diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/CMakeLists.txt b/build_files/build_environment/CMakeLists.txt
index f8a4d5d8c20..b77c64054ed 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,12 +78,7 @@ include(cmake/tbb.cmake)
 include(cmake/python.cmake)
 include(cmake/llvm.cmake)
 include(cmake/osl.cmake)
-option(USE_PIP_NUMPY "Install NumPy using pip wheel instead of building from source" OFF)
-if(APPLE AND ("${CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES}" STREQUAL "x86_64"))
-  set(USE_PIP_NUMPY ON)
-else()
-  include(cmake/numpy.cmake)
-endif()
+include(cmake/numpy.cmake)
 include(cmake/python_site_packages.cmake)
 include(cmake/package_python.cmake)
 include(cmake/openimageio.cmake)
diff --git a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/python_site_packages.cmake b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/python_site_packages.cmake
index 93bfd00a721..93fcd2076bf 100644
--- a/build_files/build_environment/cmake/python_site_packages.cmake
+++ b/build_files/build_environment/cmake/python_site_packages.cmake
@@ -38,15 +38,6 @@ ExternalProject_Add(external_python_site_packages
   --no-binary :all:
 )
 
-if(USE_PIP_NUMPY)
-  # Use only wheel (and not build from source) to stop NumPy from linking against buggy
-  # Accelerate framework backend on macOS. Official wheels are built with OpenBLAS.
-  ExternalProject_Add_Step(external_python_site_packages after_install
-    COMMAND ${PYTHON_BINARY} -m pip install --no-cache-dir numpy==${NUMPY_VERSION} --only-binary :all:
-    DEPENDEES install
-  )
-endif()
-
 add_dependencies(
   external_python_site_packages
   external_python