diff --git a/apollo-federation-types/src/config/version.rs b/apollo-federation-types/src/config/version.rs
index 199fd4b16..ff21d8bdd 100644
--- a/apollo-federation-types/src/config/version.rs
+++ b/apollo-federation-types/src/config/version.rs
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ impl FederationVersion {
             if self.is_latest() {
                 supports_arm = true;
             } else if let Some(exact) = self.get_exact() {
-                    // v2.7.3 is the earliest version published with aarch64 support for macOS
-                    supports_arm = exact.ge(&Version::parse("2.7.3").unwrap())
+                // v2.7.3 is the earliest version published with aarch64 support for macOS
+                supports_arm = exact.ge(&Version::parse("2.7.3").unwrap())
             }
         }
         supports_arm
diff --git a/harmonizer/build.rs b/harmonizer/build.rs
index 1d461b020..f2ad1bf67 100644
--- a/harmonizer/build.rs
+++ b/harmonizer/build.rs
@@ -198,6 +198,12 @@ fn get_underlying_composition_npm_module_version() -> Version {
     parsed_version
 }
 
+#[cfg(all(target_os = "macos", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
+fn create_snapshot(out_dir: &Path) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(all(target_os = "macos", target_arch = "x86_64")))]
 fn create_snapshot(out_dir: &Path) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     let options = RuntimeOptions {
         ..Default::default()
diff --git a/harmonizer/src/lib.rs b/harmonizer/src/lib.rs
index 3388443d5..cf30000de 100644
--- a/harmonizer/src/lib.rs
+++ b/harmonizer/src/lib.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ composition implementation while we work toward something else.
 #![forbid(unsafe_code)]
 #![deny(missing_debug_implementations, nonstandard_style)]
 #![warn(missing_docs, future_incompatible, unreachable_pub, rust_2018_idioms)]
-use deno_core::{JsRuntime, RuntimeOptions, Snapshot};
+#[cfg(not(all(target_os = "macos", target_arch = "x86_64")))]
+use deno_core::Snapshot;
+use deno_core::{JsRuntime, RuntimeOptions};
 
 mod js_types;
 
@@ -44,7 +46,6 @@ const APOLLO_HARMONIZER_EXPERIMENTAL_V8_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE_DEFAULT: &str = "256";
 // A reasonable default max limit for our deno heap.
 const APOLLO_HARMONIZER_EXPERIMENTAL_V8_MAX_HEAP_SIZE_DEFAULT: &str = "1400";
 
-
 /// The `harmonize` function receives a [`Vec<SubgraphDefinition>`] and invokes JavaScript
 /// composition on it, either returning the successful output, or a list of error messages.
 pub fn harmonize(subgraph_definitions: Vec<SubgraphDefinition>) -> BuildResult {
@@ -58,19 +59,15 @@ pub fn harmonize_limit(
     subgraph_definitions: Vec<SubgraphDefinition>,
     nodes_limit: Option<u32>,
 ) -> BuildResult {
-    // The snapshot is created in the build_harmonizer.rs script and included in our binary image
-    let buffer = include_bytes!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/composition.snap"));
-
-    let initial_heap_size =
-        std::env::var("APOLLO_HARMONIZER_EXPERIMENTAL_V8_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE").unwrap_or_else(|_e| {
+    let initial_heap_size = std::env::var("APOLLO_HARMONIZER_EXPERIMENTAL_V8_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE")
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_e| {
             APOLLO_HARMONIZER_EXPERIMENTAL_V8_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE_DEFAULT.to_string()
         });
 
     let max_heap_size_maybe = std::env::var("APOLLO_HARMONIZER_EXPERIMENTAL_V8_MAX_HEAP_SIZE").ok();
     let max_heap_size_provided = max_heap_size_maybe.is_some();
-    let max_heap_size = max_heap_size_maybe.unwrap_or_else(|| {
-            APOLLO_HARMONIZER_EXPERIMENTAL_V8_MAX_HEAP_SIZE_DEFAULT.to_string()
-        });
+    let max_heap_size = max_heap_size_maybe
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| APOLLO_HARMONIZER_EXPERIMENTAL_V8_MAX_HEAP_SIZE_DEFAULT.to_string());
 
     // The first flag is argv[0], so provide an ignorable value
     let flags = vec![
@@ -91,12 +88,36 @@ pub fn harmonize_limit(
         panic!("deno ignored these flags: {:?}", ignored);
     }
 
-    // Use our snapshot to provision our new runtime
-    let options = RuntimeOptions {
+    // The snapshot is created in the build_harmonizer.rs script and included in our binary image
+    #[cfg(not(all(target_os = "macos", target_arch = "x86_64")))]
+    let buffer = include_bytes!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/composition.snap"));
+
+    #[cfg(not(all(target_os = "macos", target_arch = "x86_64")))]
+    let mut runtime = JsRuntime::new(RuntimeOptions {
         startup_snapshot: Some(Snapshot::Static(buffer)),
         ..Default::default()
+    });
+
+    #[cfg(all(target_os = "macos", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
+    let mut runtime = {
+        let mut runtime = JsRuntime::new(RuntimeOptions {
+            ..Default::default()
+        });
+
+        // The runtime automatically contains a Deno.core object with several
+        // functions for interacting with it.
+        let runtime_str = include_str!("../bundled/runtime.js");
+        runtime
+            .execute_script("<init>", deno_core::FastString::Owned(runtime_str.into()))
+            .expect("unable to initialize router bridge runtime environment");
+
+        // Load the composition library.
+        let bridge_str = include_str!("../bundled/composition_bridge.js");
+        runtime
+            .execute_script("bridge.js", deno_core::FastString::Owned(bridge_str.into()))
+            .expect("unable to evaluate bridge module");
+        runtime
     };
-    let mut runtime = JsRuntime::new(options);
 
     // if max_heap_size was not set, we resize the heap every time
     // we approach the limit. This is a tradeoff as it might cause
diff --git a/router-bridge/src/js.rs b/router-bridge/src/js.rs
index 736580289..1341a2afd 100644
--- a/router-bridge/src/js.rs
+++ b/router-bridge/src/js.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 use crate::error::Error;
+#[cfg(not(all(target_os = "macos", target_arch = "x86_64")))]
+use deno_core::Snapshot;
 /// Wraps creating the Deno Js runtime collecting parameters and executing a script.
-use deno_core::{Extension, JsRuntime, RuntimeOptions, Snapshot};
+use deno_core::{Extension, JsRuntime, RuntimeOptions};
 use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 use serde::Serialize;