diff --git a/.ci/compile.sh b/.ci/compile.sh
index 35881dfe6..e9d5ddc4a 100755
--- a/.ci/compile.sh
+++ b/.ci/compile.sh
@@ -137,25 +137,21 @@ if [[ $TARGET_MACOS_VERSION ]]; then
   # CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET is a vanilla cmake flag needed to compile to target macOS version
   flags+=("-DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=${TARGET_MACOS_VERSION}")
 
-  # testing passing vcpkg triplets config as cmake variables
-  flags+=("-DVCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=${TARGET_MACOS_VERSION}")
-  flags+=("-DVCPKG_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=${TARGET_MACOS_VERSION}")
-
   # vcpkg dependencies need a vcpkg triplet file to compile to the target macOS version
   # an easy way is to copy the x64-osx.cmake file and modify it
-  # TRIPLETS_DIR="../cmake/triplets"
-  # mkdir -p "$TRIPLETS_DIR"
-  # # Replace dots with hyphens in triplet name for vcpkg compatibility
-  # TRIPLET_VERSION=$(echo "${TARGET_MACOS_VERSION}" | sed 's/\./-/g')
-  # TRIPLET_FILE="$TRIPLETS_DIR/x64-osx-${TRIPLET_VERSION}.cmake"
-  # cp ../vcpkg/triplets/x64-osx.cmake "$TRIPLET_FILE"
-  # echo "set(VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION ${TARGET_MACOS_VERSION})" >> "$TRIPLET_FILE"
-  # echo "set(VCPKG_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET ${TARGET_MACOS_VERSION})" >> "$TRIPLET_FILE"
-  # flags+=("-DVCPKG_OVERLAY_TRIPLETS=$TRIPLETS_DIR")
-  # flags+=("-DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=x64-osx-${TRIPLET_VERSION}")
-  # echo "::group::Generated triplet $TRIPLET_FILE"
-  # cat "$TRIPLET_FILE"
-  # echo "::endgroup::"
+  TRIPLETS_DIR="../cmake/triplets"
+  mkdir -p "$TRIPLETS_DIR"
+  # Replace dots with hyphens in triplet name for vcpkg compatibility
+  TRIPLET_VERSION=$(echo "${TARGET_MACOS_VERSION}" | sed 's/\./-/g')
+  TRIPLET_FILE="$TRIPLETS_DIR/x64-osx-${TRIPLET_VERSION}.cmake"
+  cp ../vcpkg/triplets/x64-osx.cmake "$TRIPLET_FILE"
+  echo "set(VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION ${TARGET_MACOS_VERSION})" >> "$TRIPLET_FILE"
+  echo "set(VCPKG_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET ${TARGET_MACOS_VERSION})" >> "$TRIPLET_FILE"
+  flags+=("-DVCPKG_OVERLAY_TRIPLETS=$TRIPLETS_DIR")
+  flags+=("-DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=x64-osx-${TRIPLET_VERSION}")
+  echo "::group::Generated triplet $TRIPLET_FILE"
+  cat "$TRIPLET_FILE"
+  echo "::endgroup::"
 fi
 
 # Add cmake --build flags