diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos.yml b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
index e7d7e5d..0a208ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ jobs:
         os: [macos-latest, macos-11]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - uses: Homebrew/actions/setup-homebrew@master
     - uses: ./
       with:
         cvmfs_repositories: 'sft.cern.ch'
diff --git a/setup-cvmfs.sh b/setup-cvmfs.sh
index 3cf6c68..cf4738b 100755
--- a/setup-cvmfs.sh
+++ b/setup-cvmfs.sh
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ elif [ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]; then
   if [ -z "${CVMFS_HTTP_PROXY}" ]; then
     export CVMFS_HTTP_PROXY='DIRECT'
   fi
-  brew tap macos-fuse-t/homebrew-cask
-  brew install fuse-t
+
+  wget -q https://github.com/macos-fuse-t/fuse-t/releases/download/1.0.36/fuse-t-macos-installer-1.0.36.pkg
+  sudo installer -pkg fuse-t-macos-installer-1.0.36.pkg -target /
+
   curl -L -o cvmfs-latest.pkg ${CVMFS_MACOS_PKG_LOCATION}
   sudo installer -package cvmfs-latest.pkg -target /
   # / is readonly on macos 11+ - do 'synthetic firmlink' to create /cvmfs