diff --git a/mac_build/buildfreetype.sh b/mac_build/buildfreetype.sh
index 99b90cc7b8..30cba2902c 100644
--- a/mac_build/buildfreetype.sh
+++ b/mac_build/buildfreetype.sh
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ export CFLAGS="-isysroot ${SDKPATH} -Werror=unguarded-availability -arch x86_64
 export SDKROOT="${SDKPATH}"
 export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.10
 
-./configure --enable-shared=NO --prefix=${lprefix} --enable-freetype-config --without-png --without-brotli --host=x86_64
+./configure --enable-shared=NO --prefix=${lprefix} --enable-freetype-config --without-png --without-brotli --without-harfbuzz --host=x86_64
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then return 1; fi
 
 if [ "${doclean}" = "yes" ]; then
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ if [ $GCC_can_build_arm64 = "yes" ]; then
     export SDKROOT="${SDKPATH}"
     export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.10
 
-    ./configure --enable-shared=NO --prefix=${lprefix} --enable-freetype-config --without-png --without-brotli --host=arm
+    ./configure --enable-shared=NO --prefix=${lprefix} --enable-freetype-config --without-png --without-brotli --without-harfbuzz --host=arm
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
         echo "              ******"
         echo "Freetype: x86_64 build succeeded but could not build for arm64."