diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 77fabb4fe568..709d1c5f05bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -119,9 +119,6 @@ jobs:
           env: {CXX: g++,     CC: gcc,    ALPAKA_CI_GCC_VER: 12,       ALPAKA_CI_STDLIB: libstdc++, CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: Debug,   ALPAKA_BOOST_VERSION: 1.80.0, ALPAKA_CI_CMAKE_VER: 3.23.5, OMP_NUM_THREADS: 4, ALPAKA_CI_DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE_NAME: "ubuntu:22.04", ALPAKA_CI_ANALYSIS: ON, alpaka_DEBUG: 2}
 
         ### macOS
-        - name: macos_xcode-13.2.1_debug
-          os: macos-11
-          env: {CXX: clang++, CC: clang,  ALPAKA_CI_XCODE_VER: 13.2.1,                              CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: Debug,   ALPAKA_BOOST_VERSION: 1.76.0,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       alpaka_ACC_CPU_B_OMP2_T_SEQ_ENABLE: ON, alpaka_ACC_CPU_B_SEQ_T_OMP2_ENABLE: ON, ALPAKA_CI_BUILD_JOBS: 3}
         - name: macos_xcode-14.2_release
           os: macos-12
           env: {CXX: clang++, CC: clang,  ALPAKA_CI_XCODE_VER: 14.2,                                CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: Release, ALPAKA_BOOST_VERSION: 1.81.0,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       alpaka_ACC_CPU_B_OMP2_T_SEQ_ENABLE: ON, alpaka_ACC_CPU_B_SEQ_T_OMP2_ENABLE: ON, ALPAKA_CI_BUILD_JOBS: 3}
diff --git a/script/install_omp.sh b/script/install_omp.sh
index 5209861fd80d..da3c07752ca3 100755
--- a/script/install_omp.sh
+++ b/script/install_omp.sh
@@ -10,5 +10,11 @@ source ./script/set.sh
 
 if [ "$ALPAKA_CI_OS_NAME" = "macOS" ]
 then
+    # workaround to avoid link issues from python 2 to 3 during libomp dependency installation
+    rm '/usr/local/bin/2to3-3.12'
+    rm '/usr/local/bin/idle3.12'
+    rm '/usr/local/bin/pydoc3.12'
+    rm '/usr/local/bin/python3.12'
+    rm '/usr/local/bin/python3.12-config'
     brew reinstall --build-from-source --formula ./script/homebrew/${ALPAKA_CI_XCODE_VER}/libomp.rb
 fi