diff --git a/.buildkite/branch.json.py b/.buildkite/branch.json.py
index 3c279e3a93..374326ddd5 100755
--- a/.buildkite/branch.json.py
+++ b/.buildkite/branch.json.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def main():
         build_windows = pipeline_steps.generate_step_template("Windows", "build", "", config.build_x86_64)
         pipeline_steps.append(build_windows)
     if config.build_macos:
-        build_macos = pipeline_steps.generate_step_template("MacOS", "build", config.build_aarch64, config.build_x86_64)
+        build_macos = pipeline_steps.generate_step_template("MacOS", "build", config.build_aarch64, "")
         pipeline_steps.append(build_macos)
     if config.build_linux:
         build_linux = pipeline_steps.generate_step_template("Linux", "build", config.build_aarch64, config.build_x86_64)
diff --git a/.buildkite/job-build-test-all-debug.json.py b/.buildkite/job-build-test-all-debug.json.py
index 1ce77a61ae..e02e0908bf 100755
--- a/.buildkite/job-build-test-all-debug.json.py
+++ b/.buildkite/job-build-test-all-debug.json.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def main():
         debug_windows = pipeline_steps.generate_step_template("Windows", "debug", "", config.build_x86_64)
         pipeline_steps.append(debug_windows)
     if config.build_macos:
-        debug_macos = pipeline_steps.generate_step_template("MacOS", "debug", config.build_aarch64, config.build_x86_64)
+        debug_macos = pipeline_steps.generate_step_template("MacOS", "debug", config.build_aarch64, "")
         pipeline_steps.append(debug_macos)
     if config.build_linux:
         debug_linux = pipeline_steps.generate_step_template("Linux", "debug", config.build_aarch64, config.build_x86_64)
diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline.json.py b/.buildkite/pipeline.json.py
index 1840d5dc9c..a466636ec9 100755
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline.json.py
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline.json.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def main():
         build_windows = pipeline_steps.generate_step_template("Windows", config.action, "", config.build_x86_64)
         pipeline_steps.append(build_windows)
     if config.build_macos:
-        build_macos = pipeline_steps.generate_step_template("MacOS", config.action, config.build_aarch64, config.build_x86_64)
+        build_macos = pipeline_steps.generate_step_template("MacOS", config.action, config.build_aarch64, "")
         pipeline_steps.append(build_macos)
     if config.build_linux:
         build_linux = pipeline_steps.generate_step_template("Linux", config.action, config.build_aarch64, config.build_x86_64)
diff --git a/.buildkite/pipelines/build_macos.json.py b/.buildkite/pipelines/build_macos.json.py
index 82d35cdb5c..7d20e24caf 100755
--- a/.buildkite/pipelines/build_macos.json.py
+++ b/.buildkite/pipelines/build_macos.json.py
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@
 from itertools import product
 
 archs = [
-  "aarch64",
-  "x86_64",
+  "aarch64"
 ]
 build_types = [
   "RelWithDebInfo",
@@ -32,10 +31,6 @@
   "debug"
 ]
 agents = {
-   "x86_64": {
-      "provider": "orka",
-      "image": "ml-macos-12-x86_64-001.img"
-   },
    "aarch64": {
       "provider": "orka",
       "image": "ml-macos-12-arm-001.orkasi"
@@ -51,16 +46,6 @@
       "CMAKE_FLAGS": "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=cmake/darwin-aarch64.cmake",
       "RUN_TESTS": "true",
       "BOOST_TEST_OUTPUT_FORMAT_FLAGS": "--logger=JUNIT,error,boost_test_results.junit",
-    },
-    "x86_64": {
-      "TMPDIR": "/tmp",
-      "HOMEBREW_PREFIX": "/opt/homebrew",
-      "PATH": "/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH",
-      "ML_DEBUG": "0",
-      "CPP_CROSS_COMPILE": "",
-      "CMAKE_FLAGS": "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=cmake/darwin-x86_64.cmake",
-      "RUN_TESTS": "true",
-      "BOOST_TEST_OUTPUT_FORMAT_FLAGS": "--logger=JUNIT,error,boost_test_results.junit",
     }
 }
 
@@ -122,11 +107,6 @@ def main(args):
                         action='store_true',
                         default=False,
                         help="Build for aarch64?.")
-    parser.add_argument("--build-x86_64",
-                        required=False,
-                        action='store_true',
-                        default=False,
-                        help="Build for x86_64?")
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
diff --git a/.buildkite/pipelines/create_dra.yml.sh b/.buildkite/pipelines/create_dra.yml.sh
index 6a4b87f547..5873caf3f1 100755
--- a/.buildkite/pipelines/create_dra.yml.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/pipelines/create_dra.yml.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ steps:
     depends_on:
         - "build_test_linux-aarch64-RelWithDebInfo"
         - "build_test_linux-x86_64-RelWithDebInfo"
-        - "build_test_macos-x86_64-RelWithDebInfo"
         - "build_test_macos-aarch64-RelWithDebInfo"
         - "build_test_Windows-x86_64-RelWithDebInfo"
 
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/build_and_test.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/build_and_test.sh
index af1c912052..b35aaa9ed8 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/build_and_test.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/build_and_test.sh
@@ -90,29 +90,11 @@ else # Darwin (macOS)
     else
        TASKS="clean buildZip buildZipSymbols check"
     fi
-    # For macOS we usually only use a particular version as our build platform
-    # once Xcode has stopped receiving updates for it. However, with Big Sur
-    # on ARM we couldn't do this, as Big Sur was the first macOS version for
-    # ARM. Therefore, the compiler may get upgraded on a CI server, and we
-    # need to hardcode the version that was used to build Boost for that
-    # version of Elasticsearch.
-    if [ "$HARDWARE_ARCH" = aarch64 ] ; then
-       export BOOSTCLANGVER=13
-    fi
 
     (cd ${REPO_ROOT} && ./gradlew --info -Dbuild.version_qualifier=${VERSION_QUALIFIER:-} -Dbuild.snapshot=$BUILD_SNAPSHOT -Dbuild.ml_debug=$ML_DEBUG $TASKS) || TEST_OUTCOME=$?
   else # Darwin x86_64
-    # For macOS x86_64 we re-use existing Docker scripts and build directly on the machine
-    function nproc() {
-        sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu
-    }
-    export -f nproc
-    if [ "$RUN_TESTS" = "true" ]; then
-      ${REPO_ROOT}/dev-tools/docker/docker_entrypoint.sh --test
-      grep passed build/test_status.txt || TEST_OUTCOME=$?
-    else
-      ${REPO_ROOT}/dev-tools/docker/docker_entrypoint.sh
-    fi
+    echo "Unsupported architecture - macos x86_64"
+    exit 1
   fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/.ci/orka/README.md b/.ci/orka/README.md
index 91978c43c5..7d55be17c6 100644
--- a/.ci/orka/README.md
+++ b/.ci/orka/README.md
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ If you haven't run these before, run the following once so packer downloads the
 ```
 packer init orka-macos-12-arm.pkr.hcl
 ```
-or
-```
-packer init orka-macos-12-x86_64.pkr.hcl
-```
 
 ## Build
 
@@ -46,7 +42,6 @@ The source images used for the MacOS builds are slightly modified copies of the
 
 The source images are named:
  * `ml-macos-12-base-arm-fundamental.orkasi`
- * `ml-macos-12-base-x86_64-fundamental.img`
 
 The source image only has the following changes on it:
     * Adding passwordless `sudo` for the default `admin` user
@@ -70,7 +65,4 @@ The packer script does the following:
 
 ## Caveats
 
-* Prior to the dependency on PyTorch 2.3.1 we only needed Orka for ARM builds (CI and dependencies), x86_64 builds were
-  performed via cross-compilation. However, PyTorch 2.3.1 now requires a more modern version of `clang` that our cross
-  compilation framework provided. As a suitable Orka base image is available for x86_64, it is now simpler to compile
-  natively for that architecture.
+* As of version 8.18 support for macos x86_64 builds has been dropped. It is necessary to checkout and work on previous branches in order to maintain x86_64 Orka VMs.
diff --git a/build-setup/macos.md b/build-setup/macos.md
index bbd04d488d..4609c073ff 100644
--- a/build-setup/macos.md
+++ b/build-setup/macos.md
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ export PYTORCH_BUILD_NUMBER=1
 Once built copy headers and libraries to system directories:
 
 ```
+sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/lib
 sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/include/pytorch
 sudo cp -r torch/include/* /usr/local/include/pytorch/
 sudo cp torch/lib/libtorch_cpu.dylib /usr/local/lib/
diff --git a/build-setup/macos_cross_compiled.md b/build-setup/macos_cross_compiled.md
deleted file mode 100644
index b6305b93ba..0000000000
--- a/build-setup/macos_cross_compiled.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-# Machine Learning Build Machine Setup for macOS cross compiled on Linux
-
-You will need the following environment variables to be defined:
-
-- `JAVA_HOME` - Should point to the JDK you want to use to run Gradle.
-- `CPP_CROSS_COMPILE` - Should be set to "macosx".
-- `CPP_SRC_HOME` - Only required if building the C++ code directly using `cmake`, as Gradle sets it automatically.
-
-For example, you might create a .bashrc file in your home directory containing this:
-
-```
-umask 0002
-export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk1.8.0_121
-export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
-# Only required if building the C++ code directly using cmake - adjust depending on the location of your Git clone
-export CPP_SRC_HOME=$HOME/ml-cpp
-export CPP_CROSS_COMPILE=macosx
-```
-
-### Initial Preparation
-
-Start by configuring a native macOS build server as described in [macos.md](macos.md).
-
-The remainder of these instructions assume the macOS build server you have configured is for macOS 10.14 (Mojave).  This is what builds for distribution are currently built on.
-
-On the fully configured macOS build server, run the following commands:
-
-```
-cd /usr
-tar jcvf ~/usr-x86_64-apple-macosx10.14.tar.bz2 lib local
-cd /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr
-tar jcvf ~/xcode-x86_64-apple-macosx10.14.tar.bz2 include
-cd `xcrun --show-sdk-path`/usr
-tar jcvf ~/sdk-x86_64-apple-macosx10.14.tar.bz2 include lib
-```
-
-These instructions also assume the host platform is Ubuntu 18.04.  It makes life much easier if the host platform is a version of Ubuntu that's new enough to run the official binary distribution of clang/LLVM (otherwise it would be necessary to build clang/LLVM from source).
-
-Transfer the three archives created in your home directory on the macOS build server, `usr-x86_64-apple-macosx10.14.tar.bz2`, `xcode-x86_64-apple-macosx10.14.tar.bz2` and `sdk-x86_64-apple-macosx10.14.tar.bz2`, to your home directory on the cross compilation host build server.
-
-### OS Packages
-
-You need clang 8, plus a number of other build tools.  They can be installed on modern Ubuntu as follows:
-
-```
-sudo apt-get install automake autogen build-essential bzip2 git gobjc libtool software-properties-common unzip wget
-
-wget -O - http://apt.llvm.org/llvm-snapshot.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
-sudo apt-add-repository "deb http://apt.llvm.org/focal/ llvm-toolchain-focal main"
-sudo apt-get install clang-8 clang-8-doc libclang1-8 libllvm8 lldb-8 llvm-8 llvm-8-doc llvm-8-runtime
-```
-
-(It is strongly recommended NOT to attempt to create a cross compile environment on an old version of Linux, because you will have to build clang from source and you need a modern C++ compiler to build clang.  So you would probably end up first building a modern version of gcc using the system default gcc, then building clang using the modern gcc.)
-
-### Transferred Build Dependencies
-
-Add the dependencies that you copied from the fully configured macOS build server in the "Initial Preparation" step.
-
-```
-sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/sysroot-x86_64-apple-macosx10.14/usr
-cd /usr/local/sysroot-x86_64-apple-macosx10.14/usr
-sudo tar jxvf ~/usr-x86_64-apple-macosx10.14.tar.bz2
-sudo tar jxvf ~/xcode-x86_64-apple-macosx10.14.tar.bz2
-sudo tar jxvf ~/sdk-x86_64-apple-macosx10.14.tar.bz2
-```
-
-### CMake
-
-CMake version 3.19.2 is the minimum required to build ml-cpp. Download version 3.23.2 from <https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.23.2/cmake-3.23.2-Linux-x86_64.sh> and install:
-
-```
-chmod +x cmake-3.23.2-Linux-x86_64.sh
-sudo ./cmake-3.23.2-Linux-x86_64.sh --skip-license --prefix=/usr/local
-```
-
-### cctools-port
-
-You need to obtain Linux ports of several Apple development tools.  The easiest way to get them is to use the [cctools-port project on GitHub](https://github.com/tpoechtrager/cctools-port):
-
-```
-git clone https://github.com/tpoechtrager/cctools-port.git
-cd cctools-port/cctools
-git checkout 949.0.1-ld64-530
-export CC=clang-8
-export CXX=clang++-8
-./autogen.sh
-./configure --target=x86_64-apple-macosx10.14 --with-llvm-config=/usr/bin/llvm-config-8
-make
-sudo make install
-```
-
-The "949.0.1-ld64-530" branch in the [cctools-port repository](https://github.com/tpoechtrager/cctools-port) corresponds to the tools for macOS 10.14 Mojave and clang 8.  (A different branch would be required for newer versions of the OS/compiler.)
-
diff --git a/cmake/compiler/clang.cmake b/cmake/compiler/clang.cmake
index bd9ff030db..1749ad0a89 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler/clang.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler/clang.cmake
@@ -9,36 +9,11 @@
 # limitation.
 #
 
-# which compilers to use for C and C++
-if(DEFINED ENV{CPP_CROSS_COMPILE} AND NOT "$ENV{CPP_CROSS_COMPILE}" STREQUAL "")
-  message(STATUS "Cross compiling: CPP_CROSS_COMPILE = $ENV{CPP_CROSS_COMPILE}")
-
-  set(CROSS_FLAGS --sysroot=${SYSROOT} -B /usr/local/bin -target ${CROSS_TARGET_PLATFORM} -stdlib=libc++)
-  set(ML_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS ${CROSS_FLAGS})
-  set(ML_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS    ${CROSS_FLAGS})
-
-  # which compilers to use for C and C++
-  set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER   "clang-8")
-  set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "clang++-8")
-
-  set(CMAKE_AR  "/usr/local/bin/${CROSS_TARGET_PLATFORM}-ar")
-  set(CMAKE_RANLIB  "/usr/local/bin/${CROSS_TARGET_PLATFORM}-ranlib")
-  set(CMAKE_STRIP  "/usr/local/bin/${CROSS_TARGET_PLATFORM}-strip")
-  set(CMAKE_LD  "/usr/local/bin/${CROSS_TARGET_PLATFORM}-ld")
-
-  set(CMAKE_CXX_ARCHIVE_CREATE "<CMAKE_AR> -ru <TARGET> <OBJECTS>")
-
-  # where is the target environment located
-  set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH  /usr/local/sysroot-${CROSS_TARGET_PLATFORM})
-else()
-  set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER   "clang")
-  set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "clang++")
-  set(CMAKE_AR  "ar")
-  set(CMAKE_RANLIB  "ranlib")
-  set(CMAKE_STRIP  "strip")
-
-  #set(Boost_COMPILER "-clang-darwin13")
-endif()
+set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER   "clang")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "clang++")
+set(CMAKE_AR  "ar")
+set(CMAKE_RANLIB  "ranlib")
+set(CMAKE_STRIP  "strip")
 
 
 list(APPEND ML_C_FLAGS 
diff --git a/dev-tools/docker/README.md b/dev-tools/docker/README.md
index 4d5716e083..4e4e9f26c4 100644
--- a/dev-tools/docker/README.md
+++ b/dev-tools/docker/README.md
@@ -129,24 +129,3 @@ This image is not intended to be built regularly.  When changing the
  
 ### Build script: dev-tools/docker/build_check_style_image.sh
 
-
-
-## REPOSITORY: ml-macosx-build
-
-### VERSION: 18
-
-### Comments
-A Docker image that can be used to **cross compile** the machine learning
-C++ code for Intel macOS
-
-This image is not intended to be built regularly.  When changing the tools
-or 3rd party components required to build the machine learning C++ code:
-
-
- 1. increment the version
- 2.  Change the Dockerfile and build a new image to be
-used for subsequent builds on this branch.
- 3. Update the version to be used for builds in *dev-tools/docker/macosx_builder/Dockerfile*.
-
-### Build script: dev-tools/docker/build_macosx_build_image.sh
-
diff --git a/dev-tools/docker/build_macosx_build_image.sh b/dev-tools/docker/build_macosx_build_image.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 3c915f62da..0000000000
--- a/dev-tools/docker/build_macosx_build_image.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
-# or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
-# 2.0 and the following additional limitation. Functionality enabled by the
-# files subject to the Elastic License 2.0 may only be used in production when
-# invoked by an Elasticsearch process with a license key installed that permits
-# use of machine learning features. You may not use this file except in
-# compliance with the Elastic License 2.0 and the foregoing additional
-# limitation.
-#
-
-# Builds the Docker image that can be used to compile the machine learning
-# C++ code for Intel macOS
-#
-# This script is not intended to be run regularly.  When changing the tools
-# or 3rd party components required to build the machine learning C++ code
-# increment the version, change the Dockerfile and build a new image to be
-# used for subsequent builds on this branch.  Then update the version to be
-# used for builds in docker/macosx_builder/Dockerfile.
-
-HOST=docker.elastic.co
-ACCOUNT=ml-dev
-REPOSITORY=ml-macosx-build
-VERSION=19
-
-set -e
-
-cd `dirname $0`
-
-. ./prefetch_docker_image.sh
-CONTEXT=macosx_image
-prefetch_docker_base_image $CONTEXT/Dockerfile
-docker build --no-cache -t $HOST/$ACCOUNT/$REPOSITORY:$VERSION $CONTEXT
-# Get a username and password for this by visiting
-# https://docker-auth.elastic.co and allowing it to authenticate against your
-# GitHub account
-docker login $HOST
-docker push $HOST/$ACCOUNT/$REPOSITORY:$VERSION
-
diff --git a/dev-tools/docker/macosx_builder/Dockerfile b/dev-tools/docker/macosx_builder/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 74f49698b4..0000000000
--- a/dev-tools/docker/macosx_builder/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
-# or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
-# 2.0 and the following additional limitation. Functionality enabled by the
-# files subject to the Elastic License 2.0 may only be used in production when
-# invoked by an Elasticsearch process with a license key installed that permits
-# use of machine learning features. You may not use this file except in
-# compliance with the Elastic License 2.0 and the foregoing additional
-# limitation.
-#
-
-# Increment the version here when a new tools/3rd party components image is built
-FROM docker.elastic.co/ml-dev/ml-macosx-build:19
-
-MAINTAINER David Roberts <dave.roberts@elastic.co>
-
-# Copy the current Git repository into the container
-COPY . /ml-cpp/
-
-# Tell the build we want to cross compile
-ENV CPP_CROSS_COMPILE macosx
-
-ENV CMAKE_FLAGS -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=/ml-cpp/cmake/darwin-x86_64.cmake
-
-# Pass through any version qualifier (default none)
-ARG VERSION_QUALIFIER=
-
-# Pass through whether this is a snapshot build (default yes if not specified)
-ARG SNAPSHOT=yes
-
-# Pass through ML debug option (default blank)
-ARG ML_DEBUG=
-
-# Run the build
-RUN \
-  /ml-cpp/dev-tools/docker/docker_entrypoint.sh
-
diff --git a/dev-tools/docker/macosx_image/Dockerfile b/dev-tools/docker/macosx_image/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f5db531a0..0000000000
--- a/dev-tools/docker/macosx_image/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
-# or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
-# 2.0 and the following additional limitation. Functionality enabled by the
-# files subject to the Elastic License 2.0 may only be used in production when
-# invoked by an Elasticsearch process with a license key installed that permits
-# use of machine learning features. You may not use this file except in
-# compliance with the Elastic License 2.0 and the foregoing additional
-# limitation.
-#
-
-FROM ubuntu:20.04
-
-# This is basically automating the setup instructions in build-setup/macos_cross_compiled.md
-
-MAINTAINER David Roberts <dave.roberts@elastic.co>
-
-# Make sure apt-get is up to date and required packages are installed
-RUN \
-  export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
-  apt-get update && \
-  apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y apt-utils automake autogen build-essential bzip2 git gobjc gpg-agent libtool software-properties-common unzip wget zip
-
-# Install clang
-RUN \
-  wget --quiet -O - http://apt.llvm.org/llvm-snapshot.gpg.key | apt-key add - && \
-  apt-add-repository "deb http://apt.llvm.org/focal/ llvm-toolchain-focal main" && \
-  apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y clang-8 libclang1-8 libllvm8 llvm-8 llvm-8-runtime
-
-# Add build dependencies transferred from native Mac build server
-RUN \
-  mkdir -p /usr/local/sysroot-x86_64-apple-macosx10.14/usr && \
-  cd /usr/local/sysroot-x86_64-apple-macosx10.14/usr && \
-  wget --quiet -O - https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/ml-cpp-artifacts/dependencies/usr-x86_64-apple-macosx10.14-10.tar.bz2 | tar jxf - && \
-  wget --quiet -O - https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/ml-cpp-artifacts/dependencies/xcode-x86_64-apple-macosx10.14-1.tar.bz2 | tar jxf - && \
-  wget --quiet -O - https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/ml-cpp-artifacts/dependencies/sdk-x86_64-apple-macosx10.14-1.tar.bz2 | tar jxf -
-
-# Build cctools-port
-RUN \
-  git clone https://github.com/tpoechtrager/cctools-port.git && \
-  cd cctools-port/cctools && \
-  git checkout 949.0.1-ld64-530 && \
-  export CC=clang-8 && \
-  export CXX=clang++-8 && \
-  ./autogen.sh && \
-  ./configure --target=x86_64-apple-macosx10.14 --with-llvm-config=/usr/bin/llvm-config-8 && \
-  make -j`nproc` && \
-  make install && \
-  cd ../.. && \
-  rm -rf cctools-port
-
-# Install CMake
-# v3.19.2 minimum is required
-RUN \
-  wget --quiet https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.23.2/cmake-3.23.2-Linux-x86_64.sh && \
-  chmod +x cmake-3.23.2-Linux-x86_64.sh && \
-  ./cmake-3.23.2-Linux-x86_64.sh --skip-license --prefix=/usr/local && \
-  rm -f cmake-3.23.2-Linux-x86_64.sh
-
diff --git a/dev-tools/docker_build.sh b/dev-tools/docker_build.sh
index 47f1064f91..fc1eac34aa 100755
--- a/dev-tools/docker_build.sh
+++ b/dev-tools/docker_build.sh
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
 # limitation.
 #
 
-# Builds the machine learning C++ code for Linux or macOS in a Docker
-# container.
+# Builds the machine learning C++ code for Linux in a Docker container.
 #
 # The output .zip files are then copied out of the container to the
 # location in the current repository that they'd be in had they been
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@
 # Finally, the Docker container used for the build is deleted.
 
 usage() {
-    echo "Usage: $0 linux|linux_aarch64_cross|linux_aarch64_native|macosx ..."
+    echo "Usage: $0 linux|linux_aarch64_cross|linux_aarch64_native ..."
     exit 1
 }
 
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ while [ -n "$1" ]
 do
 
     case "$1" in
-        linux|linux_aarch64_cross|linux_aarch64_native|macosx)
+        linux|linux_aarch64_cross|linux_aarch64_native)
             PLATFORMS="$1 $PLATFORMS"
             ;;
         *)
diff --git a/dev-tools/strip_binaries.sh b/dev-tools/strip_binaries.sh
index eef5933474..ca4d7103fe 100755
--- a/dev-tools/strip_binaries.sh
+++ b/dev-tools/strip_binaries.sh
@@ -21,13 +21,8 @@ case `uname` in
         ;;
 
     Linux)
-        if [ "$CPP_CROSS_COMPILE" = macosx ] ; then
-            EXE_DIR="$ML_APP_NAME.app/Contents/MacOS"
-            DYNAMIC_LIB_DIR="$ML_APP_NAME.app/Contents/lib"
-        else
-            EXE_DIR=bin
-            DYNAMIC_LIB_DIR=lib
-        fi
+        EXE_DIR=bin
+        DYNAMIC_LIB_DIR=lib
         ;;
 
 esac
@@ -91,23 +86,6 @@ case `uname` in
                 strip --strip-unneeded $LIBRARY
                 objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink="$LIBRARY-debug" "$LIBRARY"
             done
-        elif [ "$CPP_CROSS_COMPILE" = macosx ] ; then
-            CROSS_TARGET_PLATFORM=x86_64-apple-macosx10.14
-            for PROGRAM in `ls -1d "$EXE_DIR"/* | grep -v '\.dSYM$'`
-            do
-                echo "Stripping $PROGRAM"
-                dsymutil-8 $PROGRAM
-                /usr/local/bin/$CROSS_TARGET_PLATFORM-strip -u -r $PROGRAM
-            done
-            for LIBRARY in `ls -1d "$DYNAMIC_LIB_DIR"/* | grep -v '\.dSYM$'`
-            do
-                echo "Stripping $LIBRARY"
-                case $LIBRARY in
-                    *Ml*)
-                        dsymutil-8 $LIBRARY
-                esac
-                /usr/local/bin/$CROSS_TARGET_PLATFORM-strip -x $LIBRARY
-            done
         else
             CROSS_TARGET_PLATFORM=$CPP_CROSS_COMPILE-linux-gnu
             for PROGRAM in `ls -1 "$EXE_DIR"/* | egrep -v "$EXE_DIR"'/core|-debug$'`
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/docs/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index deaf4801be..6226cd9d53 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
 * Update the PyTorch library to version 2.5.0. (See {ml-pull}2783[#2783], {ml-pull}2778[#2778].)
 * Upgrade Boost libraries to version 1.86. (See {ml-pull}2780[#2780], {ml-pull}2779[#2779].)
+* Drop support for macOS Intel builds. (See {ml-pull}2795[#2795].)
 
 == {es} version 8.16.0