diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 38939f3a6c..7003596338 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ option(ENABLE_WIFI_SCAN "Enable WiFi scanning" OFF)
 option(YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_FFMPEG "Download/Build bundled FFmpeg" ${EXT_DEFAULT})
 option(YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_HEADERS "Use Vulkan-Headers from externals" ${EXT_DEFAULT})
 option(YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_UTILITY_LIBRARIES "Use Vulkan-Utility-Libraries from externals" ${EXT_DEFAULT})
-option(YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_SPIRV_TOOLS "Use SPIRV-Tools from externals" ${EXT_DEFAULT})
+
+# I hate Apple with a burning passion
+CMAKE_DEPENDENT_OPTION(YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_SPIRV_TOOLS "Use SPIRV-Tools from externals" ${EXT_DEFAULT} "NOT APPLE" ON)
 
 option(YUZU_USE_QT_MULTIMEDIA "Use QtMultimedia for Camera" OFF)
 
@@ -670,12 +672,6 @@ AddPackage(
     EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL ON
 )
 
-# TODO(crueter): Work around this
-if (NOT YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_SPIRV_TOOLS)
-    find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
-    pkg_check_modules(SPIRV-Tools REQUIRED SPIRV-Tools)
-endif()
-
 # find SDL2 exports a bunch of variables that are needed, so its easier to do this outside of the YUZU_find_package
 if (ENABLE_SDL2)
     # this was hard to get right, but ultimately I decided to make it so that FORCE_DOWNLOAD_SDL2 also downloads the
@@ -783,6 +779,8 @@ if (ENABLE_SDL2)
     find_package(SDL2)
 endif()
 
+find_package(SPIRV-Tools)
+
 if (ENABLE_QT)
     if (YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_QT)
         download_qt(6.8.3)
diff --git a/externals/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
index f94098b6d0..f7d8638c5c 100644
--- a/externals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -96,13 +96,14 @@ if (ENABLE_LIBUSB AND NOT TARGET libusb::usb)
 endif()
 
 # Sirit
-# TODO(crueter): spirv-tools doesn't work w/ system
 set(SPIRV_WERROR OFF)
 AddPackage(
     NAME SPIRV-Headers
     REPO "KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Headers"
     SHA 4e209d3d7e
     HASH f48bbe18341ed55ea0fe280dbbbc0a44bf222278de6e716e143ca1e95ca320b06d4d23d6583fbf8d03e1428f3dac8fa00e5b82ddcd6b425e6236d85af09550a4
+    # spirv-tools is stupid and doesn't know how to utilize system spirv headers
+    BUNDLED_PACKAGE ${YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_SPIRV_TOOLS}
 )
 
 AddPackage(
@@ -184,16 +185,18 @@ AddPackage(
 )
 
 # SPIRV-Tools
-if (YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_SPIRV_TOOLS)
-    AddPackage(
-        NAME SPIRV-Tools
-        REPO "KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Tools"
-        SHA 40eb301f32
-        HASH 58d0fb1047d69373cf24c73e6f78c73a72a6cca3b4df1d9f083b9dcc0962745ef154abf3dbe9b3623b835be20c6ec769431cf11733349f45e7568b3525f707aa
-        OPTIONS
-            "SPIRV_SKIP_EXECUTABLES ON"
-    )
-endif()
+AddPackage(
+    NAME SPIRV-Tools
+    REPO "KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Tools"
+    SHA 40eb301f32
+    HASH 58d0fb1047d69373cf24c73e6f78c73a72a6cca3b4df1d9f083b9dcc0962745ef154abf3dbe9b3623b835be20c6ec769431cf11733349f45e7568b3525f707aa
+    OPTIONS
+        "SPIRV_SKIP_EXECUTABLES ON"
+        "SPIRV_TOOLS_BUILD_STATIC ON"
+    BUNDLED_PACKAGE ${YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_SPIRV_TOOLS}
+)
+
+set(SPIRV-Tools_ADDED "${SPIRV-Tools_ADDED}" PARENT_SCOPE)
 
 # TZDB (Time Zone Database)
 add_subdirectory(nx_tzdb)
diff --git a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
index eab506f194..a1c722a77c 100644
--- a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1184,7 +1184,6 @@ else()
     )
 endif()
 
-target_include_directories(core PRIVATE ${OPUS_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 target_link_libraries(core PUBLIC common PRIVATE audio_core hid_core network video_core nx_tzdb tz)
 
 if (BOOST_NO_HEADERS)
diff --git a/src/shader_recompiler/CMakeLists.txt b/src/shader_recompiler/CMakeLists.txt
index 5d896db93d..fc4b0effa9 100644
--- a/src/shader_recompiler/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/shader_recompiler/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -246,6 +246,8 @@ add_library(shader_recompiler STATIC
 
 )
 
+# This can actually cause issues e.g. with Apple
+# but forcing external spirv-tools works there
 target_link_libraries(shader_recompiler PUBLIC common fmt::fmt sirit SPIRV-Tools-opt SPIRV-Tools SPIRV-Tools-link)
 
 if (MSVC)