diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac.sh
index 3c90b09581..fb9322eb09 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 
 export CONTAINER_NAME=ci_macos_cross
 export HOST=x86_64-apple-darwin
-export PACKAGES="cmake libcap-dev libz-dev libbz2-dev libtinfo5 python3-setuptools"
+export PACKAGES="cmake libz-dev libtinfo5 python3-setuptools"
 export XCODE_VERSION=12.2
 export XCODE_BUILD_ID=12B45b
 export RUN_UNIT_TESTS=false
diff --git a/contrib/containers/ci/Dockerfile b/contrib/containers/ci/Dockerfile
index 38dd7456bc..7f8cc4d44a 100644
--- a/contrib/containers/ci/Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/containers/ci/Dockerfile
@@ -104,9 +104,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install $APT_ARGS \
     g++-arm-linux-gnueabihf \
     g++-mingw-w64-x86-64 \
     jq \
-    libcap-dev \
     libz-dev \
-    libbz2-dev \
     libncurses5 \
     nsis \
     python3-zmq \
diff --git a/depends/README.md b/depends/README.md
index b8dc83bc96..404e66fc23 100644
--- a/depends/README.md
+++ b/depends/README.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ The paths are automatically configured and no other options are needed unless ta
 
 #### For macOS cross compilation
 
-    sudo apt-get install curl bsdmainutils cmake libcap-dev libz-dev libbz2-dev python3-setuptools libtinfo5 xorriso
+    sudo apt-get install curl bsdmainutils cmake libz-dev python3-setuptools libtinfo5 xorriso
 
 Note: You must obtain the macOS SDK before proceeding with a cross-compile.
 Under the depends directory, create a subdirectory named `SDKs`.