diff --git a/lib/entry-points.js b/lib/entry-points.js
index e025efbdd..50b1cb5f9 100644
--- a/lib/entry-points.js
+++ b/lib/entry-points.js
@@ -194001,6 +194001,7 @@ async function checkRunnerSupportsTracedAnalysis(action, config, codeql) {
       "macOS",
       version
     );
+    return;
   }
   const xcodeVer = xcodeVersion(action.logger);
   if (xcodeVer !== void 0 && xcodeVer.major >= UNSUPPORTED_XCODE_FOR_TRACED) {
diff --git a/src/languages/traced.ts b/src/languages/traced.ts
index 85f9ddc1b..35347a0c5 100644
--- a/src/languages/traced.ts
+++ b/src/languages/traced.ts
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ export async function checkRunnerSupportsTracedAnalysis(
       "macOS",
       version,
     );
+
+    // Return early so that we don't end up producing more-or-less the same log message/diagnostic
+    // twice. The ones for macOS already comment on the Xcode requirement.
+    return;
   }
 
   // Determining whether the Xcode version is supported only makes sense on macOS, so we only do it