diff --git a/crates/gpui/build.rs b/crates/gpui/build.rs
index 1c87b391f693a3820f5c28642d2aebee30aa1bc7..060704291879b0c5dbcb7b3dd86554bb021b2e3b 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/build.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/build.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ mod macos {
             .header("src/platform/mac/dispatch.h")
             .allowlist_var("_dispatch_main_q")
             .allowlist_var("_dispatch_source_type_data_add")
-            .allowlist_var("DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT")
             .allowlist_var("DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_HIGH")
             .allowlist_var("DISPATCH_TIME_NOW")
             .allowlist_function("dispatch_get_global_queue")
diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/platform/mac/dispatcher.rs b/crates/gpui/src/platform/mac/dispatcher.rs
index 58375a7e48823679a3ca67f535c20a5d737f474d..d5ad010200164ae5e1ee349544f4dee8a0d29fd1 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/platform/mac/dispatcher.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/platform/mac/dispatcher.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ impl PlatformDispatcher for MacDispatcher {
     fn dispatch_after(&self, duration: Duration, runnable: Runnable) {
         unsafe {
             let queue =
-                dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT.try_into().unwrap(), 0);
+                dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_HIGH.try_into().unwrap(), 0);
             let when = dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW as u64, duration.as_nanos() as i64);
             dispatch_after_f(
                 when,