diff --git a/.github/actions/cargo-build-macos-binary/action.yml b/.github/actions/cargo-build-macos-binary/action.yml
index 79eb44bb49d..3d017ab8aa8 100644
--- a/.github/actions/cargo-build-macos-binary/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/cargo-build-macos-binary/action.yml
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@ runs:
     - name: Install rustup
       shell: bash
       run: curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- --default-toolchain none -y
-    - name: Add target aarch64-apple-darwin
-      if: "${{ inputs.target == 'aarch64-apple-darwin' }}"
-      run: rustup target add aarch64-apple-darwin
-      shell: bash
-      working-directory: ./quickwit
     - name: Retrieve and export commit date, hash, and tags
       run: |
           echo "QW_COMMIT_DATE=$(TZ=UTC0 git log -1 --format=%cd --date=format-local:%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)" >> $GITHUB_ENV