diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos.yaml b/.github/workflows/macos.yaml
index 71ca8e9d235f..ba92acf8ee5e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           export PATH="/usr/local/opt:/Users/runner/.local/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin/python3.10/bin:$PATH"
 
-          brew install gnu-sed autoconf automake libtool protobuf openssl lowdown libsodium
+          brew install gnu-sed autoconf automake libtool protobuf openssl lowdown libsodium make
 
           # https://github.com/grpc/grpc/issues/31737#issuecomment-1323796842
           export GRPC_PYTHON_BUILD_SYSTEM_OPENSSL=1
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
           export LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/homebrew/lib
 
           uv run ./configure --disable-valgrind --disable-compat
-          uv run make
+          uv run gmake
 
       - name: Start bitcoind in regtest mode
         run: |
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index bee8ab193574..8005f8733b93 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ have_function_sections()
     TMPOBJFILE=$CONFIG_VAR_FILE.$$.o
     
     echo "int foo(void); int foo(void) { return 0; }" > $TMPCFILE
-    $1 $2 -ffunction-sections -Wl,--gc-sections -c $TMPCFILE -o $TMPOBJFILE
+    $1 $2 -ffunction-sections -Wl,--gc-sections $TMPCFILE -o $TMPOBJFILE
 }
 
 usage()