diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index cfe681897c53f10e45e01096fa9cd4d0998f6ab2..e363745f9e0dd6deafb8ad3f68dd81360b8cc29e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -51,19 +51,16 @@ versiondocs:
     - rm -rf ~www/ba/git-main/hugo-public
     - cp -r ../hugo/public ~www/ba/git-main/hugo-public
 
-mac_x64:
+mac_arm:
   tags:
-  - mac_x64_cloud
+  - mac_arm
   stage: build
   before_script:
-    # obtain nr of logical CPUs via `sysctl hw.logicalcpu`
-    - NPROC=12
-    # Homebrew packages are installed in a non-standard path
-    - BREWDIR="/opt/homebrew-x86"
-    - PATH="$BREWDIR:$PATH"
-    - QTDIR="$BREWDIR/Cellar/qt/6.6.0"
-    - CCACHE="$BREWDIR/bin/ccache"
+    - QTDIR="/opt/homebrew/opt/qt"
     - PYPLAT="/Users/qtisas/.pyenv/versions/3.11.6/"
+    - CCACHE="/opt/homebrew/bin/ccache"
+    # obtain nr of logical CPUs via `sysctl hw.logicalcpu`
+    - NPROC=14
   script:  &mac_script
     - OPTDIR="/Users/Shared/Software/scg"
     # print environmental variables
@@ -81,19 +78,6 @@ mac_x64:
     - build/py/wheel/*.whl
     expire_in: 10 days
 
-mac_arm:
-  tags:
-  - mac_arm
-  stage: build
-  before_script:
-    - QTDIR="/opt/homebrew/opt/qt"
-    - PYPLAT="/Users/qtisas/.pyenv/versions/3.11.6/"
-    - CCACHE="/opt/homebrew/bin/ccache"
-    # obtain nr of logical CPUs via `sysctl hw.logicalcpu`
-    - NPROC=14
-  script: *mac_script
-  artifacts: *mac_artifacts
-
 # To test the GitLab process _locally_ on MS-Windows with powershell (pwsh),
 # go to the root Git directory, and run:
 # C:\GitLab-Runner\gitlab-runner.exe exec shell --shell pwsh --builds-dir <gitlab build-dir> <job-name>