diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index eaa5ca1187..ceaac9a78e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ CMAKE_DEPENDENT_OPTION(ENABLE_DEDICATED_ROOM "Enable generating dedicated room e
 option(ENABLE_WEB_SERVICE "Enable web services (telemetry, etc.)" ON)
 option(ENABLE_SCRIPTING "Enable RPC server for scripting" ON)
 
-# TODO: cubeb currently causes issues on macOS, see: https://github.com/mozilla/cubeb/issues/771
-CMAKE_DEPENDENT_OPTION(ENABLE_CUBEB "Enables the cubeb audio backend" ON "NOT APPLE" OFF)
+CMAKE_DEPENDENT_OPTION(ENABLE_CUBEB "Enables the cubeb audio backend" ON "NOT IOS" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_OPENAL "Enables the OpenAL audio backend" ON)
 
 CMAKE_DEPENDENT_OPTION(ENABLE_LIBUSB "Enable libusb for GameCube Adapter support" ON "NOT IOS" OFF)
diff --git a/externals/cubeb b/externals/cubeb
index 48689ae7a7..799e775484 160000
--- a/externals/cubeb
+++ b/externals/cubeb
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 48689ae7a73caeb747953f9ed664dc71d2f918d8
+Subproject commit 799e775484b8fce7e986ee7a4f4b651fec2bca07