diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
index ee672ead1..f7e248ce8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
@@ -130,10 +130,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Deploy Qt dependencies
         run: |
           export PATH="$(brew --prefix qt@6)/bin:$PATH"
-          macdeployqt build/app/Oak.app \
-            -qmldir=app \
-            -qmldir=ext/KDDockWidgets/src/qtquick/views/qml \
-            -verbose=2
+          macdeployqt build/app/Oak.app
           # Re-sign after macdeployqt (it breaks signatures when modifying libs)
           codesign --force --deep --sign - build/app/Oak.app
 
diff --git a/ext/CMakeLists.txt b/ext/CMakeLists.txt
index 135d557c3..448a97685 100644
--- a/ext/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ext/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,4 +18,7 @@ add_subdirectory(core EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 
 set(KDDockWidgets_STATIC ON CACHE INTERNAL "Force KDDockWidgets to build statically")
 set(KDDockWidgets_QT6 ${BUILD_QT6} CACHE INTERNAL "Conform KDDockWidgets' Qt 6 setting to ours")
+# Oak only uses the QtWidgets frontend; building the QtQuick frontend causes
+# duplicate QML module registration on macOS and pulls in unused dependencies.
+set(KDDockWidgets_FRONTENDS "qtwidgets" CACHE INTERNAL "Only build the QtWidgets frontend for Oak")
 add_subdirectory(KDDockWidgets EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)