diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 74b1a7ff..0a713a32 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ if(MINGW)
     set(PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR ".")
     set(DATA_INSTALL_DIR "share")
 elseif(APPLE AND WITH_APP_BUNDLE)
+    set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/Applications")
     set(BUNDLE_INSTALL_DIR "${PROGNAME}.app/Contents")
     set(CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR "${BUNDLE_INSTALL_DIR}/Resources/man")
     set(CLI_INSTALL_DIR "${BUNDLE_INSTALL_DIR}/MacOS")
@@ -470,11 +470,6 @@ set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)
 
 if(APPLE)
     set(CMAKE_MACOSX_RPATH TRUE)
-    find_program(MACDEPLOYQT_EXE macdeployqt HINTS ${Qt5_PREFIX}/bin ${Qt5_PREFIX}/tools/qt5/bin ENV PATH)
-    if(NOT MACDEPLOYQT_EXE)
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "macdeployqt is required to build on macOS")
-    endif()
-    message(STATUS "Using macdeployqt: ${MACDEPLOYQT_EXE}")
     set(MACDEPLOYQT_EXTRA_BINARIES "")
 elseif(WIN32)
     find_program(WINDEPLOYQT_EXE windeployqt HINTS ${Qt5_PREFIX}/bin ${Qt5_PREFIX}/tools/qt5/bin ENV PATH)
diff --git a/src/post_install/CMakeLists.txt b/src/post_install/CMakeLists.txt
index 359c891f..a6a061a3 100644
--- a/src/post_install/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/post_install/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The install commands in this subdirectory will be executed after all the install commands in the
 # current scope are ran. It is required for correct functtioning of macdeployqt.
 
-if(APPLE AND WITH_APP_BUNDLE)
+if(FALSE)
     # Run macdeloyqt on the main app and any extra binaries and plugins as specified by the
     # _MACDEPLOYQT_EXTRA_BINARIES global property.
     # All install(TARGETS) calls should have already been called.