diff --git a/Formula/s/sile.rb b/Formula/s/sile.rb
index 2b2bba4969e35..a0a6b2c00b072 100644
--- a/Formula/s/sile.rb
+++ b/Formula/s/sile.rb
@@ -15,15 +15,12 @@ class Sile < Formula
     sha256 cellar: :any_skip_relocation, x86_64_linux:  "dbd247ab127cc9f68e3f25e4404974e1ec87e074af1210fb19240bde79dd4ff1"
   end
 
-  head do
-    url "https://github.com/sile-typesetter/sile.git", branch: "master"
-
-    depends_on "autoconf" => :build
-    depends_on "automake" => :build
-    depends_on "libtool" => :build
-  end
+  url "https://github.com/sile-typesetter/sile.git", branch: "master" if build.head?
 
+  depends_on "autoconf" => :build
+  depends_on "automake" => :build
   depends_on "jq" => :build
+  depends_on "libtool" => :build
   depends_on "pkgconf" => :build
   depends_on "poppler" => :build
   depends_on "rust" => :build
@@ -143,8 +140,6 @@ class Sile < Formula
   end
 
   def install
-    # Workaround upstream darwin detection not picking up on e.g. aarch64-apple-darwin22.6.0
-    inreplace "configure", "darwin*", "*darwin*" if build.stable?
 
     lua = Formula["luajit"]
     luaversion = "5.1"
@@ -195,7 +190,11 @@ def install
     ]
 
     system "./bootstrap.sh" if build.head?
+    # Workaround Darwin detection *results* being baked in the generated Makefile in the tarball
+    system "autoreconf", "-fiv" if build.stable?
     system "./configure", *configure_args, *std_configure_args
+    system "grep", "-R", "SHARED_LIB_EXT"
+    system "grep", "-R", "librusile"
     system "make"
     system "make", "install"
   end