diff --git a/ports/servoshell/build.rs b/ports/servoshell/build.rs
index c014245ef46..6fb1f1eca7b 100644
--- a/ports/servoshell/build.rs
+++ b/ports/servoshell/build.rs
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ use std::process::Command;
 fn git_sha() -> Result<String, String> {
     let output = Command::new("git")
         .args(["rev-parse", "--short", "HEAD"])
-        // on macos mach sets DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH since it is needed for unit-tests, but it
-        // causes git to fail, so we remove it for the git invocation.
-        .env_remove("DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH")
         .output()
         .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
     if output.status.success() {
diff --git a/python/servo/command_base.py b/python/servo/command_base.py
index fdc39d56c65..b844f1fbf70 100644
--- a/python/servo/command_base.py
+++ b/python/servo/command_base.py
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ class CommandBase(object):
                 # GStreamer distribution (such as harfbuzz), but we only modify the rpath of the
                 # target binary (servoshell / libsimpleservo).
                 if platform.is_macos:
-                    util.prepend_paths_to_env(env, "DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH", os.path.join(gstreamer_root, "lib"))
+                    util.prepend_paths_to_env(env, "DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH", os.path.join(gstreamer_root, "lib"))
 
         if sys.platform != "win32":
             env.setdefault("CC", "clang")