diff --git a/pipelines/bazel-release.yml b/pipelines/bazel-release.yml
index 8e8e479..5aca350 100644
--- a/pipelines/bazel-release.yml
+++ b/pipelines/bazel-release.yml
@@ -189,9 +189,6 @@
       release_name=$(buildkite-agent meta-data get "release_name")
       echo "release_name = \"\$release_name\""
 
-      /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode12.4.app
-      /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/xcodebuild -runFirstLaunch
-
       bazel build //src:bazel
       mkdir output
       cp bazel-bin/src/bazel output/bazel