diff --git a/src/plugin/colour_pipeline/ocio/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugin/colour_pipeline/ocio/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 8b226b16b..e6e57beb4 100644
--- a/src/plugin/colour_pipeline/ocio/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugin/colour_pipeline/ocio/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 find_package(OpenColorIO)
 find_package(OpenEXR)
 find_package(Imath)
-find_package(GLEW REQUIRED)
 
 # Temporary hack - OCIO package is not found/defined by 'modern' .cmake
 # package and as such cmake doesn't distinguish the OCIO headers as system
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ include_directories(SYSTEM ${OCIO_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 SET(LINK_DEPS
 	xstudio::colour_pipeline
 	xstudio::module
-	GLEW::GLEW
 	OpenColorIO::OpenColorIO
 	OpenEXR::OpenEXR
 	Imath::Imath
diff --git a/src/plugin/media_reader/ffmpeg/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugin/media_reader/ffmpeg/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 53c4015e4..76a228264 100644
--- a/src/plugin/media_reader/ffmpeg/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugin/media_reader/ffmpeg/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 project(media_reader_ffmpeg VERSION ${XSTUDIO_GLOBAL_VERSION} LANGUAGES CXX)
 
-find_package(GLEW REQUIRED)
-
 set(SOURCES
 	ffmpeg_stream.cpp
 	ffmpeg_decoder.cpp
@@ -26,7 +24,6 @@ if (${USE_VCPKG})
 	target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}
 		PUBLIC
 			xstudio::media_reader
-			GLEW::GLEW
 		PRIVATE 
 			${FFMPEG_LIBRARIES}
 		)
@@ -40,7 +37,6 @@ else()
 	target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}
 		PUBLIC
 			xstudio::media_reader
-			GLEW::GLEW
 			FFMPEG::avcodec
 			FFMPEG::avformat
 			FFMPEG::swscale
diff --git a/src/ui/opengl/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/ui/opengl/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 0d373d9b5..f75e3efb1 100644
--- a/src/ui/opengl/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/ui/opengl/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 SET(LINK_DEPS
 	CAF::core
     OpenGL::GL
-	OpenGL::GLU
-	GLEW::GLEW
     xstudio::ui::base
     xstudio::ui::canvas
     xstudio::ui::viewport
@@ -17,8 +15,13 @@ if(UNIX)
     list(APPEND LINK_DEPS pthread)
 endif()
 
+if (NOT APPLE)
+	find_package(GLEW REQUIRED)
+    list(APPEND LINK_DEPS GLEW::GLEW)
+endif()
+
+
 find_package(OpenGL REQUIRED)
-find_package(GLEW REQUIRED)
 find_package(OpenEXR)
 find_package(Imath)
 
@@ -38,6 +41,4 @@ endif()
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}
 	PRIVATE
 		freetype
-	PUBLIC
-		GLEW::GLEW
 )
diff --git a/src/ui/opengl/src/gl_debug_utils.cpp b/src/ui/opengl/src/gl_debug_utils.cpp
index 6bee072b6..a08a6472a 100644
--- a/src/ui/opengl/src/gl_debug_utils.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/opengl/src/gl_debug_utils.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#ifdef __linux__
-#include <GL/gl.h>
+#ifdef __apple__
+#include <OpenGL/gl3.h>
 #else
 #include <GL/glew.h>
+#include <GL/gl.h>
 #endif
 #include <ImfRgbaFile.h>
 #include <vector>