diff --git a/src/dawn_native/BUILD.gn b/src/dawn_native/BUILD.gn
index 41f6d4ebe3..5d8a383f49 100644
--- a/src/dawn_native/BUILD.gn
+++ b/src/dawn_native/BUILD.gn
@@ -70,10 +70,7 @@ config("dawn_native_internal") {
 
 config("dawn_native_weak_framework") {
   if (is_mac && dawn_enable_metal) {
-    ldflags = [
-      "-weak_framework",
-      "Metal",
-    ]
+    weak_frameworks = [ "Metal.framework" ]
   }
 }
 
@@ -358,7 +355,7 @@ source_set("dawn_native_sources") {
   }
 
   if (dawn_enable_metal) {
-    libs += [
+    frameworks = [
       "Cocoa.framework",
       "IOKit.framework",
       "IOSurface.framework",
diff --git a/src/tests/BUILD.gn b/src/tests/BUILD.gn
index c2e0419abc..fa8e1b8b17 100644
--- a/src/tests/BUILD.gn
+++ b/src/tests/BUILD.gn
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ source_set("dawn_end2end_tests_sources") {
 
   if (dawn_enable_metal) {
     sources += [ "end2end/IOSurfaceWrappingTests.cpp" ]
-    libs += [ "IOSurface.framework" ]
+    frameworks = [ "IOSurface.framework" ]
   }
 
   if (dawn_enable_opengl) {
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ test("dawn_perf_tests") {
   }
 
   if (dawn_enable_metal) {
-    libs += [ "IOSurface.framework" ]
+    frameworks = [ "IOSurface.framework" ]
   }
 
   if (dawn_enable_opengl) {
diff --git a/src/utils/BUILD.gn b/src/utils/BUILD.gn
index be827d6630..a2c57c3e6e 100644
--- a/src/utils/BUILD.gn
+++ b/src/utils/BUILD.gn
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ static_library("dawn_utils") {
     "${dawn_shaderc_dir}:libshaderc",
   ]
   libs = []
+  frameworks = []
 
   if (is_win) {
     sources += [ "WindowsTimer.cpp" ]
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ static_library("dawn_utils") {
       "ObjCUtils.h",
       "ObjCUtils.mm",
     ]
-    libs += [ "QuartzCore.framework" ]
+    frameworks += [ "QuartzCore.framework" ]
   } else {
     sources += [ "PosixTimer.cpp" ]
   }
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ static_library("dawn_utils") {
 
     if (dawn_enable_metal) {
       sources += [ "GLFWUtils_metal.mm" ]
-      libs += [ "Metal.framework" ]
+      frameworks += [ "Metal.framework" ]
     }
   }
 
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ if (dawn_standalone) {
       "${dawn_root}/src/dawn_native",
     ]
     libs = []
+    frameworks = []
 
     if (dawn_enable_d3d12) {
       sources += [ "D3D12Binding.cpp" ]
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ if (dawn_standalone) {
 
     if (dawn_enable_metal) {
       sources += [ "MetalBinding.mm" ]
-      libs += [
+      frameworks += [
         "Metal.framework",
         "QuartzCore.framework",
       ]
diff --git a/third_party/gn/glfw/BUILD.gn b/third_party/gn/glfw/BUILD.gn
index a5a46412ac..ba2336fbd6 100644
--- a/third_party/gn/glfw/BUILD.gn
+++ b/third_party/gn/glfw/BUILD.gn
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static_library("glfw") {
       "${glfw_dir}/src/nsgl_context.h",
       "${glfw_dir}/src/nsgl_context.m",
     ]
-    libs += [
+    frameworks = [
       "Cocoa.framework",
       "IOKit.framework",
       "CoreFoundation.framework",