diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index a8f1f26d3..6446e2d42 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build Sysroot
         if: steps.cache-sysroot.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' || github.event.inputs.rebuild_sysroot == 'true'
         run: ./scripts/build_dependencies.sh -p ${{ matrix.platform }} -a ${{ matrix.arch }}
+        env:
+          NCPU: ${{ matrix.platform == 'ios-tci' && '1' || '0' }} # limit 1 CPU for TCI build due to memory issues, 0 = unlimited for other builds
       - name: Compress Sysroot
         if: steps.cache-sysroot.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' || github.event_name == 'release' || github.event.inputs.test_release == 'true'
         run: tar -acf sysroot.tgz sysroot*
diff --git a/patches/qemu-7.0.0-utm.patch b/patches/qemu-7.0.0-utm.patch
index b7b3dc489..fb86c0fca 100644
--- a/patches/qemu-7.0.0-utm.patch
+++ b/patches/qemu-7.0.0-utm.patch
@@ -594,70 +594,3 @@ index e139f7115e1f..765892f84f1c 100644
          qemu_console_get_height(s, -1) == height) {
          return;
      }
-From 7f65c39e6865763cb8a614a8903b25f23a9a8683 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: osy <50960678+osy@users.noreply.github.com>
-Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2022 14:07:10 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH] tcg-tcti: fix memory usage issues with clang build
-
-Build with -O0 to avoid blowing up the memory during build.
----
- meson.build     | 12 ++++++++++++
- tcg/meson.build |  8 +++++++-
- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
-index d66b73d009..b144789c5e 100644
---- a/meson.build
-+++ b/meson.build
-@@ -2649,6 +2649,7 @@ qom_ss = ss.source_set()
- softmmu_ss = ss.source_set()
- specific_fuzz_ss = ss.source_set()
- specific_ss = ss.source_set()
-+specific_nooptimize_ss = ss.source_set()
- stub_ss = ss.source_set()
- trace_ss = ss.source_set()
- user_ss = ss.source_set()
-@@ -3217,6 +3218,17 @@ foreach target : target_dirs
-   arch_srcs += target_specific.sources()
-   arch_deps += target_specific.dependencies()
- 
-+  nooptimize_ss = specific_nooptimize_ss.apply(config_target, strict: false)
-+  if nooptimize_ss.sources().length() > 0
-+    libnooptimize = static_library('qemu-' + target + '-nooptimize',
-+                                   sources: genh + nooptimize_ss.sources(),
-+                                   include_directories: target_inc,
-+                                   dependencies: nooptimize_ss.dependencies(),
-+                                   c_args: c_args + '-O0')
-+    nooptimize = declare_dependency(link_whole: libnooptimize)
-+    arch_deps += nooptimize
-+  endif
-+
-   if config_all.has_key('CONFIG_SHARED_LIBRARY_BUILD')
-     build_lib_args = {
-       'target_type': 'shared_library',
-diff --git a/tcg/meson.build b/tcg/meson.build
-index c4c63b19d4..16c226e114 100644
---- a/tcg/meson.build
-+++ b/tcg/meson.build
-@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ tcg_ss = ss.source_set()
- tcg_ss.add(files(
-   'optimize.c',
-   'region.c',
--  'tcg.c',
-   'tcg-common.c',
-   'tcg-op.c',
-   'tcg-op-gvec.c',
-@@ -18,3 +17,10 @@ if get_option('tcg_interpreter')
- endif
- 
- specific_ss.add_all(when: 'CONFIG_TCG', if_true: tcg_ss)
-+
-+# TCTI requires -O0 or otherwise clang memory usage blows up
-+if get_option('tcg_threaded_interpreter')
-+  specific_nooptimize_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_TCG', if_true: files('tcg.c'))
-+else
-+  specific_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_TCG', if_true: files('tcg.c'))
-+endif
--- 
-2.28.0
-