diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-bioc.yml b/.github/workflows/check-bioc.yml
index 296f3674..a558612a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-bioc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-bioc.yml
@@ -126,31 +126,31 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.config.os == 'macOS-latest'
         run: |
           ## Enable installing XML from source if needed
-          brew install libxml2
-          echo "XML_CONFIG=/usr/local/opt/libxml2/bin/xml2-config" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-          ## Required to install magick as noted at
-          ## https://github.com/r-lib/usethis/commit/f1f1e0d10c1ebc75fd4c18fa7e2de4551fd9978f#diff-9bfee71065492f63457918efcd912cf2
-          brew install imagemagick@6
-
-          ## For textshaping, required by ragg, and required by pkgdown
-          brew install harfbuzz fribidi
-
-          brew install libgit2
-          ## Helps compile RCurl from source
-          ## brew uninstall curl
-
-          ## required for ncdf4 - can not use the homebrew one because that uses GCC
-          ## Use pre-compiled libraries from https://mac.r-project.org/libs-4/
-          curl -O https://mac.r-project.org/libs-4/netcdf-4.7.4-darwin.17-x86_64.tar.gz
-          tar fvxzm netcdf-4.7.4-darwin.17-x86_64.tar.gz -C /
-          rm netcdf-4.7.4-darwin.17-x86_64.tar.gz
-          curl -O https://mac.r-project.org/libs-4/hdf5-1.12.0-darwin.17-x86_64.tar.gz
-          tar fvxzm hdf5-1.12.0-darwin.17-x86_64.tar.gz -C /
-          rm hdf5-1.12.0-darwin.17-x86_64.tar.gz
-          curl -O https://mac.r-project.org/libs-4/szip-2.1.1-darwin.17-x86_64.tar.gz
-          tar fvxzm szip-2.1.1-darwin.17-x86_64.tar.gz -C /
-          rm szip-2.1.1-darwin.17-x86_64.tar.gz
+          # brew install libxml2
+          # echo "XML_CONFIG=/usr/local/opt/libxml2/bin/xml2-config" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+          # ## Required to install magick as noted at
+          # ## https://github.com/r-lib/usethis/commit/f1f1e0d10c1ebc75fd4c18fa7e2de4551fd9978f#diff-9bfee71065492f63457918efcd912cf2
+          # brew install imagemagick@6
+
+          # ## For textshaping, required by ragg, and required by pkgdown
+          # brew install harfbuzz fribidi
+
+          # brew install libgit2
+          # ## Helps compile RCurl from source
+          # ## brew uninstall curl
+
+          # ## required for ncdf4 - can not use the homebrew one because that uses GCC
+          # ## Use pre-compiled libraries from https://mac.r-project.org/libs-4/
+          # curl -O https://mac.r-project.org/libs-4/netcdf-4.7.4-darwin.17-x86_64.tar.gz
+          # tar fvxzm netcdf-4.7.4-darwin.17-x86_64.tar.gz -C /
+          # rm netcdf-4.7.4-darwin.17-x86_64.tar.gz
+          # curl -O https://mac.r-project.org/libs-4/hdf5-1.12.0-darwin.17-x86_64.tar.gz
+          # tar fvxzm hdf5-1.12.0-darwin.17-x86_64.tar.gz -C /
+          # rm hdf5-1.12.0-darwin.17-x86_64.tar.gz
+          # curl -O https://mac.r-project.org/libs-4/szip-2.1.1-darwin.17-x86_64.tar.gz
+          # tar fvxzm szip-2.1.1-darwin.17-x86_64.tar.gz -C /
+          # rm szip-2.1.1-darwin.17-x86_64.tar.gz
 
       - name: Install Windows system dependencies
         if: runner.os == 'Windows'