diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 897e9907d2..6ef5c99968 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ cd audio
 git submodule update --init --recursive
 python setup.py develop
 # or, for OSX
-# MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.9 CC=clang CXX=clang++ python setup.py develop
+# CC=clang CXX=clang++ python setup.py develop
 ```
 
 Some environmnet variables that change the build behavior
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 228a5c2aef..b9d4179745 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ The build process also builds the RNN transducer loss. This functionality can be
 python setup.py install
 
 # OSX
-MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.9 CC=clang CXX=clang++ python setup.py install
+CC=clang CXX=clang++ python setup.py install
 
 # Windows
 # We need to use the MSVC x64 toolset for compilation, with Visual Studio's vcvarsall.bat or directly with vcvars64.bat.
diff --git a/packaging/pkg_helpers.bash b/packaging/pkg_helpers.bash
index 28f1c9acf4..a7b9a4ddf1 100644
--- a/packaging/pkg_helpers.bash
+++ b/packaging/pkg_helpers.bash
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ setup_build_version() {
 # Set some useful variables for OS X, if applicable
 setup_macos() {
   if [[ "$(uname)" == Darwin ]]; then
-    export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.9 CC=clang CXX=clang++
+    export CC=clang CXX=clang++
   fi
 }