diff --git a/forc-pkg/Cargo.toml b/forc-pkg/Cargo.toml
index 4d9ffee8fda..d2120a64cd0 100644
--- a/forc-pkg/Cargo.toml
+++ b/forc-pkg/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,10 +31,12 @@ sway-core = { version = "0.41.0", path = "../sway-core" }
 sway-error = { version = "0.41.0", path = "../sway-error" }
 sway-types = { version = "0.41.0", path = "../sway-types" }
 sway-utils = { version = "0.41.0", path = "../sway-utils" }
-sysinfo = "0.29.0"
 tar = "0.4.38"
 toml = "0.5"
 tracing = "0.1"
 url = { version = "2.2", features = ["serde"] }
 vec1 = "1.8.0"
 walkdir = "2"
+
+[target.'cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))'.dependencies]
+sysinfo = "0.29.0"
diff --git a/forc-pkg/src/pkg.rs b/forc-pkg/src/pkg.rs
index eaf29b17b74..354e65fc347 100644
--- a/forc-pkg/src/pkg.rs
+++ b/forc-pkg/src/pkg.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ use sway_core::{
 use sway_error::{error::CompileError, warning::CompileWarning};
 use sway_types::{Ident, Span, Spanned};
 use sway_utils::{constants, time_expr, PerformanceData, PerformanceMetric};
-use sysinfo::{System, SystemExt};
 use tracing::{info, warn};
 
 type GraphIx = u32;
diff --git a/sway-core/Cargo.toml b/sway-core/Cargo.toml
index d03bab94c39..171953359c1 100644
--- a/sway-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sway-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,8 +40,10 @@ sway-ir = { version = "0.41.0", path = "../sway-ir" }
 sway-parse = { version = "0.41.0", path = "../sway-parse" }
 sway-types = { version = "0.41.0", path = "../sway-types" }
 sway-utils = { version = "0.41.0", path = "../sway-utils" }
-sysinfo = "0.29.0"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 tracing = "0.1"
 uint = "0.9"
 vec1 = "1.8.0"
+
+[target.'cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))'.dependencies]
+sysinfo = "0.29.0"
diff --git a/sway-core/src/lib.rs b/sway-core/src/lib.rs
index 6ee8b16fb48..e2990c4e64d 100644
--- a/sway-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/sway-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ pub mod fuel_prelude {
 }
 
 pub use engine_threading::Engines;
-use sysinfo::{System, SystemExt};
 
 /// Given an input `Arc<str>` and an optional [BuildConfig], parse the input into a [lexed::LexedProgram] and [parsed::ParseProgram].
 ///
diff --git a/sway-utils/src/performance.rs b/sway-utils/src/performance.rs
index 40a9ea70673..94ad5a8ae42 100644
--- a/sway-utils/src/performance.rs
+++ b/sway-utils/src/performance.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use serde::Serialize;
 pub struct PerformanceMetric {
     pub phase: String,
     pub elapsed: f64,
-    pub memory_usage: u64,
+    pub memory_usage: Option<u64>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Serialize)]
@@ -26,12 +26,20 @@ macro_rules! time_expr {
                     println!("  Time elapsed to {}: {:?}", $description, elapsed);
                 }
                 if cfg.metrics_outfile.is_some() {
-                    let mut sys = System::new();
-                    sys.refresh_system();
+                    #[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
+                    let memory_usage = {
+                        use sysinfo::{System, SystemExt};
+                        let mut sys = System::new();
+                        sys.refresh_system();
+                        Some(sys.used_memory())
+                    };
+                    #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+                    let memory_usage = None;
+
                     $data.metrics.push(PerformanceMetric {
                         phase: $key.to_string(),
                         elapsed: elapsed.as_secs_f64(),
-                        memory_usage: sys.used_memory(),
+                        memory_usage,
                     });
                 }
                 output