diff --git a/tools/bazel.rc b/tools/bazel.rc
index 433c21a4e329..e5ba5626692b 100644
--- a/tools/bazel.rc
+++ b/tools/bazel.rc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ build --incompatible_load_python_rules_from_bzl=yes
 build -c opt
 
 # Default build options.
-build --force_pic
+# build --force_pic
 build --strip=never
 build --strict_system_includes
 
diff --git a/tools/workspace/vtk_internal/package.BUILD.bazel b/tools/workspace/vtk_internal/package.BUILD.bazel
index bb11b64eaaad..9a9406ff32af 100644
--- a/tools/workspace/vtk_internal/package.BUILD.bazel
+++ b/tools/workspace/vtk_internal/package.BUILD.bazel
@@ -18,6 +18,29 @@ config_setting(
     constraint_values = ["@platforms//os:osx"],
 )
 
+objc_library(
+    name = "rendering_opengl2_vtkCocoaRenderWindow",
+    non_arc_srcs = [
+        "Rendering/OpenGL2/vtkCocoaGLView.mm",
+        "Rendering/OpenGL2/vtkCocoaRenderWindow.mm",
+    ],
+    hdrs = [
+        "Rendering/OpenGL2/vtkCocoaGLView.h",
+        "Rendering/OpenGL2/vtkCocoaRenderWindow.h",
+        "Rendering/OpenGL2/vtkOpenGLRenderWindow.h",
+        "Rendering/OpenGL2/vtkOpenGLState.h",
+        "Rendering/OpenGL2/vtkOpenGLVertexBufferObjectCache.h",
+        "Rendering/OpenGL2/vtkRenderingOpenGL2Module.h",
+    ],
+    includes = ["Rendering/OpenGL2"],
+    sdk_frameworks = ["Cocoa"],
+    copts = ["-w"],
+    deps = [
+        ":VTK__RenderingUI",
+        ":VTK__glew",
+    ],
+)
+
 # Generate some source files on the fly, using Bazel re-implementations of
 # various CMake scripts.
 
diff --git a/tools/workspace/vtk_internal/settings.bzl b/tools/workspace/vtk_internal/settings.bzl
index 1ae9700d5bcd..1859a1abbd3a 100644
--- a/tools/workspace/vtk_internal/settings.bzl
+++ b/tools/workspace/vtk_internal/settings.bzl
@@ -341,8 +341,8 @@ MODULE_SETTINGS = {
         ],
         "srcs_extra": select({
             ":osx": [
-                "Rendering/OpenGL2/vtkCocoaGLView.mm",
-                "Rendering/OpenGL2/vtkCocoaRenderWindow.mm",
+                # "Rendering/OpenGL2/vtkCocoaGLView.mm",
+                # "Rendering/OpenGL2/vtkCocoaRenderWindow.mm",
             ],
             "//conditions:default": [
                 "Rendering/OpenGL2/vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow.cxx",
@@ -355,7 +355,9 @@ MODULE_SETTINGS = {
             "@drake//tools/workspace/vtk_internal:gen/vtkRenderingOpenGL2ObjectFactory.cxx",  # noqa
         ],
         "deps_extra": select({
-            ":osx": [],
+            ":osx": [
+                ":rendering_opengl2_vtkCocoaRenderWindow",
+            ],
             "//conditions:default": [
                 # Mimic vtk_module_link(VTK::RenderingOpenGL2 PUBLIC X11::X11).
                 "@x11",