diff --git a/nix/devShell.nix b/nix/devShell.nix
index df08fc204..d1df9fefa 100644
--- a/nix/devShell.nix
+++ b/nix/devShell.nix
@@ -227,8 +227,22 @@ in
         unset SDKROOT
         unset DEVELOPER_DIR
 
+        # AFL++ needs to use the Homebrew/system Apple toolchain directly.
+        # The Nix compiler wrapper variables leak a Nix linker into afl-cc,
+        # which breaks even trivial fuzz harness links on macOS.
+        unset NIX_CC
+        unset NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE
+        unset NIX_LDFLAGS
+        unset LD
+        unset CC
+        unset CXX
+        unset CFLAGS
+        unset CPPFLAGS
+        unset LDFLAGS
+
         # We need to remove "xcrun" from the PATH. It is injected by
         # some dependency but we need to rely on system Xcode tools
         export PATH=$(echo "$PATH" | awk -v RS=: -v ORS=: '$0 !~ /xcrun/ || $0 == "/usr/bin" {print}' | sed 's/:$//')
+        export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/llvm/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/usr/local/opt/llvm/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:$PATH"
       '');
   }
diff --git a/pkg/afl++/build.zig b/pkg/afl++/build.zig
index 9de3ad01e..9f6f70e96 100644
--- a/pkg/afl++/build.zig
+++ b/pkg/afl++/build.zig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const std = @import("std");
+const builtin = @import("builtin");
 
 /// Creates a build step that produces an AFL++-instrumented fuzzing
 /// executable.
@@ -23,6 +24,12 @@ pub fn addInstrumentedExe(
             @panic("Could not find 'afl-cc', which is required to build"),
         "-O3",
     });
+    if (builtin.target.os.tag.isDarwin()) {
+        // Apple's newer ld asserts on the custom section names emitted by
+        // AFL's LLVM instrumentation when linking our Zig-produced bitcode.
+        // lld links the same inputs without issue.
+        afl_cc.addArg("-fuse-ld=lld");
+    }
     afl_cc.addArg("-o");
     const fuzz_exe = afl_cc.addOutputFileArg(obj.name);
     afl_cc.addFileArg(pkg.path("afl.c"));
diff --git a/test/fuzz-libghostty/build.zig b/test/fuzz-libghostty/build.zig
index ec73c39c9..88d748a68 100644
--- a/test/fuzz-libghostty/build.zig
+++ b/test/fuzz-libghostty/build.zig
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ const fuzzers: []const Fuzzer = &.{
 };
 
 pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
-    const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
+    // Resolve a "generic" host target so the emitted LLVM bitcode does not
+    // contain native CPU features (e.g. +zcm, +zcz) that the LLVM version
+    // bundled with afl-cc may not recognise, which would produce warnings.
+    const target = b.resolveTargetQuery(.{});
     const optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{});
 
     const ghostty_dep = b.lazyDependency("ghostty", .{