diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 2e0ccc5292b..c77c330cb30 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -137,15 +137,9 @@ cross_build_task:
     alias: cross_build
     only_if: >-
         $CIRRUS_CHANGE_TITLE !=~ '.*CI:DOCS.*'
-
-    osx_instance:
-        image: ghcr.io/cirruslabs/macos-ventura-base:latest
-
+    env:
+        HOME: /root
     script:
-        - brew update
-        - brew install go
-        - brew install go-md2man
-        - brew install gpgme
         - go version
         - make cross CGO_ENABLED=0