diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 673a0d0a5..28dcfad0b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ matrix:
     - compiler: ": No wallet"
       env: HOST=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu DEP_OPTS="NO_WALLET=1" RUN_TESTS=true GOAL="install" BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-glibc-back-compat --enable-reduce-exports"
     - compiler: ": Cross-Mac"
-      env: HOST=x86_64-apple-darwin11 PACKAGES="cmake imagemagick libcap-dev libz-dev libbz2-dev libffi-dev libtiff-tools python-dev python-pip" BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-reduce-exports" OSX_SDK=10.9 GOAL="deploy"
+      env: HOST=x86_64-apple-darwin11 PACKAGES="cmake imagemagick libcap-dev librsvg2-bin libz-dev libbz2-dev libtiff-tools python-dev python-pip" BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-reduce-exports" OSX_SDK=10.9 GOAL="deploy"
   exclude:
     - compiler: gcc
 install:
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ install:
     - if [ -n "$PPA" ]; then travis_retry sudo add-apt-repository "$PPA" -y; fi
     - if [ -n "$PACKAGES" ]; then travis_retry sudo apt-get update; fi
     - if [ -n "$PACKAGES" ]; then travis_retry sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends --no-upgrade -qq $PACKAGES; fi
-    - if [[ "$HOST" =~ apple ]]; then pip install --user cairosvg mac_alias ds_store; export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"; ( wget 'https://bitbucket.org/al45tair/ds_store/get/c80c23706eae.tar.gz' && tar -xzvpf c80c23706eae.tar.gz && cd al45tair-ds_store-c80c23706eae/ && python setup.py install --user; ) fi
+    - if [[ "$HOST" =~ apple ]]; then pip install --user mac_alias ds_store; export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"; ( wget 'https://bitbucket.org/al45tair/ds_store/get/c80c23706eae.tar.gz' && tar -xzvpf c80c23706eae.tar.gz && cd al45tair-ds_store-c80c23706eae/ && python setup.py install --user; ) fi
 before_script:
     - unset CC; unset CXX
     - mkdir -p depends/SDKs depends/sdk-sources
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index f9fca357c..452278497 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ $(OSX_DMG): $(APP_DIST_EXTRAS)
 	$(GENISOIMAGE) -no-cache-inodes -D -l -probe -V "$(OSX_VOLNAME)" -no-pad -r -dir-mode 0755 -apple -o $@ dist
 
 dpi%.$(OSX_BACKGROUND_IMAGE): contrib/macdeploy/$(OSX_BACKGROUND_SVG)
-	sed 's/PACKAGE_NAME/$(PACKAGE_NAME)/' < "$<" | $(CAIROSVG) -fpng -d$* - | $(IMAGEMAGICK_CONVERT) - $@
+	sed 's/PACKAGE_NAME/$(PACKAGE_NAME)/' < "$<" | $(RSVG_CONVERT) -f png -d $* -p $* | $(IMAGEMAGICK_CONVERT) - $@
 OSX_BACKGROUND_IMAGE_DPIFILES := $(foreach dpi,$(OSX_BACKGROUND_IMAGE_DPIS),dpi$(dpi).$(OSX_BACKGROUND_IMAGE))
 $(APP_DIST_DIR)/.background/$(OSX_BACKGROUND_IMAGE): $(OSX_BACKGROUND_IMAGE_DPIFILES)
 	$(MKDIR_P) $(@D)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 732f550be..b555b11ff 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ case $host in
            AC_PATH_TOOL([INSTALLNAMETOOL], [install_name_tool], install_name_tool)
            AC_PATH_TOOL([OTOOL], [otool], otool)
            AC_PATH_PROGS([GENISOIMAGE], [genisoimage mkisofs],genisoimage)
-           AC_PATH_PROGS([CAIROSVG], [cairosvg cairosvg-py3 cairosvg-py2],cairosvg)
+           AC_PATH_PROGS([RSVG_CONVERT], [rsvg-convert rsvg],rsvg-convert)
            AC_PATH_PROGS([IMAGEMAGICK_CONVERT], [convert],convert)
            AC_PATH_PROGS([TIFFCP], [tiffcp],tiffcp)
 
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
index 13dbe890c..f7b68739e 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ packages:
 - "git-core"
 - "pkg-config"
 - "autoconf"
-- "libffi-dev"
+- "librsvg2-bin"
 - "libtiff-tools"
 - "libtool"
 - "automake"
@@ -19,10 +19,8 @@ packages:
 - "cmake"
 - "imagemagick"
 - "libcap-dev"
-- "libxslt-dev"
 - "libz-dev"
 - "libbz2-dev"
-- "python-cairo"
 - "python-dev"
 - "python-pip"
 - "fonts-tuffy"
@@ -34,7 +32,7 @@ files:
 - "MacOSX10.9.sdk.tar.gz"
 script: |
   # FIXME: We should probably install these in some other (cachable) way, but the depends system doesn't appear to make native packages available to Core's build system itself?
-  pip install --user mac_alias ds_store cairosvg cssselect tinycss lxml
+  pip install --user mac_alias ds_store
   export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
 
   WRAP_DIR=$HOME/wrapped