diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-deps/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-deps/action.yml
index b0bdb4bc..0ffebeb7 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-deps/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-deps/action.yml
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         brew update
-        
+
         # Install LLVM if requested
         if [[ "${{ inputs.install-llvm }}" == "true" ]]; then
           brew install llvm@${{inputs.llvm-version}} lld@${{inputs.llvm-version}}
           brew link --overwrite llvm@${{inputs.llvm-version}} lld@${{inputs.llvm-version}}
           echo "$(brew --prefix llvm@${{inputs.llvm-version}})/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
         fi
-        
+
         # Install common dependencies
         brew install bdw-gc openssl libffi libuv
         brew link --overwrite libffi
@@ -36,9 +36,11 @@ runs:
         opt_deps=(
           cjson       # for github.com/goplus/lib/c/cjson
           sqlite      # for github.com/goplus/lib/c/sqlite
-          python@3.12 # for github.com/goplus/lib/py
         )
         brew install "${opt_deps[@]}"
+
+        brew install python@3.12 || true # for github.com/goplus/lib/py
+        brew link --overwrite python@3.12
     - name: Install Ubuntu dependencies
       if: runner.os == 'Linux'
       shell: bash
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ runs:
         else
           sudo apt-get update
         fi
-        
+
         # Install common dependencies
         sudo apt-get install -y pkg-config libgc-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libffi-dev libcjson-dev libuv1-dev
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/populate_linux_sysroot.sh b/.github/workflows/populate_linux_sysroot.sh
index b2cead2a..3c802533 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/populate_linux_sysroot.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/populate_linux_sysroot.sh
@@ -17,12 +17,7 @@ cat > "${POPULATE_LINUX_SYSROOT_SCRIPT}" << EOF
 export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
 apt-get update
-apt-get install -y build-essential zlib1g-dev
-apt-get install -y lsb-release gnupg2 wget rsync
-
-echo "deb http://apt.llvm.org/\$(lsb_release -cs)/ llvm-toolchain-\$(lsb_release -cs)-19 main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/llvm.list
-wget -O - https://apt.llvm.org/llvm-snapshot.gpg.key | apt-key add -
-apt-get update
+apt-get install -y build-essential zlib1g-dev rsync
 
 error() {
 	echo -e "\$1" >&2