diff --git a/scripts/build.macos.release.sh b/scripts/build.macos.release.sh
index 39d07e2ea..12b800da2 100644
--- a/scripts/build.macos.release.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.macos.release.sh
@@ -47,14 +47,11 @@ cmake -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=11 .
 sudo make install -j6 > /dev/null
 cd ..
 
-cp /usr/local/opt/zlib/lib/libz.a .
-cp /usr/local/lib/libpcre2-8.a .
-
 cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .
 make -j6
 rm subconverter
 # shellcheck disable=SC2046
-c++ -Xlinker -unexported_symbol -Xlinker "*" -o base/subconverter -framework CoreFoundation -framework Security $(find CMakeFiles/subconverter.dir/src/ -name "*.o") $(find . -name "*.a") -lcurl -O3
+c++ -Xlinker -unexported_symbol -Xlinker "*" -o base/subconverter -framework CoreFoundation -framework Security $(find CMakeFiles/subconverter.dir/src/ -name "*.o") "$(brew --prefix zlib)/lib/libz.a" "$(brew --prefix pcre2)/lib/libpcre2-8.a" -lcurl -O3
 
 python -m ensurepip
 sudo python -m pip install gitpython