diff --git a/src/setup-python.ts b/src/setup-python.ts
index 3252213f0..69d8125bf 100644
--- a/src/setup-python.ts
+++ b/src/setup-python.ts
@@ -61,15 +61,21 @@ function resolveVersionInput(): string {
 }
 
 async function run() {
-  // When setting AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY, the actions/tool-cache function find
-  // is not able to find the files cached by actions/python-version.
-  if (process.env.AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY?.trim() && !IS_MAC) {
+  if (!process.env.AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY?.trim() && IS_MAC) {
+    process.env['AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY'] = '/Users/runner/hostedtoolcache';
+  }
+  
+  if (process.env.AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY?.trim()){
     process.env['RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE'] = process.env['AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY'];
-  } else if (process.env.AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY?.trim() && IS_MAC) {
-    process.env['AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY'] = process.env['RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE'];
-    core.warning(
-      'AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY is not valid for MacOS as shared libraries are configured with a fixed path.'
-    );
+  }
+
+  core.debug(
+    `Python is expected to be installed into ${
+      process.env.AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY?.trim()
+        ? process.env['AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY']
+        : process.env['RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE']
+    }`
+  );
   }
   core.debug(
     `Python is expected to be installed into RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE=${process.env['RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE']}`