diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 120262098..b513863c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         go-version: [1.22.x, 1.23.x]
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest] # macos disabled for now because of disk space issues.
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
diff --git a/magefile.go b/magefile.go
index ce2cd41ea..142b9160a 100644
--- a/magefile.go
+++ b/magefile.go
@@ -148,7 +148,11 @@ func Check() {
 		fmt.Printf("Skip Test386 on %s and/or %s\n", runtime.GOARCH, runtime.GOOS)
 	}
 
-	mg.Deps(Fmt, Vet)
+	if isCi() && isDarwin() {
+		// Skip on macOS in CI (disk space issues)
+	} else {
+		mg.Deps(Fmt, Vet)
+	}
 
 	// don't run two tests in parallel, they saturate the CPUs anyway, and running two
 	// causes memory issues in CI.
@@ -239,6 +243,14 @@ func Lint() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func isCi() bool {
+	return os.Getenv("CI") != ""
+}
+
+func isDarwin() bool {
+	return runtime.GOOS == "darwin"
+}
+
 // Run go vet linter
 func Vet() error {
 	if err := sh.Run(goexe, "vet", "./..."); err != nil {