diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac_native.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac_native.sh
index b1cae5392f..eb6e369177 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac_native.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac_native.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 export HOST=x86_64-apple-darwin
 export PIP_PACKAGES="zmq"
 export GOAL="install"
-export BITCOIN_CONFIG="--with-gui --with-miniupnpc --with-natpmp --enable-reduce-exports"
+export BITCOIN_CONFIG="--with-gui --with-miniupnpc --with-natpmp --enable-reduce-exports --disable-external-signer"
 export CI_OS_NAME="macos"
 export NO_DEPENDS=1
 export OSX_SDK=""