diff --git a/.scripts/run_osx_build.sh b/.scripts/run_osx_build.sh
index 361edeb2c..bac7141a9 100755
--- a/.scripts/run_osx_build.sh
+++ b/.scripts/run_osx_build.sh
@@ -63,6 +63,25 @@ if [[ "${sha:-}" == "" ]]; then
   sha=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 fi
 
+if [[ "${OSX_SDK_DIR:-}" == "" ]]; then
+  if [[ "${CI:-}" == "" ]]; then
+    echo "Please set OSX_SDK_DIR to a directory where SDKs can be downloaded to. Aborting"
+    exit 1
+  else
+    export OSX_SDK_DIR=/opt/conda-sdks
+    /usr/bin/sudo mkdir -p "${OSX_SDK_DIR}"
+    /usr/bin/sudo chown "${USER}" "${OSX_SDK_DIR}"
+  fi
+else
+  if tmpf=$(mktemp -p "$OSX_SDK_DIR" tmp.XXXXXXXX 2>/dev/null); then
+      rm -f "$tmpf"
+      echo "OSX_SDK_DIR is writeable without sudo, continuing"
+  else
+      echo "User-provided OSX_SDK_DIR is not writeable for current user! Aborting"
+      exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
 echo -e "\n\nRunning the build setup script."
 source run_conda_forge_build_setup
 
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index eff4ad66b..438c19be3 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ stages:
   jobs:
     - job: Skip
       pool:
-        vmImage: 'ubuntu-22.04'
+        vmImage: 'ubuntu-latest'
       variables:
         DECODE_PERCENTS: 'false'
         RET: 'true'
diff --git a/recipe/build_base.bat b/recipe/build_base.bat
index 59471bcac..708fe3906 100644
--- a/recipe/build_base.bat
+++ b/recipe/build_base.bat
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ if "%PY_FREETHREADING%" == "yes" (
   set "EXE_T="
 )
 
-:: AP doesn't support PGO atm?
-set PGO=
-
 cd PCbuild
 
 :: Twice because:
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 17b8d6e7b..40d3c848d 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {% set ver2 = '.'.join(version.split('.')[0:2]) %}
 {% set ver2nd = ''.join(version.split('.')[0:2]) %}
 {% set ver3nd = ''.join(version.split('.')[0:3]) %}
-{% set build_number = 1 %}
+{% set build_number = 2 %}
 
 # this makes the linter happy
 {% set channel_targets = channel_targets or 'conda-forge main' %}