            --graphviz=build/target_graph.dot
+            -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR="${{ env.openssl_root }}"
           cmake --build build
 
       - name: Upload build artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
         with:
-          name: qBittorrent-CI_macOS_${{ matrix.qbt_gui }}
+          name: qBittorrent-CI_macOS_${{ matrix.qbt_gui }}_libtorrent-${{ matrix.libt_version }}
           path: |
-            build/compile_commands.json
-            build/target_graph.dot
             build/qbittorrent.app
             build/qbittorrent-nox.app