diff --git a/mediahive/winmain.py b/mediahive/winmain.py
index 9b0d55e..c05fb41 100644
--- a/mediahive/winmain.py
+++ b/mediahive/winmain.py
@@ -1076,9 +1076,7 @@ def _icon_path() -> str | None:
 
 
 def _webview_start_kwargs() -> dict[str, str]:
-    """Return platform-specific pywebview startup kwargs."""
-    if sys.platform == "darwin":
-        return {"gui": "qt"}
+    """Return platform-specific pywebview startup kwargs (none: default backend)."""
     return {}
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6744a9a..5b2f876 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -51,12 +51,9 @@ parse-torrent-title = { git = "https://github.com/platelminto/parse-torrent-titl
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 gui = [
-    "pywebview[qt]>=6.2.1; platform_system != 'Windows'",
-    "pywebview>=6.2.1; platform_system == 'Windows'",
+    "pywebview[qt]>=6.2.1; platform_system == 'Linux'",
+    "pywebview>=6.2.1; platform_system != 'Linux'",
     "velopack>=1.2",
-    "qtpy>=2.4.1; platform_system == 'Darwin'",
-    # macOS Qt backend (bundled modern Chromium); PyQt6-WebEngine pulls PyQt6
-    "PyQt6-WebEngine>=6.7.0; platform_system == 'Darwin'",
     "pythonnet>=3.1.0rc0; platform_system == 'Windows' and python_version >= '3.14'",
     "pyinstaller>=6.0",
 ]
diff --git a/scripts/MediaHive.spec b/scripts/MediaHive.spec
index 01bc923..d5db9e3 100644
--- a/scripts/MediaHive.spec
+++ b/scripts/MediaHive.spec
@@ -82,21 +82,6 @@ _hiddenimports = [
     "tomli_w",
 ]
 
-if sys.platform == "darwin":
-    _hiddenimports.extend(
-        [
-            # pywebview Qt backend selected dynamically via webview.start(gui="qt")
-            "webview.platforms.qt",
-            "qtpy",
-            "PyQt6",
-            "PyQt6.QtCore",
-            "PyQt6.QtGui",
-            "PyQt6.QtWidgets",
-            "PyQt6.QtWebEngineCore",
-            "PyQt6.QtWebEngineWidgets",
-        ]
-    )
-
 a = Analysis(
     [mediahive.winmain.__file__],
     pathex=[],