diff --git a/docs/workflow/requirements/macos-requirements.md b/docs/workflow/requirements/macos-requirements.md
index 67e7840a64d1be..cd1aed4b8f142b 100644
--- a/docs/workflow/requirements/macos-requirements.md
+++ b/docs/workflow/requirements/macos-requirements.md
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ To build the runtime repo, you will also need to install the following dependenc
 
 - `CMake` 3.20 or newer
 - `icu4c`
-- `openssl@1.1` or `openssl@3`
 - `pkg-config`
 - `python3`
 - `ninja` (This one is optional. It is an alternative tool to `make` for building native code)
diff --git a/eng/native/build-commons.sh b/eng/native/build-commons.sh
index 2bc1faf27e7fd2..a3bdc2ac190eec 100755
--- a/eng/native/build-commons.sh
+++ b/eng/native/build-commons.sh
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ build_native()
     # Let users provide additional compiler/linker flags via EXTRA_CFLAGS/EXTRA_CXXFLAGS/EXTRA_LDFLAGS.
     # If users directly override CFLAG/CXXFLAGS/LDFLAGS, that may lead to some configure tests working incorrectly.
     # See https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/35727 for more information.
-    # 
+    #
     # These flags MUST be exported before gen-buildsys.sh runs or cmake will ignore them
     #
     export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} ${EXTRA_CFLAGS}"
@@ -547,6 +547,9 @@ elif [[ "$__TargetOS" == ios || "$__TargetOS" == iossimulator ]]; then
 elif [[ "$__TargetOS" == tvos || "$__TargetOS" == tvossimulator ]]; then
     # nothing to do here
     true
+elif [[ "$__TargetOS" == osx || "$__TargetOS" == maccatalyst ]]; then
+    # nothing to do here
+    true
 elif [[ "$__TargetOS" == android ]]; then
     # nothing to do here
     true
diff --git a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Unix.targets b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Unix.targets
index 4e5b53a938b85a..b655d3879ac449 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Unix.targets
+++ b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Unix.targets
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
       <NetCoreAppNativeLibrary Include="System.IO.Compression.Native" />
       <NetCoreAppNativeLibrary Include="System.Net.Security.Native" Condition="!$(_targetOS.StartsWith('tvos')) and '$(_linuxLibcFlavor)' != 'bionic'" />
       <NetCoreAppNativeLibrary Include="System.Security.Cryptography.Native.Apple" Condition="'$(_IsApplePlatform)' == 'true'" />
-      <!-- Not compliant for iOS-like platforms -->
-      <NetCoreAppNativeLibrary Include="System.Security.Cryptography.Native.OpenSsl" Condition="'$(StaticOpenSslLinking)' != 'true' and '$(_IsiOSLikePlatform)' != 'true'" />
+      <!-- Not compliant for Apple platforms -->
+      <NetCoreAppNativeLibrary Include="System.Security.Cryptography.Native.OpenSsl" Condition="'$(StaticOpenSslLinking)' != 'true' and '$(_IsApplePlatform)' != 'true'" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/native/corehost/apphost/static/CMakeLists.txt b/src/native/corehost/apphost/static/CMakeLists.txt
index 30118f679da387..7d7d975d4bd58d 100644
--- a/src/native/corehost/apphost/static/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/native/corehost/apphost/static/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -166,10 +166,11 @@ else()
     )
 
     if(NOT CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_ANDROID)
-        list(APPEND NATIVE_LIBS
-            System.Net.Security.Native-Static
-            System.Security.Cryptography.Native.OpenSsl-Static
-        )
+        list(APPEND NATIVE_LIBS System.Net.Security.Native-Static)
+
+        if(NOT CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_APPLE)
+            list(APPEND NATIVE_LIBS System.Security.Cryptography.Native.OpenSsl-Static)
+        endif()
     else()
         list(APPEND NATIVE_LIBS
             System.Security.Cryptography.Native.Android-Static
@@ -204,7 +205,7 @@ else()
     include(${CLR_SRC_NATIVE_DIR}/libs/System.Native/extra_libs.cmake)
     append_extra_system_libs(NATIVE_LIBS)
 
-    if(NOT CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_MACCATALYST AND NOT CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_IOS AND NOT CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_TVOS AND NOT CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_ANDROID AND NOT CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_BROWSER)
+    if(NOT CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_APPLE AND NOT CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_ANDROID AND NOT CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_BROWSER)
         # Additional requirements for System.Security.Cryptography.Native.OpenSsl
         include(${CLR_SRC_NATIVE_DIR}/libs/System.Security.Cryptography.Native/extra_libs.cmake)
         append_extra_cryptography_libs(NATIVE_LIBS)
diff --git a/src/native/corehost/build.sh b/src/native/corehost/build.sh
index b7df4cc8212148..63c3b6d996e4a7 100755
--- a/src/native/corehost/build.sh
+++ b/src/native/corehost/build.sh
@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@ __IntermediatesDir="$__RootBinDir/obj/$__TargetRid.$__BuildType"
 export __BinDir __IntermediatesDir __RuntimeFlavor
 
 __CMakeArgs="-DCLI_CMAKE_PKG_RID=\"$__TargetRid\" -DCLI_CMAKE_FALLBACK_OS=\"$__HostFallbackOS\" -DCLI_CMAKE_COMMIT_HASH=\"$__commit_hash\" $__CMakeArgs"
-__CMakeArgs="-DFEATURE_DISTRO_AGNOSTIC_SSL=$__PortableBuild $__CMakeArgs"
+
+if [[ "$__TargetOS" != osx ]]; then
+    __CMakeArgs="-DFEATURE_DISTRO_AGNOSTIC_SSL=$__PortableBuild $__CMakeArgs"
+fi
 
 # Specify path to be set for CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX.
 # This is where all built CoreClr libraries will copied to.
diff --git a/src/native/corehost/hostpolicy/hostpolicy_context.cpp b/src/native/corehost/hostpolicy/hostpolicy_context.cpp
index b562d0e09ae408..9c0c7c0468d5cb 100644
--- a/src/native/corehost/hostpolicy/hostpolicy_context.cpp
+++ b/src/native/corehost/hostpolicy/hostpolicy_context.cpp
@@ -70,11 +70,13 @@ namespace
             return SystemResolveDllImport(entry_point_name);
         }
 
+#if !defined(TARGET_OSX)
         if (strcmp(library_name, LIB_NAME("System.Security.Cryptography.Native.OpenSsl")) == 0)
         {
             return CryptoResolveDllImport(entry_point_name);
         }
-#endif
+#endif // !defined(TARGET_OSX)
+#endif // !defined(_WIN32)
 
         if (strcmp(library_name, LIB_NAME("System.IO.Compression.Native")) == 0)
         {
diff --git a/src/native/libs/CMakeLists.txt b/src/native/libs/CMakeLists.txt
index c90e9b8a45ddc5..cf8b2b47fbd67b 100644
--- a/src/native/libs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/native/libs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -150,18 +150,12 @@ if (CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_UNIX OR CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_BROWSER OR CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_WASI)
 
     if (CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_BROWSER OR CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_WASI)
         # skip for now
-    elseif (CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_MACCATALYST)
-        add_subdirectory(System.Net.Security.Native)
-        # System.Security.Cryptography.Native is intentionally disabled on iOS
-        # it is only used for interacting with OpenSSL which isn't useful there
-    elseif (CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_IOS)
-        add_subdirectory(System.Net.Security.Native)
-        # System.Security.Cryptography.Native is intentionally disabled on iOS
-        # it is only used for interacting with OpenSSL which isn't useful there
-    elseif (CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_TVOS)
-        #add_subdirectory(System.Net.Security.Native) # no gssapi on tvOS, see https://developer.apple.com/documentation/gss
-        # System.Security.Cryptography.Native is intentionally disabled on tvOS
-        # it is only used for interacting with OpenSSL which isn't useful there
+    elseif (CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_APPLE)
+        if (NOT CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_TVOS) # no gssapi on tvOS, see https://developer.apple.com/documentation/gss
+            add_subdirectory(System.Net.Security.Native)
+        endif ()
+
+        add_subdirectory(System.Security.Cryptography.Native.Apple)
     elseif (CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_ANDROID AND NOT FORCE_ANDROID_OPENSSL)
         add_subdirectory(System.Security.Cryptography.Native.Android)
     elseif (FORCE_ANDROID_OPENSSL)
@@ -170,8 +164,4 @@ if (CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_UNIX OR CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_BROWSER OR CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_WASI)
         add_subdirectory(System.Net.Security.Native)
         add_subdirectory(System.Security.Cryptography.Native)
     endif ()
-
-    if (CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_APPLE)
-        add_subdirectory(System.Security.Cryptography.Native.Apple)
-    endif ()
 endif ()
diff --git a/src/native/libs/System.Security.Cryptography.Native/CMakeLists.txt b/src/native/libs/System.Security.Cryptography.Native/CMakeLists.txt
index ec0ad0fc7dbea8..c875413edd321e 100644
--- a/src/native/libs/System.Security.Cryptography.Native/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/native/libs/System.Security.Cryptography.Native/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -68,18 +68,6 @@ if (LOCAL_BUILD)
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pal_config.h)
 endif()
 
-
-# Always build portable on macOS because OpenSSL is not a system component
-# and our prebuilts should not assume a specific ABI version for the types
-# that use OpenSSL at runtime.
-if (CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_OSX OR CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_MACCATALYST)
-    set(FEATURE_DISTRO_AGNOSTIC_SSL True)
-
-    # by default uninitialized variables like the shim _ptr functions, will turn into common symbols
-    # and on OSX those have linking problems in libraries (ELF vs. Mach-O difference)
-    add_compile_options(-fno-common)
-endif()
-
 if (FEATURE_DISTRO_AGNOSTIC_SSL)
     list(APPEND NATIVECRYPTO_SOURCES
         opensslshim.c
@@ -125,16 +113,14 @@ if (GEN_SHARED_LIB)
         endif()
     endif()
 
-    if (NOT CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_MACCATALYST AND NOT CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_IOS AND NOT CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_TVOS AND NOT CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_ANDROID)
-        add_custom_command(TARGET System.Security.Cryptography.Native.OpenSsl POST_BUILD
-            COMMENT "Verifying System.Security.Cryptography.Native.OpenSsl entry points against entrypoints.c "
-            COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../verify-entrypoints.sh
-                $<TARGET_FILE:System.Security.Cryptography.Native.OpenSsl>
-                ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/entrypoints.c
-                ${CMAKE_NM}
-            VERBATIM
-        )
-    endif()
+    add_custom_command(TARGET System.Security.Cryptography.Native.OpenSsl POST_BUILD
+        COMMENT "Verifying System.Security.Cryptography.Native.OpenSsl entry points against entrypoints.c "
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../verify-entrypoints.sh
+            $<TARGET_FILE:System.Security.Cryptography.Native.OpenSsl>
+            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/entrypoints.c
+            ${CMAKE_NM}
+        VERBATIM
+    )
 
     target_link_libraries(System.Security.Cryptography.Native.OpenSsl
         PRIVATE
diff --git a/src/native/libs/build-native.sh b/src/native/libs/build-native.sh
index 5169732c2d641b..5055b05839de15 100755
--- a/src/native/libs/build-native.sh
+++ b/src/native/libs/build-native.sh
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ elif [[ "$__TargetOS" == ios || "$__TargetOS" == iossimulator ]]; then
 elif [[ "$__TargetOS" == tvos || "$__TargetOS" == tvossimulator ]]; then
     # nothing to do here
     true
+elif [[ "$__TargetOS" == osx || "$__TargetOS" == maccatalyst ]]; then
+    # nothing to do here
+    true
 elif [[ "$__TargetOS" == android && -z "$ROOTFS_DIR" ]]; then
     # nothing to do here
     true