diff --git a/ci-scripts/osx/travis-install.sh b/ci-scripts/osx/travis-install.sh
index 07a72a4e..0fe7be5d 100755
--- a/ci-scripts/osx/travis-install.sh
+++ b/ci-scripts/osx/travis-install.sh
@@ -5,4 +5,12 @@ brew tap tcr/tcr
 brew install clang-format
 # from Homebrew 1.6.0 the old formula for obtaining Qt5.9.2 becomes invalid.
 # so we start to use the latest version of Qt. (#1910)
-brew install qt
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+brew install qt
+# temp workaround to brew installed glew cmake info overriding glew lib detection
+# which causes compiling issues later
+if [ -L /usr/local/lib/cmake/glew ]
+then
+   echo "Symbolic link '/usr/local/lib/cmake/glew' detected. Removing to avoid glew lib detection issue!"
+   ls -l /usr/local/lib/cmake/glew
+   rm /usr/local/lib/cmake/glew
+fi