diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9a73e23bdbbf1..99a841eb69f9b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ libconftest.dylib*
 
 *.log
 *.trs
-*.dmg
+*.zip
 
 *.json.h
 *.raw.h
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 0794ac8c02d11..b059d0c6f7d43 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ endif
 .PHONY: deploy FORCE
 .INTERMEDIATE: $(COVERAGE_INFO)
 
-export PYTHONPATH
-
 if BUILD_BITCOIN_LIBS
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 pkgconfig_DATA = libdashconsensus.pc
@@ -36,7 +34,7 @@ space := $(empty) $(empty)
 
 OSX_APP=Dash-Qt.app
 OSX_VOLNAME = $(subst $(space),-,$(PACKAGE_NAME))
-OSX_DMG = $(OSX_VOLNAME).dmg
+OSX_ZIP = $(OSX_VOLNAME).zip
 OSX_DEPLOY_SCRIPT=$(top_srcdir)/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus
 OSX_INSTALLER_ICONS=$(top_srcdir)/src/qt/res/icons/dash.icns
 OSX_PLIST=$(top_builddir)/share/qt/Info.plist #not installed
@@ -119,15 +117,16 @@ OSX_APP_BUILT=$(OSX_APP)/Contents/PkgInfo $(OSX_APP)/Contents/Resources/empty.lp
   $(OSX_APP)/Contents/MacOS/Dash-Qt $(OSX_APP)/Contents/Resources/Base.lproj/InfoPlist.strings
 
 if BUILD_DARWIN
-$(OSX_DMG): $(OSX_APP_BUILT) $(OSX_PACKAGING)
-	$(PYTHON) $(OSX_DEPLOY_SCRIPT) $(OSX_APP) $(OSX_VOLNAME) -translations-dir=$(QT_TRANSLATION_DIR) -dmg
+$(OSX_ZIP): $(OSX_APP_BUILT) $(OSX_PACKAGING)
+	$(PYTHON) $(OSX_DEPLOY_SCRIPT) $(OSX_APP) $(OSX_VOLNAME) -translations-dir=$(QT_TRANSLATION_DIR) -zip
 
-deploydir: $(OSX_DMG)
+deploydir: $(OSX_ZIP)
 else !BUILD_DARWIN
 APP_DIST_DIR=$(top_builddir)/dist
 
-$(OSX_DMG): deploydir
-	$(XORRISOFS) -D -l -V "$(OSX_VOLNAME)" -no-pad -r -dir-mode 0755 -o $@ $(APP_DIST_DIR) -- $(if $(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH),-volume_date all_file_dates =$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH))
+$(OSX_ZIP): deploydir
+	if [ -n "$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)" ]; then find $(APP_DIST_DIR) -exec touch -d @$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH) {} +; fi
+	cd $(APP_DIST_DIR) && find . | sort | $(ZIP) -X@ $@
 
 $(APP_DIST_DIR)/$(OSX_APP)/Contents/MacOS/Dash-Qt: $(OSX_APP_BUILT) $(OSX_PACKAGING)
 	OBJDUMP=$(OBJDUMP) $(PYTHON) $(OSX_DEPLOY_SCRIPT) $(OSX_APP) $(OSX_VOLNAME) -translations-dir=$(QT_TRANSLATION_DIR)
@@ -135,7 +134,7 @@ $(APP_DIST_DIR)/$(OSX_APP)/Contents/MacOS/Dash-Qt: $(OSX_APP_BUILT) $(OSX_PACKAG
 deploydir: $(APP_DIST_DIR)/$(OSX_APP)/Contents/MacOS/Dash-Qt
 endif !BUILD_DARWIN
 
-deploy: $(OSX_DMG)
+deploy: $(OSX_ZIP)
 endif
 
 $(BITCOIN_QT_BIN): FORCE
@@ -294,7 +293,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST += \
     test/util/data/txcreatesignv2.hex \
     test/util/rpcauth-test.py
 
-CLEANFILES = $(OSX_DMG) $(BITCOIN_WIN_INSTALLER)
+CLEANFILES = $(OSX_ZIP) $(BITCOIN_WIN_INSTALLER)
 
 DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --enable-man
 
diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac.sh
index 6270df634aeca..3764caa0debe1 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 
 export CONTAINER_NAME=ci_macos_cross
 export HOST=x86_64-apple-darwin
-export PACKAGES="cmake libz-dev python3-setuptools xorriso"
+export PACKAGES="clang cmake lld llvm  zip"
 export XCODE_VERSION=15.0
 export XCODE_BUILD_ID=15A240d
 export RUN_UNIT_TESTS=false
diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_fuzz.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_fuzz.sh
index 2ba78325ff16c..d1bb30d1991c9 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_fuzz.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_fuzz.sh
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ export RUN_UNIT_TESTS=false
 export RUN_FUNCTIONAL_TESTS=false
 export RUN_FUZZ_TESTS=true
 export GOAL="install"
-export BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-zmq --disable-ccache --enable-fuzz --with-sanitizers=fuzzer,address,undefined,integer --enable-suppress-external-warnings CC=clang-16 CXX=clang++-16 --with-boost-process"
+export BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-zmq --disable-ccache --enable-fuzz --with-sanitizers=fuzzer,address,undefined,integer --enable-suppress-external-warnings CC=clang-18 CXX=clang++-18 --with-boost-process"
diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_fuzz_with_valgrind.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_fuzz_with_valgrind.sh
index b5c6b60b4a73a..9860123546744 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_fuzz_with_valgrind.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_fuzz_with_valgrind.sh
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ export RUN_FUNCTIONAL_TESTS=false
 export RUN_FUZZ_TESTS=true
 export FUZZ_TESTS_CONFIG="--valgrind"
 export GOAL="install"
-export BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-fuzz --with-sanitizers=fuzzer --enable-suppress-external-warnings CC=clang-16 CXX=clang++-16"
+export BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-fuzz --with-sanitizers=fuzzer --enable-suppress-external-warnings CC=clang-18 CXX=clang++-18"
diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_multiprocess.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_multiprocess.sh
index d23fae22b51ff..04d1b1df55f99 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_multiprocess.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_multiprocess.sh
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ export PACKAGES="cmake python3 llvm clang"
 export DEP_OPTS="DEBUG=1 MULTIPROCESS=1"
 export GOAL="install"
 export TEST_RUNNER_EXTRA="--v2transport"
-export BITCOIN_CONFIG="--with-boost-process --enable-debug CC=clang-16 CXX=clang++-16" # Use clang to avoid OOM
+export BITCOIN_CONFIG="--with-boost-process --enable-debug CC=clang-18 CXX=clang++-18" # Use clang to avoid OOM
 export BITCOIND=dash-node  # Used in functional tests
diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_tsan.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_tsan.sh
index add809a28c379..7e6ce2b7fa905 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_tsan.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_tsan.sh
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 
 export CONTAINER_NAME=ci_native_tsan
-export PACKAGES="clang-16 llvm-16 libclang-rt-16-dev libc++abi-16-dev libc++-16-dev python3-zmq"
-export DEP_OPTS="CC=clang-16 CXX='clang++-16 -stdlib=libc++'"
+export PACKAGES="clang-18 llvm-18 libclang-rt-18-dev libc++abi-18-dev libc++-18-dev python3-zmq"
+export DEP_OPTS="CC=clang-18 CXX='clang++-18 -stdlib=libc++'"
 export TEST_RUNNER_EXTRA="--extended --exclude feature_pruning,feature_dbcrash,wallet_multiwallet.py" # Temporarily suppress ASan heap-use-after-free (see issue #14163)
 export TEST_RUNNER_EXTRA="${TEST_RUNNER_EXTRA} --timeout-factor=4"  # Increase timeout because sanitizers slow down
 export GOAL="install"
-export BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-zmq --with-gui=no --with-sanitizers=thread CC=clang-16 CXX=clang++-16 CXXFLAGS='-g' --with-boost-process"
+export BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-zmq --with-gui=no --with-sanitizers=thread CC=clang-18 CXX=clang++-18 CXXFLAGS='-g' --with-boost-process"
 export CPPFLAGS="-DARENA_DEBUG -DDEBUG_LOCKORDER -DDEBUG_LOCKCONTENTION"
 export PYZMQ=true
diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_ubsan.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_ubsan.sh
index 3d44490a4f102..9fb440dfd41e2 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_ubsan.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_ubsan.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 
 export CONTAINER_NAME=ci_native_ubsan
-export PACKAGES="clang-16 llvm-16 python3-zmq qtbase5-dev qttools5-dev-tools libevent-dev bsdmainutils libboost-dev libdb5.3++-dev libminiupnpc-dev libzmq3-dev libqrencode-dev"
+export PACKAGES="clang-18 llvm-18 python3-zmq qtbase5-dev qttools5-dev-tools libevent-dev bsdmainutils libboost-dev libdb5.3++-dev libminiupnpc-dev libzmq3-dev libqrencode-dev"
 export DEP_OPTS="NO_UPNP=1 DEBUG=1"
 export GOAL="install"
-export BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-zmq --enable-reduce-exports --enable-crash-hooks --with-sanitizers=undefined CC=clang-16 CXX=clang++-16"
+export BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-zmq --enable-reduce-exports --enable-crash-hooks --with-sanitizers=undefined CC=clang-18 CXX=clang++-18"
 export PYZMQ=true
diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_valgrind.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_valgrind.sh
index 2703963a05549..b0793313fb1a5 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_valgrind.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_valgrind.sh
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ export USE_VALGRIND=1
 export NO_DEPENDS=1
 export TEST_RUNNER_EXTRA="--exclude rpc_bind --timeout-factor=4"  # Excluded for now, see https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/17765#issuecomment-602068547
 export GOAL="install"
-export BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-zmq --with-incompatible-bdb --with-gui=no --enable-suppress-external-warnings CC=clang-16 CXX=clang++-16"  # TODO enable GUI
+export BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-zmq --with-incompatible-bdb --with-gui=no --enable-suppress-external-warnings CC=clang-18 CXX=clang++-18"  # TODO enable GUI
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index af682ac9c17c9..915dc8d49d720 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -127,8 +127,6 @@ AC_PATH_TOOL(DSYMUTIL, dsymutil)
 AC_PATH_PROG(DOXYGEN, doxygen)
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_DOXYGEN], [test -n "$DOXYGEN"])
 
-AC_ARG_VAR(PYTHONPATH, Augments the default search path for python module files)
-
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([wallet],
   [AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-wallet],
   [disable wallet (enabled by default)])],
@@ -843,7 +841,7 @@ case $host in
            ;;
          *)
            AC_PATH_TOOL([DSYMUTIL], [dsymutil], dsymutil)
-           AC_PATH_PROGS([XORRISOFS], [xorrisofs], xorrisofs)
+           AC_PATH_PROG([ZIP], [zip], [zip])
 
            dnl libtool will try to strip the static lib, which is a problem for
            dnl cross-builds because strip attempts to call a hard-coded ld,
@@ -1934,7 +1932,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_LINKS([contrib/devtools/test-security-check.py:contrib/devtools/test-s
 AC_CONFIG_LINKS([contrib/devtools/symbol-check.py:contrib/devtools/symbol-check.py])
 AC_CONFIG_LINKS([contrib/devtools/test-symbol-check.py:contrib/devtools/test-symbol-check.py])
 AC_CONFIG_LINKS([contrib/filter-lcov.py:contrib/filter-lcov.py])
-AC_CONFIG_LINKS([contrib/macdeploy/background.tiff:contrib/macdeploy/background.tiff])
 AC_CONFIG_LINKS([test/functional/test_runner.py:test/functional/test_runner.py])
 AC_CONFIG_LINKS([test/fuzz/test_runner.py:test/fuzz/test_runner.py])
 AC_CONFIG_LINKS([test/util/test_runner.py:test/util/test_runner.py])
@@ -2014,5 +2011,6 @@ echo "  CPPFLAGS            = $DEBUG_CPPFLAGS $HARDENED_CPPFLAGS $CORE_CPPFLAGS
 echo "  CXX                 = $CXX"
 echo "  CXXFLAGS            = $DEBUG_CXXFLAGS $HARDENED_CXXFLAGS $WARN_CXXFLAGS $NOWARN_CXXFLAGS $ERROR_CXXFLAGS $GPROF_CXXFLAGS $CORE_CXXFLAGS $CXXFLAGS"
 echo "  LDFLAGS             = $PTHREAD_LIBS $HARDENED_LDFLAGS $GPROF_LDFLAGS $CORE_LDFLAGS $LDFLAGS"
+echo "  AR                  = $AR"
 echo "  ARFLAGS             = $ARFLAGS"
 echo
diff --git a/contrib/containers/ci/Dockerfile b/contrib/containers/ci/Dockerfile
index 85df2c31054f8..6312faade4bdc 100644
--- a/contrib/containers/ci/Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/containers/ci/Dockerfile
@@ -55,23 +55,27 @@ RUN set -ex; \
 # Install Clang+LLVM and set it as default
 # We don't need all packages but the default set doesn't include some
 # packages we want so we will need to install some of them manually.
-ARG LLVM_VERSION=16
+ARG LLVM_VERSION=18
 RUN set -ex; \
     echo "Installing LLVM and Clang ${LLVM_VERSION}..."; \
-    curl -sL https://apt.llvm.org/llvm.sh | bash -s "${LLVM_VERSION}"; \
+    curl -sL https://apt.llvm.org/llvm.sh | bash -s -- "${LLVM_VERSION}"; \
     echo "Installing additional packages..."; \
     apt-get update && apt-get install $APT_ARGS \
     "clang-format-${LLVM_VERSION}" \
     "clang-tidy-${LLVM_VERSION}" \
     "libc++-${LLVM_VERSION}-dev" \
     "libc++abi-${LLVM_VERSION}-dev" \
-    "libclang-rt-${LLVM_VERSION}-dev"; \
+    "libclang-rt-${LLVM_VERSION}-dev" \
+    "lld-${LLVM_VERSION}"; \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*; \
     echo "Setting defaults..."; \
     lldbUpdAltArgs="update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/llvm-config llvm-config /usr/bin/llvm-config-${LLVM_VERSION} 100"; \
-    for binName in clang clang++ clang-format clang-tidy clangd ld.lld lldb lldb-server; do \
+    for binName in clang clang++ clang-format clang-tidy clangd dsymutil lld lldb lldb-server llvm-ar llvm-cov llvm-nm llvm-objdump llvm-ranlib llvm-strip; do \
         lldbUpdAltArgs="${lldbUpdAltArgs} --slave /usr/bin/${binName} ${binName} /usr/bin/${binName}-${LLVM_VERSION}"; \
     done; \
+    for binName in ld64.lld ld.lld lld-link wasm-ld; do \
+        lldbUpdAltArgs="${lldbUpdAltArgs} --slave /usr/bin/${binName} ${binName} /usr/bin/lld-${LLVM_VERSION}"; \
+    done; \
     sh -c "${lldbUpdAltArgs}";
 # LD_LIBRARY_PATH is empty by default, this is the first entry
 ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/lib/llvm-${LLVM_VERSION}/lib"
@@ -159,7 +163,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install $APT_ARGS \
     valgrind \
     wine-stable \
     wine64 \
-    xorriso \
+    zip \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # This is a hack. It is needed because gcc-multilib and g++-multilib are conflicting with g++-arm-linux-gnueabihf. This is
diff --git a/contrib/devtools/symbol-check.py b/contrib/devtools/symbol-check.py
index 7c34f59369729..f4b6847a94f54 100755
--- a/contrib/devtools/symbol-check.py
+++ b/contrib/devtools/symbol-check.py
@@ -251,8 +251,8 @@ def check_MACHO_sdk(binary) -> bool:
         return True
     return False
 
-def check_MACHO_ld64(binary) -> bool:
-    if binary.build_version.tools[0].version == [711, 0, 0]:
+def check_MACHO_lld(binary) -> bool:
+    if binary.build_version.tools[0].version == [18, 1, 6]:
         return True
     return False
 
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ def check_ELF_ABI(binary) -> bool:
     ('DYNAMIC_LIBRARIES', check_MACHO_libraries),
     ('MIN_OS', check_MACHO_min_os),
     ('SDK', check_MACHO_sdk),
-    ('LD64', check_MACHO_ld64),
+    ('LLD', check_MACHO_lld),
 ],
 lief.EXE_FORMATS.PE: [
     ('DYNAMIC_LIBRARIES', check_PE_libraries),
diff --git a/contrib/devtools/test-security-check.py b/contrib/devtools/test-security-check.py
index 5b0c606f04d59..ae6dc51b60d87 100755
--- a/contrib/devtools/test-security-check.py
+++ b/contrib/devtools/test-security-check.py
@@ -121,21 +121,15 @@ def test_MACHO(self):
         arch = get_arch(cc, source, executable)
 
         if arch == lief.ARCHITECTURES.X86:
-            self.assertEqual(call_security_check(cc, source, executable, ['-Wl,-no_pie','-Wl,-flat_namespace','-Wl,-allow_stack_execute','-fno-stack-protector', '-Wl,-no_fixup_chains']),
-                (1, executable+': failed NOUNDEFS Canary FIXUP_CHAINS PIE NX CONTROL_FLOW'))
-            self.assertEqual(call_security_check(cc, source, executable, ['-Wl,-no_pie','-Wl,-flat_namespace','-Wl,-allow_stack_execute','-fno-stack-protector', '-Wl,-fixup_chains']),
-                (1, executable+': failed NOUNDEFS Canary PIE NX CONTROL_FLOW'))
-            self.assertEqual(call_security_check(cc, source, executable, ['-Wl,-no_pie','-Wl,-flat_namespace','-Wl,-allow_stack_execute','-fstack-protector-all', '-Wl,-fixup_chains']),
-                (1, executable+': failed NOUNDEFS PIE NX CONTROL_FLOW'))
-            self.assertEqual(call_security_check(cc, source, executable, ['-Wl,-no_pie','-Wl,-flat_namespace','-fstack-protector-all', '-Wl,-fixup_chains']),
-                (1, executable+': failed NOUNDEFS PIE CONTROL_FLOW'))
-            self.assertEqual(call_security_check(cc, source, executable, ['-Wl,-no_pie','-fstack-protector-all', '-Wl,-fixup_chains']),
-                (1, executable+': failed PIE CONTROL_FLOW'))
-            self.assertEqual(call_security_check(cc, source, executable, ['-Wl,-no_pie','-fstack-protector-all', '-Wl,-fixup_chains']),
-                (1, executable+': failed PIE CONTROL_FLOW'))
-            self.assertEqual(call_security_check(cc, source, executable, ['-Wl,-no_pie','-fstack-protector-all', '-fcf-protection=full', '-Wl,-fixup_chains']),
-                (1, executable+': failed PIE'))
-            self.assertEqual(call_security_check(cc, source, executable, ['-Wl,-pie','-fstack-protector-all', '-fcf-protection=full', '-Wl,-fixup_chains']),
+            self.assertEqual(call_security_check(cc, source, executable, ['-Wl,-no_pie','-Wl,-flat_namespace','-fno-stack-protector', '-Wl,-no_fixup_chains']),
+                (1, executable+': failed NOUNDEFS Canary FIXUP_CHAINS PIE CONTROL_FLOW'))
+            self.assertEqual(call_security_check(cc, source, executable, ['-Wl,-flat_namespace','-fno-stack-protector', '-Wl,-fixup_chains']),
+                (1, executable+': failed NOUNDEFS Canary CONTROL_FLOW'))
+            self.assertEqual(call_security_check(cc, source, executable, ['-Wl,-flat_namespace','-fstack-protector-all', '-Wl,-fixup_chains']),
+                (1, executable+': failed NOUNDEFS CONTROL_FLOW'))
+            self.assertEqual(call_security_check(cc, source, executable, ['-fstack-protector-all', '-Wl,-fixup_chains']),
+                (1, executable+': failed CONTROL_FLOW'))
+            self.assertEqual(call_security_check(cc, source, executable, ['-fstack-protector-all', '-fcf-protection=full', '-Wl,-fixup_chains']),
                 (0, ''))
         else:
             # arm64 darwin doesn't support non-PIE binaries, control flow or executable stacks
diff --git a/contrib/guix/libexec/build.sh b/contrib/guix/libexec/build.sh
index 4c4f8d09b6b04..ea1d5079ee3d7 100755
--- a/contrib/guix/libexec/build.sh
+++ b/contrib/guix/libexec/build.sh
@@ -135,18 +135,7 @@ for p in "${PATHS[@]}"; do
 done
 
 # Disable Guix ld auto-rpath behavior
-case "$HOST" in
-    *darwin*)
-        # The auto-rpath behavior is necessary for darwin builds as some native
-        # tools built by depends refer to and depend on Guix-built native
-        # libraries
-        #
-        # After the native packages in depends are built, the ld wrapper should
-        # no longer affect our build, as clang would instead reach for
-        # x86_64-apple-darwin-ld from cctools
-        ;;
-    *) export GUIX_LD_WRAPPER_DISABLE_RPATH=yes ;;
-esac
+export GUIX_LD_WRAPPER_DISABLE_RPATH=yes
 
 # Make /usr/bin if it doesn't exist
 [ -e /usr/bin ] || mkdir -p /usr/bin
@@ -175,16 +164,6 @@ esac
 # Environment variables for determinism
 export TAR_OPTIONS="--owner=0 --group=0 --numeric-owner --mtime='@${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH}' --sort=name"
 export TZ="UTC"
-case "$HOST" in
-    *darwin*)
-        # cctools AR, unlike GNU binutils AR, does not have a deterministic mode
-        # or a configure flag to enable determinism by default, it only
-        # understands if this env-var is set or not. See:
-        #
-        # https://github.com/tpoechtrager/cctools-port/blob/55562e4073dea0fbfd0b20e0bf69ffe6390c7f97/cctools/ar/archive.c#L334
-        export ZERO_AR_DATE=yes
-        ;;
-esac
 
 ####################
 # Depends Building #
@@ -201,8 +180,7 @@ make -C depends --jobs="$JOBS" HOST="$HOST" \
                                    x86_64_linux_AR=x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-ar \
                                    x86_64_linux_RANLIB=x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-ranlib \
                                    x86_64_linux_NM=x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-nm \
-                                   x86_64_linux_STRIP=x86_64-linux-gnu-strip \
-                                   FORCE_USE_SYSTEM_CLANG=1
+                                   x86_64_linux_STRIP=x86_64-linux-gnu-strip
 
 
 ###########################
@@ -326,7 +304,7 @@ mkdir -p "$DISTSRC"
                     | gzip -9n > "${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-${HOST}-unsigned.tar.gz" \
                     || ( rm -f "${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-${HOST}-unsigned.tar.gz" && exit 1 )
             )
-            make deploy ${V:+V=1} OSX_DMG="${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-${HOST}-unsigned.dmg"
+            make deploy ${V:+V=1} OSX_ZIP="${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-${HOST}-unsigned.zip"
             ;;
     esac
     (
diff --git a/contrib/guix/libexec/codesign.sh b/contrib/guix/libexec/codesign.sh
index c0976286908ac..12482a6e46242 100755
--- a/contrib/guix/libexec/codesign.sh
+++ b/contrib/guix/libexec/codesign.sh
@@ -78,11 +78,12 @@ mkdir -p "$DISTSRC"
             # Apply detached codesignatures to dist/ (in-place)
             signapple apply dist/Dash-Qt.app codesignatures/osx/dist
 
-            # Make a DMG from dist/
-            xorrisofs -D -l -V "$(< osx_volname)" -no-pad -r -dir-mode 0755 \
-                      -o "${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-${HOST}.dmg" \
-                      dist \
-                      -- -volume_date all_file_dates ="$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH"
+            # Make a .zip from dist/
+            cd dist/
+            find . -print0 \
+                | xargs -0r touch --no-dereference --date="@${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH}"
+            find . | sort \
+                | zip -X@ "${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}-${HOST}.zip"
             ;;
         *)
             exit 1
diff --git a/contrib/guix/manifest.scm b/contrib/guix/manifest.scm
index 8b632c0b4fa6a..789792f554fab 100644
--- a/contrib/guix/manifest.scm
+++ b/contrib/guix/manifest.scm
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
              ((gnu packages bash) #:select (bash-minimal))
              (gnu packages bison)
              ((gnu packages certs) #:select (nss-certs))
-             ((gnu packages cdrom) #:select (xorriso))
              ((gnu packages cmake) #:select (cmake-minimal))
              (gnu packages commencement)
              (gnu packages compression)
@@ -578,6 +577,7 @@ inspecting signatures in Mach-O binaries.")
         gzip
         xz
         ;; Build tools
+        gcc-toolchain-12
         cmake-minimal
         gnu-make
         libtool
@@ -593,23 +593,18 @@ inspecting signatures in Mach-O binaries.")
         python-lief)
   (let ((target (getenv "HOST")))
     (cond ((string-suffix? "-mingw32" target)
-           (list ;; Native GCC 12 toolchain
-                 gcc-toolchain-12
-                 zip
+           (list zip
                  (make-mingw-pthreads-cross-toolchain "x86_64-w64-mingw32")
                  nsis-x86_64
                  nss-certs
                  osslsigncode))
           ((string-contains target "-linux-")
-           (list ;; Native GCC 12 toolchain
-                 gcc-toolchain-12
-                 (list gcc-toolchain-12 "static")
+           (list (list gcc-toolchain-12 "static")
                  (make-bitcoin-cross-toolchain target)))
           ((string-contains target "darwin")
-           (list ;; Native GCC 11 toolchain
-                 gcc-toolchain-11
-                 binutils
-                 clang-toolchain-17
+           (list clang-toolchain-18
+                 lld-18
+                 (make-lld-wrapper lld-18 #:lld-as-ld? #t)
                  python-signapple
-                 xorriso))
+                 zip))
           (else '())))))
diff --git a/contrib/macdeploy/README.md b/contrib/macdeploy/README.md
index 7d8f0958e2af6..cf32a07602d3b 100644
--- a/contrib/macdeploy/README.md
+++ b/contrib/macdeploy/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The `macdeployqtplus` script should not be run manually. Instead, after building
 make deploy
 ```
 
-When complete, it will have produced `Dash-Qt.dmg`.
+When complete, it will have produced `Dash-Core.zip`.
 
 ## SDK Extraction
 
@@ -54,53 +54,25 @@ path to `Xcode.app` (extracted in the previous stage) as the first argument.
 The generated archive should be: `Xcode-15.0-15A240d-extracted-SDK-with-libcxx-headers.tar.gz`.
 The `sha256sum` should be `c0c2e7bb92c1fee0c4e9f3a485e4530786732d6c6dd9e9f418c282aa6892f55d`.
 
-## Deterministic macOS DMG Notes
+## Deterministic macOS App Notes
 
-Working macOS DMGs are created in Linux by combining a recent `clang`, the Apple
-`binutils` (`ld`, `ar`, etc) and DMG authoring tools.
+macOS Applications are created on Linux using a recent LLVM.
 
-Apple uses `clang` extensively for development and has upstreamed the necessary
-functionality so that a vanilla clang can take advantage. It supports the use of `-F`,
-`-target`, `-mmacosx-version-min`, and `-isysroot`, which are all necessary when
-building for macOS.
+All builds must target an Apple SDK. These SDKs are free to download, but not redistributable.
+See the SDK Extraction notes above for how to obtain it.
 
-Apple's version of `binutils` (called `cctools`) contains lots of functionality missing in the
-FSF's `binutils`. In addition to extra linker options for frameworks and sysroots, several
-other tools are needed as well. These do not build under Linux, so they have been patched to
-do so. The work here was used as a starting point: [mingwandroid/toolchain4](https://github.com/mingwandroid/toolchain4).
+The Guix build process has been designed to avoid including the SDK's files in Guix's outputs.
+All interim tarballs are fully deterministic and may be freely redistributed.
 
-In order to build a working toolchain, the following source packages are needed from
-Apple: `cctools`, `dyld`, and `ld64`.
+Using an Apple-blessed key to sign binaries is a requirement to produce (distributable) macOS
+binaries. Because this private key cannot be shared, we'll have to be a bit creative in order
+for the build process to remain somewhat deterministic. Here's how it works:
 
-These tools inject timestamps by default, which produce non-deterministic binaries. The
-`ZERO_AR_DATE` environment variable is used to disable that.
-
-This version of `cctools` has been patched to use the current version of `clang`'s headers
-and its `libLTO.so` rather than those from `llvmgcc`, as it was originally done in `toolchain4`.
-
-To complicate things further, all builds must target an Apple SDK. These SDKs are free to
-download, but not redistributable. See the SDK Extraction notes above for how to obtain it.
-
-The Guix process builds 2 sets of files: Linux tools, then Apple binaries which are
-created using these tools. The build process has been designed to avoid including the
-SDK's files in Guix's outputs. All interim tarballs are fully deterministic and may be freely
-redistributed.
-
-[`xorrisofs`](https://www.gnu.org/software/xorriso/) is used to create the DMG.
-
-A background image is added to DMG files by inserting a `.DS_Store` during creation.
-
-As of OS X 10.9 Mavericks, using an Apple-blessed key to sign binaries is a requirement in
-order to satisfy the new Gatekeeper requirements. Because this private key cannot be
-shared, we'll have to be a bit creative in order for the build process to remain somewhat
-deterministic. Here's how it works:
-
-- Builders use Guix to create an unsigned release. This outputs an unsigned DMG which
-  users may choose to bless and run. It also outputs an unsigned app structure in the form
-  of a tarball, which also contains all of the tools that have been previously (deterministically)
-  built in order to create a final DMG.
+- Builders use Guix to create an unsigned release. This outputs an unsigned ZIP which
+  users may choose to bless, self-codesign, and run. It also outputs an unsigned app structure
+  in the form of a tarball.
 - The Apple keyholder uses this unsigned app to create a detached signature, using the
-  script that is also included there. Detached signatures are available from this [repository](https://github.com/dashpay/dash-detached-sigs).
+  included script. Detached signatures are available from this [repository](https://github.com/dashpay/dash-detached-sigs).
 
-- Builders feed the unsigned app + detached signature back into Guix. It uses the
-  pre-built tools to recombine the pieces into a deterministic DMG.
+- Builders feed the unsigned app + detached signature back into Guix, which combines the
+  pieces into a deterministic ZIP.
diff --git a/contrib/macdeploy/background.tiff b/contrib/macdeploy/background.tiff
deleted file mode 100644
index 1fb088c8374ac..0000000000000
Binary files a/contrib/macdeploy/background.tiff and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus b/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus
index ba7d5e5263456..9042a06066c70 100755
--- a/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus
+++ b/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 
 import sys, re, os, platform, shutil, stat, subprocess, os.path
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
-from ds_store import DSStore
-from mac_alias import Alias
 from pathlib import Path
 from subprocess import PIPE, run
 from typing import List, Optional
@@ -385,7 +383,7 @@ def deployPlugins(appBundleInfo: ApplicationBundleInfo, deploymentInfo: Deployme
 
 ap = ArgumentParser(description="""Improved version of macdeployqt.
 
-Outputs a ready-to-deploy app in a folder "dist" and optionally wraps it in a .dmg file.
+Outputs a ready-to-deploy app in a folder "dist" and optionally wraps it in a .zip file.
 Note, that the "dist" folder will be deleted before deploying on each run.
 
 Optionally, Qt translation files (.qm) can be added to the bundle.""")
@@ -395,8 +393,8 @@ ap.add_argument("appname", nargs=1, metavar="appname", help="name of the app bei
 ap.add_argument("-verbose", nargs="?", const=True, help="Output additional debugging information")
 ap.add_argument("-no-plugins", dest="plugins", action="store_false", default=True, help="skip plugin deployment")
 ap.add_argument("-no-strip", dest="strip", action="store_false", default=True, help="don't run 'strip' on the binaries")
-ap.add_argument("-dmg", nargs="?", const="", metavar="basename", help="create a .dmg disk image")
 ap.add_argument("-translations-dir", nargs=1, metavar="path", default=None, help="Path to Qt's translations. Base translations will automatically be added to the bundle's resources.")
+ap.add_argument("-zip", nargs="?", const="", metavar="zip", help="create a .zip containing the app bundle")
 
 config = ap.parse_args()
 
@@ -417,12 +415,9 @@ if os.path.exists("dist"):
     print("+ Removing existing dist folder +")
     shutil.rmtree("dist")
 
-if os.path.exists(appname + ".dmg"):
-    print("+ Removing existing DMG +")
-    os.unlink(appname + ".dmg")
-
-if os.path.exists(appname + ".temp.dmg"):
-    os.unlink(appname + ".temp.dmg")
+if os.path.exists(appname + ".zip"):
+    print("+ Removing existing .zip +")
+    os.unlink(appname + ".zip")
 
 # ------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -497,99 +492,13 @@ with open(os.path.join(applicationBundle.resourcesPath, "qt.conf"), "wb") as f:
 
 # ------------------------------------------------
 
-print("+ Generating .DS_Store +")
-
-output_file = os.path.join("dist", ".DS_Store")
-
-ds = DSStore.open(output_file, 'w+')
-
-ds['.']['bwsp'] = {
-    'WindowBounds': '{{300, 280}, {500, 343}}',
-    'PreviewPaneVisibility': False,
-}
-
-icvp = {
-    'gridOffsetX': 0.0,
-    'textSize': 12.0,
-    'viewOptionsVersion': 1,
-    'backgroundImageAlias': b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x1e\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xd1\x94\\\xb0H+\x00\x05\x00\x00\x00\x98\x0fbackground.tiff\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x99\xd19\xb0\xf8\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\x00\r\x02\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x0b.background\x00\x00\x10\x00\x08\x00\x00\xd1\x94\\\xb0\x00\x00\x00\x11\x00\x08\x00\x00\xd19\xb0\xf8\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x04\x00\x00\x00\x98\x00\x0e\x00 \x00\x0f\x00b\x00a\x00c\x00k\x00g\x00r\x00o\x00u\x00n\x00d\x00.\x00t\x00i\x00f\x00f\x00\x0f\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00\x12\x00\x1c/.background/background.tiff\x00\x14\x01\x06\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x06\x00\x02\x00\x00\x0cMacintosh HD\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xce\x97\xab\xc3H+\x00\x00\x01\x88[\x88\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02u\xab\x8d\xd1\x94\\\xb0devrddsk\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\x00\t \x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x07bitcoin\x00\x00\x10\x00\x08\x00\x00\xce\x97\xab\xc3\x00\x00\x00\x11\x00\x08\x00\x00\xd1\x94\\\xb0\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x14\x01\x88[\x88\x00\x16\xa9\t\x00\x08\xfaR\x00\x08\xfaQ\x00\x02d\x8e\x00\x0e\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00\x0f\x00\x1a\x00\x0c\x00M\x00a\x00c\x00i\x00n\x00t\x00o\x00s\x00h\x00 \x00H\x00D\x00\x13\x00\x01/\x00\x00\x15\x00\x02\x00\x14\xff\xff\x00\x00\xff\xff\x00\x00',
-    'backgroundColorBlue': 1.0,
-    'iconSize': 96.0,
-    'backgroundColorGreen': 1.0,
-    'arrangeBy': 'none',
-    'showIconPreview': True,
-    'gridSpacing': 100.0,
-    'gridOffsetY': 0.0,
-    'showItemInfo': False,
-    'labelOnBottom': True,
-    'backgroundType': 2,
-    'backgroundColorRed': 1.0
-}
-alias = Alias().from_bytes(icvp['backgroundImageAlias'])
-alias.volume.name = appname
-alias.volume.posix_path = '/Volumes/' + appname
-icvp['backgroundImageAlias'] = alias.to_bytes()
-ds['.']['icvp'] = icvp
-
-ds['.']['vSrn'] = ('long', 1)
-
-ds['Applications']['Iloc'] = (370, 156)
-ds['Dash-Qt.app']['Iloc'] = (128, 156)
-
-ds.flush()
-ds.close()
-
-# ------------------------------------------------
-
 if platform.system() == "Darwin":
     subprocess.check_call(f"codesign --deep --force --sign - {target}", shell=True)
 
-print("+ Installing background.tiff +")
-
-bg_path = os.path.join('dist', '.background', 'background.tiff')
-os.mkdir(os.path.dirname(bg_path))
-
-tiff_path = os.path.join('contrib', 'macdeploy', 'background.tiff')
-shutil.copy2(tiff_path, bg_path)
-
-# ------------------------------------------------
-
-print("+ Generating symlink for /Applications +")
-
-os.symlink("/Applications", os.path.join('dist', "Applications"))
-
 # ------------------------------------------------
 
-if config.dmg is not None:
-
-    print("+ Preparing .dmg disk image +")
-
-    if verbose:
-        print("Determining size of \"dist\"...")
-    size = 0
-    for path, dirs, files in os.walk("dist"):
-        for file in files:
-            size += os.path.getsize(os.path.join(path, file))
-    size += int(size * 0.15)
-
-    if verbose:
-        print("Creating temp image for modification...")
-
-    tempname: str = appname + ".temp.dmg"
-
-    run(["hdiutil", "create", tempname, "-srcfolder", "dist", "-format", "UDRW", "-size", str(size), "-volname", appname], check=True, universal_newlines=True)
-
-    if verbose:
-        print("Attaching temp image...")
-    output = run(["hdiutil", "attach", tempname, "-readwrite"], check=True, universal_newlines=True, stdout=PIPE).stdout
-
-    print("+ Finalizing .dmg disk image +")
-
-    run(["hdiutil", "detach", f"/Volumes/{appname}"], universal_newlines=True)
-
-    run(["hdiutil", "convert", tempname, "-format", "UDZO", "-o", appname, "-imagekey", "zlib-level=9"], check=True, universal_newlines=True)
-
-    os.unlink(tempname)
+if config.zip is not None:
+    shutil.make_archive('{}'.format(appname), format='zip', root_dir='dist', base_dir='Dash-Qt.app')
 
 # ------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/depends/Makefile b/depends/Makefile
index b13e07b6f8b56..8583521f3f75e 100644
--- a/depends/Makefile
+++ b/depends/Makefile
@@ -178,9 +178,6 @@ all_packages = $(packages) $(native_packages)
 
 meta_depends = Makefile config.guess config.sub funcs.mk builders/default.mk hosts/default.mk hosts/$(host_os).mk builders/$(build_os).mk
 
-$(host_arch)_$(host_os)_native_binutils?=$($(host_os)_native_binutils)
-$(host_arch)_$(host_os)_native_toolchain?=$($(host_os)_native_toolchain)
-
 include funcs.mk
 
 final_build_id_long+=$(shell $(build_SHA256SUM) config.site.in)
@@ -210,9 +207,8 @@ $(host_prefix)/.stamp_$(final_build_id): $(native_packages) $(packages)
 #      tool needs to be available in $PATH at all times.
 #
 #   2. If the tool is _**not**_ expected to be available in $PATH at all times
-#      (such as is the case for our native_cctools binutils tools), it needs to
-#      be referred to by its absolute path, such as would be output by the
-#      AC_PATH_{PROG,TOOL} macros.
+#      it needs to be referred to by its absolute path, such as would be output
+#      by the AC_PATH_{PROG,TOOL} macros.
 #
 # Minor note: it is also okay to refer to tools by their absolute path even if
 # we expect them to be available in $PATH at all times, more specificity does
@@ -227,6 +223,7 @@ $(host_prefix)/share/config.site : config.site.in $(host_prefix)/.stamp_$(final_
             -e 's|@NM@|$(host_NM)|' \
             -e 's|@STRIP@|$(host_STRIP)|' \
             -e 's|@OBJDUMP@|$(host_OBJDUMP)|' \
+            -e 's|@DSYMUTIL@|$(host_DSYMUTIL)|' \
             -e 's|@build_os@|$(build_os)|' \
             -e 's|@host_os@|$(host_os)|' \
             -e 's|@CFLAGS@|$(strip $(host_CFLAGS) $(host_$(release_type)_CFLAGS))|' \
diff --git a/depends/README.md b/depends/README.md
index 2208c539cb763..59fb62b24d77a 100644
--- a/depends/README.md
+++ b/depends/README.md
@@ -45,13 +45,17 @@ The paths are automatically configured and no other options are needed unless ta
 
 ### Install the required dependencies: Ubuntu & Debian
 
+#### Common
+
+    apt install automake bison cmake curl libtool make patch pkg-config python3 xz-utils
+
 #### For macOS cross compilation
 
-    sudo apt-get install curl bsdmainutils cmake libz-dev python3-setuptools xorriso
+    apt install clang lld llvm g++ zip
 
-Note: You must obtain the macOS SDK before proceeding with a cross-compile.
-Under the depends directory, create a subdirectory named `SDKs`.
-Then, place the extracted SDK under this new directory.
+Clang 18 or later is required. You must also obtain the macOS SDK before
+proceeding with a cross-compile. Under the depends directory, create a
+subdirectory named `SDKs`. Then, place the extracted SDK under this new directory.
 For more information, see [SDK Extraction](../contrib/macdeploy/README.md#sdk-extraction).
 
 #### For Win64 cross compilation
@@ -62,7 +66,7 @@ For more information, see [SDK Extraction](../contrib/macdeploy/README.md#sdk-ex
 
 Common linux dependencies:
 
-    sudo apt-get install make automake curl g++-multilib libtool binutils bsdmainutils pkg-config python3 patch bison
+    sudo apt-get install g++-multilib binutils
 
 For linux ARM cross compilation:
 
@@ -120,9 +124,6 @@ The following can be set when running make: `make FOO=bar`
 - `DEBUG`: Disable some optimizations and enable more runtime checking
 - `HOST_ID_SALT`: Optional salt to use when generating host package ids
 - `BUILD_ID_SALT`: Optional salt to use when generating build package ids
-- `FORCE_USE_SYSTEM_CLANG`: (EXPERTS ONLY) When cross-compiling for macOS, use Clang found in the
-  system's `$PATH` rather than the default prebuilt release of Clang
-  from llvm.org. Clang 8 or later is required
 - `LOG`: Use file-based logging for individual packages. During a package build its log file
   resides in the `depends` directory, and the log file is printed out automatically in case
   of build error. After successful build log files are moved along with package archives
diff --git a/depends/builders/darwin.mk b/depends/builders/darwin.mk
index 3aea314ad87c3..2b59353e84f31 100644
--- a/depends/builders/darwin.mk
+++ b/depends/builders/darwin.mk
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ build_darwin_RANLIB:=$(shell xcrun -f ranlib)
 build_darwin_STRIP:=$(shell xcrun -f strip)
 build_darwin_OBJDUMP:=$(shell xcrun -f objdump)
 build_darwin_NM:=$(shell xcrun -f nm)
+build_darwin_DSYMUTIL:=$(shell xcrun -f dsymutil)
 build_darwin_SHA256SUM=shasum -a 256
 build_darwin_DOWNLOAD=curl --location --fail --connect-timeout $(DOWNLOAD_CONNECT_TIMEOUT) --retry $(DOWNLOAD_RETRIES) -o
 
@@ -16,8 +17,7 @@ darwin_RANLIB:=$(shell xcrun -f ranlib)
 darwin_STRIP:=$(shell xcrun -f strip)
 darwin_OBJDUMP:=$(shell xcrun -f objdump)
 darwin_NM:=$(shell xcrun -f nm)
-darwin_native_binutils=
-darwin_native_toolchain=
+darwin_DSYMUTIL:=$(shell xcrun -f dsymutil)
 
 x86_64_darwin_CFLAGS += -arch x86_64
 x86_64_darwin_CXXFLAGS += -arch x86_64
diff --git a/depends/builders/default.mk b/depends/builders/default.mk
index fa7dfbb005303..2a1709d98ad21 100644
--- a/depends/builders/default.mk
+++ b/depends/builders/default.mk
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ build_$(build_os)_$1 ?= $$(default_build_$1)
 build_$(build_arch)_$(build_os)_$1 ?= $$(build_$(build_os)_$1)
 build_$1=$$(build_$(build_arch)_$(build_os)_$1)
 endef
-$(foreach var,CC CXX AR TAR RANLIB NM STRIP SHA256SUM DOWNLOAD OBJDUMP TOUCH,$(eval $(call add_build_tool_func,$(var))))
+$(foreach var,CC CXX AR TAR RANLIB NM STRIP SHA256SUM DOWNLOAD OBJDUMP DSYMUTIL TOUCH,$(eval $(call add_build_tool_func,$(var))))
 define add_build_flags_func
 build_$(build_arch)_$(build_os)_$1 += $(build_$(build_os)_$1)
 build_$1=$$(build_$(build_arch)_$(build_os)_$1)
diff --git a/depends/config.site.in b/depends/config.site.in
index 1df388666ee25..26d5bcfcc2a44 100644
--- a/depends/config.site.in
+++ b/depends/config.site.in
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ if test "@host_os@" = darwin; then
   BREW=no
 fi
 
-PATH="${depends_prefix}/native/bin:${PATH}"
 PKG_CONFIG="$(which pkg-config) --static"
 
 # These two need to remain exported because pkg-config does not see them
@@ -98,11 +97,10 @@ fi
 if test -n "@CXX@" -a -z "${CXX}"; then
   CXX="@CXX@"
 fi
-PYTHONPATH="${depends_prefix}/native/lib/python3/dist-packages${PYTHONPATH:+${PATH_SEPARATOR}}${PYTHONPATH}"
 
 if test -n "@AR@"; then
   AR="@AR@"
-  ac_cv_path_ac_pt_AR="${AR}"
+  ac_cv_path_AR="${AR}"
 fi
 
 if test -n "@RANLIB@"; then
@@ -123,7 +121,12 @@ fi
 if test "@host_os@" = darwin; then
   if test -n "@OBJDUMP@"; then
     OBJDUMP="@OBJDUMP@"
-    ac_cv_path_ac_pt_OBJDUMP="${OBJDUMP}"
+    ac_cv_path_OBJDUMP="${OBJDUMP}"
+  fi
+
+  if test -n "@DSYMUTIL@"; then
+    DSYMUTIL="@DSYMUTIL@"
+    ac_cv_path_DSYMUTIL="${DSYMUTIL}"
   fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/depends/funcs.mk b/depends/funcs.mk
index d51329cdc4b0c..aeaff2288b1b2 100644
--- a/depends/funcs.mk
+++ b/depends/funcs.mk
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ endef
 
 define int_get_build_id
 $(eval $(1)_dependencies += $($(1)_$(host_arch)_$(host_os)_dependencies) $($(1)_$(host_os)_dependencies))
-$(eval $(1)_all_dependencies:=$(call int_get_all_dependencies,$(1),$($($(1)_type)_native_toolchain) $($($(1)_type)_native_binutils) $($(1)_dependencies)))
+$(eval $(1)_all_dependencies:=$(call int_get_all_dependencies,$(1),$($(1)_dependencies)))
 $(foreach dep,$($(1)_all_dependencies),$(eval $(1)_build_id_deps+=$(dep)-$($(dep)_version)-$($(dep)_recipe_hash)))
 $(eval $(1)_build_id_long:=$(1)-$($(1)_version)-$($(1)_recipe_hash)-$(release_type) $($(1)_build_id_deps) $($($(1)_type)_id))
 $(eval $(1)_build_id:=$(shell echo -n "$($(1)_build_id_long)" | $(build_SHA256SUM) | cut -c-$(HASH_LENGTH)))
@@ -297,6 +297,3 @@ $(foreach package,$(all_packages),$(eval $(call int_config_attach_build_config,$
 
 #create build targets
 $(foreach package,$(all_packages),$(eval $(call int_add_cmds,$(package))))
-
-#special exception: if a toolchain package exists, all non-native packages depend on it
-$(foreach package,$(packages),$(eval $($(package)_extracted): |$($($(host_arch)_$(host_os)_native_toolchain)_cached) $($($(host_arch)_$(host_os)_native_binutils)_cached) ))
diff --git a/depends/gen_id b/depends/gen_id
index a0cd5864616c0..83bc308542f4f 100755
--- a/depends/gen_id
+++ b/depends/gen_id
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
     echo "BEGIN AR"
     bash -c "${AR} --version"
     env | grep '^AR_'
-    echo "ZERO_AR_DATE=${ZERO_AR_DATE}"
     echo "END AR"
 
     echo "BEGIN RANLIB"
diff --git a/depends/hosts/darwin.mk b/depends/hosts/darwin.mk
index a683a9bc34163..564381d1e9308 100644
--- a/depends/hosts/darwin.mk
+++ b/depends/hosts/darwin.mk
@@ -2,31 +2,10 @@ OSX_MIN_VERSION=11.0
 OSX_SDK_VERSION=14.0
 XCODE_VERSION=15.0
 XCODE_BUILD_ID=15A240d
-LD64_VERSION=711
+LLD_VERSION=711
 
 OSX_SDK=$(SDK_PATH)/Xcode-$(XCODE_VERSION)-$(XCODE_BUILD_ID)-extracted-SDK-with-libcxx-headers
 
-darwin_native_binutils=native_cctools
-
-ifeq ($(strip $(FORCE_USE_SYSTEM_CLANG)),)
-# FORCE_USE_SYSTEM_CLANG is empty, so we use our depends-managed, pinned clang
-# from llvm.org
-
-# Clang is a dependency of native_cctools when FORCE_USE_SYSTEM_CLANG is empty
-darwin_native_toolchain=native_cctools
-
-clang_prog=$(build_prefix)/bin/clang
-clangxx_prog=$(clang_prog)++
-llvm_config_prog=$(build_prefix)/bin/llvm-config
-
-darwin_OBJDUMP=$(build_prefix)/bin/$(host)-objdump
-
-else
-# FORCE_USE_SYSTEM_CLANG is non-empty, so we use the clang from the user's
-# system
-
-darwin_native_toolchain=
-
 # We can't just use $(shell command -v clang) because GNU Make handles builtins
 # in a special way and doesn't know that `command` is a POSIX-standard builtin
 # prior to 1af314465e5dfe3e8baa839a32a72e83c04f26ef, first released in v4.2.90.
@@ -36,22 +15,13 @@ darwin_native_toolchain=
 # Source: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-make/2017-11/msg00017.html
 clang_prog=$(shell $(SHELL) $(.SHELLFLAGS) "command -v clang")
 clangxx_prog=$(shell $(SHELL) $(.SHELLFLAGS) "command -v clang++")
-llvm_config_prog=$(shell $(SHELL) $(.SHELLFLAGS) "command -v llvm-config")
-
-llvm_lib_dir=$(shell $(llvm_config_prog) --libdir)
 
+darwin_AR=$(shell $(SHELL) $(.SHELLFLAGS) "command -v llvm-ar")
+darwin_DSYMUTIL=$(shell $(SHELL) $(.SHELLFLAGS) "command -v dsymutil")
+darwin_NM=$(shell $(SHELL) $(.SHELLFLAGS) "command -v llvm-nm")
 darwin_OBJDUMP=$(shell $(SHELL) $(.SHELLFLAGS) "command -v llvm-objdump")
-endif
-
-cctools_TOOLS=AR RANLIB STRIP NM
-
-# Make-only lowercase function
-lc = $(subst A,a,$(subst B,b,$(subst C,c,$(subst D,d,$(subst E,e,$(subst F,f,$(subst G,g,$(subst H,h,$(subst I,i,$(subst J,j,$(subst K,k,$(subst L,l,$(subst M,m,$(subst N,n,$(subst O,o,$(subst P,p,$(subst Q,q,$(subst R,r,$(subst S,s,$(subst T,t,$(subst U,u,$(subst V,v,$(subst W,w,$(subst X,x,$(subst Y,y,$(subst Z,z,$1))))))))))))))))))))))))))
-
-# For well-known tools provided by cctools, make sure that their well-known
-# variable is set to the full path of the tool, just like how AC_PATH_{TOO,PROG}
-# would.
-$(foreach TOOL,$(cctools_TOOLS),$(eval darwin_$(TOOL) = $$(build_prefix)/bin/$$(host)-$(call lc,$(TOOL))))
+darwin_RANLIB=$(shell $(SHELL) $(.SHELLFLAGS) "command -v llvm-ranlib")
+darwin_STRIP=$(shell $(SHELL) $(.SHELLFLAGS) "command -v llvm-strip")
 
 # Flag explanations:
 #
@@ -60,11 +30,6 @@ $(foreach TOOL,$(cctools_TOOLS),$(eval darwin_$(TOOL) = $$(build_prefix)/bin/$$(
 #         Ensures that modern linker features are enabled. See here for more
 #         details: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/19407.
 #
-#     -B$(build_prefix)/bin
-#
-#         Explicitly point to our binaries (e.g. cctools) so that they are
-#         ensured to be found and preferred over other possibilities.
-#
 #     -isysroot$(OSX_SDK) -nostdlibinc
 #
 #         Disable default include paths built into the compiler as well as
@@ -79,12 +44,16 @@ $(foreach TOOL,$(cctools_TOOLS),$(eval darwin_$(TOOL) = $$(build_prefix)/bin/$$(
 #
 #         Indicate to the linker the platform, the oldest supported version,
 #         and the SDK used.
+#
+#     -no_adhoc_codesign
+#
+#         Disable adhoc codesigning (for now) when using LLVM tooling, to avoid
+#         non-determinism issues with the Identifier field.
 
 darwin_CC=env -u C_INCLUDE_PATH -u CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH \
               -u OBJC_INCLUDE_PATH -u OBJCPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH -u CPATH \
               -u LIBRARY_PATH \
               $(clang_prog) --target=$(host) \
-              -B$(build_prefix)/bin \
               -isysroot$(OSX_SDK) -nostdlibinc \
               -iwithsysroot/usr/include -iframeworkwithsysroot/System/Library/Frameworks
 
@@ -92,18 +61,18 @@ darwin_CXX=env -u C_INCLUDE_PATH -u CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH \
                -u OBJC_INCLUDE_PATH -u OBJCPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH -u CPATH \
                -u LIBRARY_PATH \
                $(clangxx_prog) --target=$(host) \
-               -B$(build_prefix)/bin \
                -isysroot$(OSX_SDK) -nostdlibinc \
                -iwithsysroot/usr/include/c++/v1 \
                -iwithsysroot/usr/include -iframeworkwithsysroot/System/Library/Frameworks
 
-darwin_CFLAGS=-pipe -std=$(C_STANDARD) -mmacosx-version-min=$(OSX_MIN_VERSION)
-darwin_CXXFLAGS=-pipe -std=$(CXX_STANDARD) -mmacosx-version-min=$(OSX_MIN_VERSION)
+darwin_CFLAGS=-pipe -std=$(C_STANDARD) -mmacos-version-min=$(OSX_MIN_VERSION)
+darwin_CXXFLAGS=-pipe -std=$(CXX_STANDARD) -mmacos-version-min=$(OSX_MIN_VERSION)
 darwin_LDFLAGS=-Wl,-platform_version,macos,$(OSX_MIN_VERSION),$(OSX_SDK_VERSION)
 
 ifneq ($(build_os),darwin)
-darwin_CFLAGS += -mlinker-version=$(LD64_VERSION)
-darwin_CXXFLAGS += -mlinker-version=$(LD64_VERSION)
+darwin_CFLAGS += -mlinker-version=$(LLD_VERSION)
+darwin_CXXFLAGS += -mlinker-version=$(LLD_VERSION)
+darwin_LDFLAGS += -Wl,-no_adhoc_codesign -fuse-ld=lld
 endif
 
 darwin_release_CFLAGS=-O2
diff --git a/depends/hosts/default.mk b/depends/hosts/default.mk
index c9ee7cc950127..d82c33f29ce06 100644
--- a/depends/hosts/default.mk
+++ b/depends/hosts/default.mk
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@ host_$1 = $$($(host_arch)_$(host_os)_$1)
 host_$(release_type)_$1 = $$($(host_arch)_$(host_os)_$(release_type)_$1)
 endef
 
-$(foreach tool,CC CXX AR RANLIB STRIP NM OBJCOPY OBJDUMP,$(eval $(call add_host_tool_func,$(tool))))
+$(foreach tool,CC CXX AR RANLIB STRIP NM OBJCOPY OBJDUMP DSYMUTIL,$(eval $(call add_host_tool_func,$(tool))))
 $(foreach flags,CFLAGS CXXFLAGS CPPFLAGS LDFLAGS, $(eval $(call add_host_flags_func,$(flags))))
diff --git a/depends/packages/gmp.mk b/depends/packages/gmp.mk
index ff0dda5835615..3d645cd02a695 100644
--- a/depends/packages/gmp.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/gmp.mk
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ $(package)_version=6.3.0
 $(package)_download_path=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gmp
 $(package)_file_name=gmp-$($(package)_version).tar.bz2
 $(package)_sha256_hash=ac28211a7cfb609bae2e2c8d6058d66c8fe96434f740cf6fe2e47b000d1c20cb
+$(package)_patches=include_ldflags_in_configure.patch
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
 $(package)_config_opts += --disable-shared --enable-cxx --enable-fat
@@ -11,6 +12,10 @@ $(package)_cflags_armv7l += -march=armv7-a
 $(package)_cflags_x86_64 += -march=x86-64
 endef
 
+define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
+  patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/include_ldflags_in_configure.patch
+endef
+
 define $(package)_config_cmds
   $($(package)_autoconf)
 endef
diff --git a/depends/packages/native_cctools.mk b/depends/packages/native_cctools.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 3148e51048c5c..0000000000000
--- a/depends/packages/native_cctools.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-package=native_cctools
-$(package)_version=c74fafe86076713cb8e6f937af43b6df6da1f42d
-$(package)_download_path=https://github.com/tpoechtrager/cctools-port/archive
-$(package)_file_name=$($(package)_version).tar.gz
-$(package)_sha256_hash=e2c1588d505a69c32e079f4e616e0f117d5478429040e394f624f43f2796e6bc
-$(package)_build_subdir=cctools
-$(package)_dependencies=native_libtapi
-
-define $(package)_set_vars
-  $(package)_config_opts=--target=$(host) --enable-lto-support
-  $(package)_config_opts+=--with-llvm-config=$(llvm_config_prog)
-  $(package)_ldflags+=-Wl,-rpath=\\$$$$$$$$\$$$$$$$$ORIGIN/../lib
-  $(package)_cc=$(clang_prog)
-  $(package)_cxx=$(clangxx_prog)
-endef
-
-ifneq ($(strip $(FORCE_USE_SYSTEM_CLANG)),)
-define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
-  mkdir -p $($(package)_staging_prefix_dir)/lib && \
-  cp $(llvm_lib_dir)/libLTO.so $($(package)_staging_prefix_dir)/lib/
-endef
-else
-endif
-
-define $(package)_config_cmds
-  $($(package)_autoconf)
-endef
-
-define $(package)_build_cmds
-  $(MAKE)
-endef
-
-define $(package)_stage_cmds
-  $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install
-endef
-
-define $(package)_postprocess_cmds
-  rm -rf share
-endef
diff --git a/depends/packages/native_ds_store.mk b/depends/packages/native_ds_store.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 51a95f48ef7b1..0000000000000
--- a/depends/packages/native_ds_store.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-package=native_ds_store
-$(package)_version=1.3.0
-$(package)_download_path=https://github.com/dmgbuild/ds_store/archive/
-$(package)_file_name=v$($(package)_version).tar.gz
-$(package)_sha256_hash=76b3280cd4e19e5179defa23fb594a9dd32643b0c80d774bd3108361d94fb46d
-$(package)_install_libdir=$(build_prefix)/lib/python3/dist-packages
-
-define $(package)_build_cmds
-    python3 setup.py build
-endef
-
-define $(package)_stage_cmds
-    mkdir -p $($(package)_install_libdir) && \
-    python3 setup.py install --root=$($(package)_staging_dir) --prefix=$(build_prefix) --install-lib=$($(package)_install_libdir)
-endef
diff --git a/depends/packages/native_libtapi.mk b/depends/packages/native_libtapi.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index fb5ab0b4dccc6..0000000000000
--- a/depends/packages/native_libtapi.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-package=native_libtapi
-$(package)_version=eb33a59f2e30ff9724dc1ea8bee8b5229b0557c9
-$(package)_download_path=https://github.com/tpoechtrager/apple-libtapi/archive
-$(package)_file_name=$($(package)_version).tar.gz
-$(package)_sha256_hash=d4d46c64622f13d6938cecf989046d9561011bb59e8ee835f8f39825d67f578f
-$(package)_patches=disable_zlib.patch
-
-ifeq ($(strip $(FORCE_USE_SYSTEM_CLANG)),)
-$(package)_dependencies=native_llvm
-endif
-
-define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
-  patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/disable_zlib.patch
-endef
-
-define $(package)_build_cmds
-  CC=$(clang_prog) CXX=$(clangxx_prog) INSTALLPREFIX=$($(package)_staging_prefix_dir) ./build.sh
-endef
-
-define $(package)_stage_cmds
-  ./install.sh
-endef
diff --git a/depends/packages/native_llvm.mk b/depends/packages/native_llvm.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 1953c91bf4277..0000000000000
--- a/depends/packages/native_llvm.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-package=native_llvm
-$(package)_version=17.0.6
-$(package)_major_version=$(firstword $(subst ., ,$($(package)_version)))
-$(package)_download_path=https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/download/llvmorg-$($(package)_version)
-ifneq (,$(findstring aarch64,$(BUILD)))
-$(package)_file_name=clang+llvm-$($(package)_version)-aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.xz
-$(package)_sha256_hash=6dd62762285326f223f40b8e4f2864b5c372de3f7de0731cb7cd55ca5287b75a
-else
-$(package)_file_name=clang+llvm-$($(package)_version)-x86_64-linux-gnu-ubuntu-22.04.tar.xz
-$(package)_sha256_hash=884ee67d647d77e58740c1e645649e29ae9e8a6fe87c1376be0f3a30f3cc9ab3
-endif
-
-define $(package)_stage_cmds
-  mkdir -p $($(package)_staging_prefix_dir)/lib/clang/$($(package)_major_version)/include && \
-  mkdir -p $($(package)_staging_prefix_dir)/bin && \
-  mkdir -p $($(package)_staging_prefix_dir)/include/llvm-c && \
-  cp bin/clang $($(package)_staging_prefix_dir)/bin/ && \
-  cp -P bin/clang++ $($(package)_staging_prefix_dir)/bin/ && \
-  cp bin/dsymutil $($(package)_staging_prefix_dir)/bin/$(host)-dsymutil && \
-  cp bin/llvm-config $($(package)_staging_prefix_dir)/bin/ && \
-  cp bin/llvm-objdump $($(package)_staging_prefix_dir)/bin/$(host)-objdump && \
-  cp include/llvm-c/ExternC.h $($(package)_staging_prefix_dir)/include/llvm-c && \
-  cp include/llvm-c/lto.h $($(package)_staging_prefix_dir)/include/llvm-c && \
-  cp lib/libLTO.so $($(package)_staging_prefix_dir)/lib/ && \
-  cp -r lib/clang/$($(package)_major_version)/include/* $($(package)_staging_prefix_dir)/lib/clang/$($(package)_major_version)/include/
-endef
diff --git a/depends/packages/native_mac_alias.mk b/depends/packages/native_mac_alias.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index ddd631186edf7..0000000000000
--- a/depends/packages/native_mac_alias.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-package=native_mac_alias
-$(package)_version=2.2.0
-$(package)_download_path=https://github.com/dmgbuild/mac_alias/archive/
-$(package)_file_name=v$($(package)_version).tar.gz
-$(package)_sha256_hash=421e6d7586d1f155c7db3e7da01ca0dacc9649a509a253ad7077b70174426499
-$(package)_install_libdir=$(build_prefix)/lib/python3/dist-packages
-
-define $(package)_build_cmds
-    python3 setup.py build
-endef
-
-define $(package)_stage_cmds
-    mkdir -p $($(package)_install_libdir) && \
-    python3 setup.py install --root=$($(package)_staging_dir) --prefix=$(build_prefix) --install-lib=$($(package)_install_libdir)
-endef
diff --git a/depends/packages/packages.mk b/depends/packages/packages.mk
index 65044553a2b55..ea64a497dd4ef 100644
--- a/depends/packages/packages.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/packages.mk
@@ -23,14 +23,3 @@ multiprocess_packages = libmultiprocess capnp
 multiprocess_native_packages = native_libmultiprocess native_capnp
 
 usdt_linux_packages=systemtap
-
-darwin_native_packages = native_ds_store native_mac_alias
-
-ifneq ($(build_os),darwin)
-darwin_native_packages += native_cctools native_libtapi
-
-ifeq ($(strip $(FORCE_USE_SYSTEM_CLANG)),)
-darwin_native_packages+= native_llvm
-endif
-
-endif
diff --git a/depends/packages/qt.mk b/depends/packages/qt.mk
index 6cb6e53ed74e5..67d6b812b7f71 100644
--- a/depends/packages/qt.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/qt.mk
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ $(package)_patches += no-xlib.patch
 $(package)_patches += fix_android_jni_static.patch
 $(package)_patches += dont_hardcode_pwd.patch
 $(package)_patches += qtbase-moc-ignore-gcc-macro.patch
+$(package)_patches += no_warnings_for_symbols.patch
 $(package)_patches += rcc_hardcode_timestamp.patch
 $(package)_patches += duplicate_lcqpafonts.patch
 $(package)_patches += guix_cross_lib_path.patch
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ ifneq ($(build_os),darwin)
 $(package)_config_opts_darwin += -xplatform macx-clang-linux
 $(package)_config_opts_darwin += -device-option MAC_SDK_PATH=$(OSX_SDK)
 $(package)_config_opts_darwin += -device-option MAC_SDK_VERSION=$(OSX_SDK_VERSION)
-$(package)_config_opts_darwin += -device-option CROSS_COMPILE="$(host)-"
+$(package)_config_opts_darwin += -device-option CROSS_COMPILE="llvm-"
 $(package)_config_opts_darwin += -device-option MAC_TARGET=$(host)
 $(package)_config_opts_darwin += -device-option XCODE_VERSION=$(XCODE_VERSION)
 endif
@@ -248,6 +249,7 @@ define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
   patch -p1 -i $($(package)_patch_dir)/no-xlib.patch && \
   patch -p1 -i $($(package)_patch_dir)/qtbase-moc-ignore-gcc-macro.patch && \
   patch -p1 -i $($(package)_patch_dir)/memory_resource.patch && \
+  patch -p1 -i $($(package)_patch_dir)/no_warnings_for_symbols.patch && \
   patch -p1 -i $($(package)_patch_dir)/clang_18_libpng.patch && \
   patch -p1 -i $($(package)_patch_dir)/rcc_hardcode_timestamp.patch && \
   patch -p1 -i $($(package)_patch_dir)/duplicate_lcqpafonts.patch && \
diff --git a/depends/patches/gmp/include_ldflags_in_configure.patch b/depends/patches/gmp/include_ldflags_in_configure.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8ddc304da0eca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/depends/patches/gmp/include_ldflags_in_configure.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,621 @@
+Use LDFLAGS when configure is compiling test programs.
+
+Needed for macOS cross-compilation support using lld (ld64.lld) as
+a linker, done by including '-fuse-ld=lld' in LDFLAGS. Defining it
+in CC or CXX will result in unused argument warnings if the compiler
+isn't expected to link files.
+
+diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
+index 9cf9483..99edd43 100644
+--- a/acinclude.m4
++++ b/acinclude.m4
+@@ -1752,7 +1752,7 @@ AC_CACHE_CHECK([if globals are prefixed by underscore],
+ cat >conftest.c <<EOF
+ int gurkmacka;
+ EOF
+-gmp_compile="$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS -c conftest.c >&AC_FD_CC"
++gmp_compile="$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS -c conftest.c >&AC_FD_CC"
+ if AC_TRY_EVAL(gmp_compile); then
+   $NM conftest.$OBJEXT >conftest.out
+   if grep "[[ 	]]_gurkmacka" conftest.out >/dev/null; then
+@@ -1984,7 +1984,7 @@ const int foo[[]] = {1,2,3};
+ EOF
+ echo "Test program:" >&AC_FD_CC
+ cat conftest.c >&AC_FD_CC
+-gmp_compile="$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS -S conftest.c >&AC_FD_CC"
++gmp_compile="$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS -S conftest.c >&AC_FD_CC"
+ if AC_TRY_EVAL(gmp_compile); then
+   echo "Compiler output:" >&AC_FD_CC
+   cat conftest.s >&AC_FD_CC
+@@ -2382,7 +2382,7 @@ for tmp_underscore in "" "_"; do
+ ${tmp_gsym_prefix}main$gmp_cv_asm_label_suffix
+ 	addl	$ ${tmp_underscore}_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_, %ebx
+ EOF
+-  gmp_compile="$CCAS $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $lt_prog_compiler_pic conftest.s >&AC_FD_CC && $CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $lt_prog_compiler_pic conftest.$OBJEXT >&AC_FD_CC"
++  gmp_compile="$CCAS $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $lt_prog_compiler_pic conftest.s >&AC_FD_CC && $CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $lt_prog_compiler_pic conftest.$OBJEXT >&AC_FD_CC"
+   if AC_TRY_EVAL(gmp_compile); then
+     if test "$tmp_underscore" = "_"; then
+       gmp_cv_asm_x86_got_underscore=yes
+@@ -3019,7 +3019,7 @@ int *bar() { return &foo; }
+ EOF
+ echo "Test program:" >&AC_FD_CC
+ cat conftest.c >&AC_FD_CC
+-gmp_compile="$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS -S conftest.c >&AC_FD_CC"
++gmp_compile="$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS -S conftest.c >&AC_FD_CC"
+ if AC_TRY_EVAL(gmp_compile); then
+   echo "Compiler output:" >&AC_FD_CC
+   cat conftest.s >&AC_FD_CC
+@@ -3164,7 +3164,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([GMP_C_ATTRIBUTE_MALLOC],
+ [cat >conftest.c <<EOF
+ void *foo (int x) __attribute__ ((malloc));
+ EOF
+-gmp_compile="$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS -c conftest.c >conftest.out 2>&1"
++gmp_compile="$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS -c conftest.c >conftest.out 2>&1"
+ if AC_TRY_EVAL(gmp_compile); then
+   if grep "attribute directive ignored" conftest.out >/dev/null; then
+     gmp_cv_c_attribute_malloc=no
+@@ -3279,7 +3279,7 @@ int main(){
+   return 0;
+ }]
+ EOF
+-gmp_compile="$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.c -o conftest$EXEEXT >&AC_FD_CC 2>&1"
++gmp_compile="$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.c -o conftest$EXEEXT >&AC_FD_CC 2>&1"
+ if AC_TRY_EVAL(gmp_compile); then
+ cat >conftest.awk <<\EOF
+ [
+diff --git a/configure b/configure
+index 7910aa0..15121e2 100755
+--- a/configure
++++ b/configure
+@@ -5885,7 +5885,7 @@ for abi in $abilist; do
+   choke me
+ #endif
+ EOF
+-gmp_compile="$cc -c conftest.c >&5"
++gmp_compile="$cc $LDFLAGS -c conftest.c >&5"
+ if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -5978,7 +5978,7 @@ if test "$gmp_prog_cc_works" = yes; then
+ int main () { return 0; }
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: " >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -6032,7 +6032,7 @@ void *f() { return g(); }
+ int main () { return 0; }
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: function pointer return" >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -6088,7 +6088,7 @@ int cmov () { return (n >= 0 ? n : 0); }
+ int main () { return 0; }
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: cmov instruction" >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -6145,7 +6145,7 @@ unsigned long gcc303 () { return (unsigned long) d; }
+ int main () { return 0; }
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: double -> ulong conversion" >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -6200,7 +6200,7 @@ unsigned long fneg () { return -fneg_data; }
+ int main () { return 0; }
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: double negation" >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -6256,7 +6256,7 @@ float ftod () { return (float) ftod_data; }
+ int main () { return 0; }
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: double -> float conversion" >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -6341,7 +6341,7 @@ param_init ()
+ int main () { return 0; }
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: gnupro alpha ev6 char spilling" >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -6392,7 +6392,7 @@ if test "$gmp_prog_cc_works" = yes; then
+ int k; int foo () { __builtin_alloca (k); }
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: __builtin_alloca availability" >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -6438,7 +6438,7 @@ int foo ()
+ int main () { return 0; }
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: alloca array" >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -6516,7 +6516,7 @@ int f ()
+ int main () { return 0; }
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: abs int -> double conversion" >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -6581,7 +6581,7 @@ int dummy;
+ int main () { return 0; }
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: long long reliability test 1" >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -6642,7 +6642,7 @@ int dummy;
+ int main () { return 0; }
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: long long reliability test 2" >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -6703,7 +6703,7 @@ int dummy;
+ int main () { return 0; }
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: freebsd hacked gcc" >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -6802,7 +6802,7 @@ main ()
+
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: mpn_lshift_com optimization" >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -6911,7 +6911,7 @@ main ()
+
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: mpn_lshift_com optimization 2" >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -6970,7 +6970,7 @@ int foo;
+ int bar () { return foo; }
+ EOF
+ tmp_got_emitted=no
+-gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags -fPIC -S conftest.c >&5 2>&1"
++gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $LDFLAGS -fPIC -S conftest.c >&5 2>&1"
+ if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -7044,7 +7044,7 @@ cat >conftest.s <<\EOF
+ 	.byte	254, 220, 186, 152, 118, 84, 50, 16
+ EOF
+ tmp_got_good=yes
+-gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags -fPIC -o conftest.o -c conftest.s >&5 2>&1"
++gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $LDFLAGS -fPIC -o conftest.o -c conftest.s >&5 2>&1"
+ if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -7094,7 +7094,7 @@ long long  bar () { return foo; }
+ int main () { return 0; }
+ EOF
+ gmp_prog_cc_works=no
+-gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags -c conftest.c >&5"
++gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $LDFLAGS -c conftest.c >&5"
+ if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -7221,7 +7221,7 @@ result=no
+ cat >conftest.s <<EOF
+ 	.level 2.0
+ EOF
+-gmp_compile="$cc $cflags -c conftest.s >&5 2>&1"
++gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $LDFLAGS -c conftest.s >&5 2>&1"
+ if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -7256,7 +7256,7 @@ main ()
+ }
+ EOF
+ gmp_c_testlist_sizeof=no
+-gmp_compile="$cc $cflags -c conftest.c >&5"
++gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $LDFLAGS -c conftest.c >&5"
+ if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -7424,7 +7424,7 @@ _main:
+ 	xorl	%eax, %eax
+ 	ret
+ EOF
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags conftest.s -o conftest >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $LDFLAGS conftest.s -o conftest >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -7489,7 +7489,7 @@ $as_echo_n "checking compiler $cc $cflags -no-cpp-precomp... " >&6; }
+   cat >conftest.c <<EOF
+ int main () { return 0; }
+ EOF
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags -no-cpp-precomp conftest.c >conftest.out 2>&1"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $LDFLAGS -no-cpp-precomp conftest.c >conftest.out 2>&1"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -7522,7 +7522,7 @@ result=no
+ cat >conftest.c <<EOF
+ int main () {}
+ EOF
+-gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $flag -c conftest.c >conftest.out 2>&1"
++gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $flag $LDFLAGS -c conftest.c >conftest.out 2>&1"
+ if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -7553,7 +7553,7 @@ result=no
+ cat >conftest.c <<EOF
+ EOF
+ echo "with empty conftest.c" >&5
+-gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags -c conftest.c >&5 2>&1"
++gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $LDFLAGS -c conftest.c >&5 2>&1"
+ if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -7561,7 +7561,7 @@ if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   test $ac_status = 0; }; then : ;
+ else
+   # empty fails
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags -Wa,-oldas -c conftest.c >&5 2>&1"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $LDFLAGS -Wa,-oldas -c conftest.c >&5 2>&1"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -7597,7 +7597,7 @@ if test "$gmp_prog_cc_works" = yes; then
+ int main () { return 0; }
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: " >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -7651,7 +7651,7 @@ void *f() { return g(); }
+ int main () { return 0; }
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: function pointer return" >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -7707,7 +7707,7 @@ int cmov () { return (n >= 0 ? n : 0); }
+ int main () { return 0; }
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: cmov instruction" >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -7764,7 +7764,7 @@ unsigned long gcc303 () { return (unsigned long) d; }
+ int main () { return 0; }
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: double -> ulong conversion" >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -7819,7 +7819,7 @@ unsigned long fneg () { return -fneg_data; }
+ int main () { return 0; }
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: double negation" >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -7875,7 +7875,7 @@ float ftod () { return (float) ftod_data; }
+ int main () { return 0; }
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: double -> float conversion" >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -7960,7 +7960,7 @@ param_init ()
+ int main () { return 0; }
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: gnupro alpha ev6 char spilling" >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -8011,7 +8011,7 @@ if test "$gmp_prog_cc_works" = yes; then
+ int k; int foo () { __builtin_alloca (k); }
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: __builtin_alloca availability" >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -8057,7 +8057,7 @@ int foo ()
+ int main () { return 0; }
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: alloca array" >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -8135,7 +8135,7 @@ int f ()
+ int main () { return 0; }
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: abs int -> double conversion" >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -8200,7 +8200,7 @@ int dummy;
+ int main () { return 0; }
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: long long reliability test 1" >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -8261,7 +8261,7 @@ int dummy;
+ int main () { return 0; }
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: long long reliability test 2" >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -8322,7 +8322,7 @@ int dummy;
+ int main () { return 0; }
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: freebsd hacked gcc" >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -8421,7 +8421,7 @@ main ()
+
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: mpn_lshift_com optimization" >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -8530,7 +8530,7 @@ main ()
+
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: mpn_lshift_com optimization 2" >&5
+-  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag conftest.c >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag $LDFLAGS conftest.c >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -8589,7 +8589,7 @@ int foo;
+ int bar () { return foo; }
+ EOF
+ tmp_got_emitted=no
+-gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag -fPIC -S conftest.c >&5 2>&1"
++gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag $LDFLAGS -fPIC -S conftest.c >&5 2>&1"
+ if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -8663,7 +8663,7 @@ cat >conftest.s <<\EOF
+ 	.byte	254, 220, 186, 152, 118, 84, 50, 16
+ EOF
+ tmp_got_good=yes
+-gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag -fPIC -o conftest.o -c conftest.s >&5 2>&1"
++gmp_compile="$cc $cflags $cppflags $flag $LDFLAGS -fPIC -o conftest.o -c conftest.s >&5 2>&1"
+ if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -9974,7 +9974,7 @@ main ()
+   return 0;
+ }
+ EOF
+-gmp_compile="$HOST_CC conftest.c"
++gmp_compile="$HOST_CC $LDFLAGS conftest.c"
+ cc_for_build_works=no
+ if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+@@ -10027,7 +10027,7 @@ else
+ fi
+
+ else
+-  for i in "$CC" "$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS" cc gcc c89 c99; do
++  for i in "$CC" "$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS" cc gcc c89 c99; do
+     { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking build system compiler $i" >&5
+ $as_echo_n "checking build system compiler $i... " >&6; }
+ # remove anything that might look like compiler output to our "||" expression
+@@ -10080,7 +10080,7 @@ else
+ #define FOO BAR
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: " >&5
+-  gmp_cxxcompile="$CXX $CPPFLAGS $CXXFLAGS conftest.cc >&5"
++  gmp_cxxcompile="$CXX $CPPFLAGS $CXXFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.cc >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_cxxcompile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_cxxcompile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -10570,7 +10570,7 @@ using namespace foo;
+ int main (void) { return 0; }
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: namespace" >&5
+-  gmp_cxxcompile="$CXX $CPPFLAGS $CXXFLAGS conftest.cc >&5"
++  gmp_cxxcompile="$CXX $CPPFLAGS $CXXFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.cc >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_cxxcompile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_cxxcompile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -10616,7 +10616,7 @@ void someoutput (void) { std::cout << 123; }
+ int main (void) { return 0; }
+ EOF
+   echo "Test compile: std iostream" >&5
+-  gmp_cxxcompile="$CXX $CPPFLAGS $CXXFLAGS conftest.cc >&5"
++  gmp_cxxcompile="$CXX $CPPFLAGS $CXXFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.cc >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_cxxcompile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_cxxcompile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -23651,7 +23651,7 @@ else
+   cat >conftest.c <<EOF
+ void *foo (int x) __attribute__ ((malloc));
+ EOF
+-gmp_compile="$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS -c conftest.c >conftest.out 2>&1"
++gmp_compile="$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS -c conftest.c >conftest.out 2>&1"
+ if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -24421,7 +24421,7 @@ int main(){
+   return 0;
+ }
+ EOF
+-gmp_compile="$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.c -o conftest$EXEEXT >&5 2>&1"
++gmp_compile="$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.c -o conftest$EXEEXT >&5 2>&1"
+ if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -25833,7 +25833,7 @@ else
+ cat >conftest.c <<EOF
+ int gurkmacka;
+ EOF
+-gmp_compile="$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS -c conftest.c >&5"
++gmp_compile="$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS -c conftest.c >&5"
+ if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -25914,7 +25914,7 @@ const int foo[] = {1,2,3};
+ EOF
+ echo "Test program:" >&5
+ cat conftest.c >&5
+-gmp_compile="$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS -S conftest.c >&5"
++gmp_compile="$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS -S conftest.c >&5"
+ if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -26580,7 +26580,7 @@ int *bar() { return &foo; }
+ EOF
+ echo "Test program:" >&5
+ cat conftest.c >&5
+-gmp_compile="$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS -S conftest.c >&5"
++gmp_compile="$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS -S conftest.c >&5"
+ if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+@@ -27031,7 +27031,7 @@ for tmp_underscore in "" "_"; do
+ ${tmp_gsym_prefix}main$gmp_cv_asm_label_suffix
+ 	addl	$ ${tmp_underscore}_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_, %ebx
+ EOF
+-  gmp_compile="$CCAS $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $lt_prog_compiler_pic conftest.s >&5 && $CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $lt_prog_compiler_pic conftest.$OBJEXT >&5"
++  gmp_compile="$CCAS $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $lt_prog_compiler_pic conftest.s >&5 && $CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $lt_prog_compiler_pic conftest.$OBJEXT >&5"
+   if { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$gmp_compile\""; } >&5
+   (eval $gmp_compile) 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 082077b..f43e1c1 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -2272,14 +2272,14 @@ for abi in $abilist; do
+           instrument) cflags="$cflags -finstrument-functions" ;;
+         esac
+
+-        GMP_PROG_CC_WORKS($cc $cflags $cppflags,,continue)
++        GMP_PROG_CC_WORKS($cc $cflags $cppflags $LDFLAGS,,continue)
+
+         # If we're supposed to be using a "long long" for a limb, check that
+         # it works.
+                                   eval limb_chosen=\"\$limb$abi1\"
+         test -n "$limb_chosen" || eval limb_chosen=\"\$limb$abi2\"
+         if test "$limb_chosen" = longlong; then
+-          GMP_PROG_CC_WORKS_LONGLONG($cc $cflags $cppflags,,continue)
++          GMP_PROG_CC_WORKS_LONGLONG($cc $cflags $cppflags $LDFLAGS,,continue)
+         fi
+
+         # The tests to perform on this $cc, if any
+@@ -2294,8 +2294,8 @@ for abi in $abilist; do
+           hpc-hppa-2-0)   GMP_HPC_HPPA_2_0($cc,,testlist_pass=no) ;;
+           gcc-arm-umodsi) GMP_GCC_ARM_UMODSI($cc,,testlist_pass=no) ;;
+           gcc-mips-o32)   GMP_GCC_MIPS_O32($cc,,testlist_pass=no) ;;
+-          hppa-level-2.0) GMP_HPPA_LEVEL_20($cc $cflags,,testlist_pass=no) ;;
+-          sizeof*)       GMP_C_TEST_SIZEOF($cc $cflags,$tst,,testlist_pass=no) ;;
++          hppa-level-2.0) GMP_HPPA_LEVEL_20($cc $cflags $LDFLAGS,,testlist_pass=no) ;;
++          sizeof*)       GMP_C_TEST_SIZEOF($cc $cflags $LDFLAGS,$tst,,testlist_pass=no) ;;
+           esac
+           if test $testlist_pass = no; then break; fi
+         done
+@@ -2415,8 +2415,8 @@ if test $found_compiler = yes; then
+             # pentium4 case.
+             #
+             if test "$abi" = 32; then
+-              GMP_GCC_PENTIUM4_SSE2($cc $cflags $cppflags,, continue)
+-              GMP_OS_X86_XMM($cc $cflags $cppflags,, continue)
++              GMP_GCC_PENTIUM4_SSE2($cc $cflags $cppflags $LDFLAGS,, continue)
++              GMP_OS_X86_XMM($cc $cflags $cppflags $LDFLAGS,, continue)
+             fi
+             ;;
+           -no-cpp-precomp)
+@@ -2429,19 +2429,19 @@ if test $found_compiler = yes; then
+           -Wa,-m*)
+             case $host in
+               alpha*-*-*)
+-                GMP_GCC_WA_MCPU($cc $cflags, $flag, , [continue])
++                GMP_GCC_WA_MCPU($cc $cflags $LDFLAGS, $flag, , [continue])
+               ;;
+             esac
+             ;;
+           -Wa,-oldas)
+-            GMP_GCC_WA_OLDAS($cc $cflags $cppflags,
++            GMP_GCC_WA_OLDAS($cc $cflags $cppflags $LDFLAGS,
+                              [cflags="$cflags $flag"
+                              break],
+                              [continue])
+             ;;
+         esac
+
+-        GMP_PROG_CC_WORKS($cc $cflags $cppflags $flag,
++        GMP_PROG_CC_WORKS($cc $cflags $cppflags $flag $LDFLAGS,
+           [cflags="$cflags $flag"
+           break])
+       done
diff --git a/depends/patches/native_libtapi/disable_zlib.patch b/depends/patches/native_libtapi/disable_zlib.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c7691214aa84..0000000000000
--- a/depends/patches/native_libtapi/disable_zlib.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-build: disable zlib
-
-This isn't needed, and causes issues when clang-tblgen
-is built, but trys to reach for a system libz.so.
-
-diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
-index e25d2f732..ec8422621 100755
---- a/build.sh
-+++ b/build.sh
-@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ cmake ../src/llvm \
-  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$INSTALLPREFIX \
-  -DTAPI_REPOSITORY_STRING=$TAPI_VERSION \
-  -DTAPI_FULL_VERSION=$TAPI_VERSION \
-+ -DLLVM_ENABLE_ZLIB=OFF \
-  $CMAKE_EXTRA_ARGS
- 
- echo ""
diff --git a/depends/patches/qt/mac-qmake.conf b/depends/patches/qt/mac-qmake.conf
index cb94bf07b42d8..a29db20004bbe 100644
--- a/depends/patches/qt/mac-qmake.conf
+++ b/depends/patches/qt/mac-qmake.conf
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ QMAKE_MAC_SDK.macosx.Path = $${MAC_SDK_PATH}
 QMAKE_MAC_SDK.macosx.platform_name = macosx
 QMAKE_MAC_SDK.macosx.SDKVersion = $${MAC_SDK_VERSION}
 QMAKE_MAC_SDK.macosx.PlatformPath = /phony
+QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -fuse-ld=lld
 !host_build: QMAKE_CFLAGS += -target $${MAC_TARGET}
 !host_build: QMAKE_OBJECTIVE_CFLAGS += $$QMAKE_CFLAGS
 !host_build: QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -target $${MAC_TARGET}
diff --git a/depends/patches/qt/no_warnings_for_symbols.patch b/depends/patches/qt/no_warnings_for_symbols.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..11cdc599ed3d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/depends/patches/qt/no_warnings_for_symbols.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/qtbase/mkspecs/features/mac/no_warn_empty_obj_files.prf
++++ b/qtbase/mkspecs/features/mac/no_warn_empty_obj_files.prf
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ # Prevent warnings about object files without any symbols. This is a common
+ # thing in Qt as we tend to build files unconditionally, and then use ifdefs
+ # to compile out parts that are not relevant.
+-QMAKE_RANLIB += -no_warning_for_no_symbols
++# QMAKE_RANLIB += -no_warning_for_no_symbols
+ 
+ # We have to tell 'ar' to not run ranlib by itself
+ QMAKE_AR += -S
diff --git a/doc/build-osx.md b/doc/build-osx.md
index 2c020c2670c6c..c532dc9648e2c 100644
--- a/doc/build-osx.md
+++ b/doc/build-osx.md
@@ -213,14 +213,8 @@ brew install python
 
 #### Deploy Dependencies
 
-You can deploy a `.dmg` containing the Dash Core application using `make deploy`.
-This command depends on a couple of python packages, so it is required that you have `python` installed.
-
-Ensuring that `python` is installed, you can install the deploy dependencies by running the following commands in your terminal:
-
-``` bash
-pip3 install ds_store mac_alias
-```
+You can deploy a `.zip` containing the Dash Core application using `make deploy`.
+It is required that you have `python` installed.
 
 ## Building Dash Core
 
@@ -289,7 +283,7 @@ make check  # Run tests if Python 3 is available
 
 ### 3. Deploy (optional)
 
-You can also create a  `.dmg` containing the `.app` bundle by running the following command:
+You can also create a  `.zip` containing the `.app` bundle by running the following command:
 
 ``` bash
 make deploy
diff --git a/doc/release-notes-6516.md b/doc/release-notes-6516.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2c9f50c29186c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/release-notes-6516.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Build Changes
+-------------
+
+The macOS distribution is no longer packaged in a disk image (DMG) and
+is now packaged in a ZIP archive.
diff --git a/doc/release-process.md b/doc/release-process.md
index 6089e43eab148..355ca16159fc6 100644
--- a/doc/release-process.md
+++ b/doc/release-process.md
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ git -C ./guix.sigs pull
 _Note: this step can be skipped if [our CI](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/ci/test/00_setup_env.sh#L64) still uses bitcoin's SDK package (see SDK_URL)_
 
 Create the macOS SDK tarball, see the [macOS build
-instructions](build-osx.md#deterministic-macos-dmg-notes) for
+instructions](build-osx.md#deterministic-macos-app-notes) for
 details.
 
 ### Build and attest to build outputs: