diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 70a49d1..0000000
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "cmake.sourceDirectory": "${workspaceFolder}/toonz/sources"
-}
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diff --git a/doc/how_to_build_macosx.md b/doc/how_to_build_macosx.md
index a47d04e..b383662 100644
--- a/doc/how_to_build_macosx.md
+++ b/doc/how_to_build_macosx.md
@@ -63,14 +63,6 @@ $ cd ../tiff-4.0.3
 $ ./configure && make
 ```
 
-If you install libtiff through brew before, linker tool couses fail. In order to solve this problem use install_name_tool.
-```
-$ cd opentoonz/thirdparty/tiff-4.0.3/libtiff/.libs/
-$ install_name_tool -id $PWD/libtiff.5.dylib libtiff.5.dylib
- 
-```
-
-
 If you downloaded and installed boost from https://boost.org instead of homebrew, move the package under `thirdparty/boost` as follows: 
 ```
 $ cd thirdparty/boost
diff --git a/toonz/cmake/FindTIFF.cmake b/toonz/cmake/FindTIFF.cmake
index 700b3e8..b3db5fa 100644
--- a/toonz/cmake/FindTIFF.cmake
+++ b/toonz/cmake/FindTIFF.cmake
@@ -19,15 +19,14 @@ endif()
 find_library(
     TIFF_LIBRARY
     NAMES
-        # libtiff.a 
-        # use shared library instead of static
-        libtiff.dylib
+        libtiff.a
     HINTS
         ${SDKROOT}
     PATH_SUFFIXES
         tiff-4.0.3/libtiff/.libs
     NO_DEFAULT_PATH
 )
+
 message("***** libtiff Header path:" ${TIFF_INCLUDE_DIR})
 message("***** libtiff Library path:" ${TIFF_LIBRARY})
 
@@ -44,4 +43,4 @@ endif()
 mark_as_advanced(
     TIFF_LIBRARY
     TIFF_INCLUDE_DIR
-)
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+)