diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 6d698bc..c80190d 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ get_base_cmake_args() {
 -DLLVM_INCLUDE_BENCHMARKS=OFF
 -DLLVM_BUILD_DOCS=OFF
 -DLLVM_ENABLE_DOXYGEN=OFF
--DLLVM_INSTALL_UTILS=ON
+-DLLVM_INSTALL_UTILS=OFF
 -DLLVM_ENABLE_Z3_SOLVER=OFF
 -DLLVM_ENABLE_LIBEDIT=OFF
 -DLLVM_OPTIMIZED_TABLEGEN=ON
@@ -276,7 +276,10 @@ build_platform() {
     echo "Building $target..."
     local cores=$(get_cpu_cores)
     echo "Using $cores CPU cores for build"
-    ninja -j"$cores"
+
+    # Build only essential tools to significantly reduce build time
+    # LLGo currently only requires libLLVM.dylib for dynamic libraries, and this dylib will be built with the following targets
+    ninja -j"$cores" clang llvm-config llvm-ar llvm-nm lld
 
     # Install
     echo "Installing $target..."