diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.sh b/.github/workflows/build.sh
index d3ece68d7..51644e260 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/build.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 
 if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then
-  # webp, zstd, xz, libtiff cause a conflict with building webp and libtiff
+  # webp, zstd, xz, libtiff, libxcb cause a conflict with building webp, libtiff, libxcb
   # curl from brew requires zstd, use system curl
   # if php is installed, brew tries to reinstall these after installing openblas
-  brew remove --ignore-dependencies webp zstd xz libtiff curl php
+  brew remove --ignore-dependencies webp zstd xz libtiff libxcb curl php
 fi
 
 if [[ "$MB_PYTHON_VERSION" == pypy3* ]]; then