diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3680136d89f..60af69e0fc4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ jobs:
               SCRIPT: "./x.py dist bootstrap --include-default-paths --host=x86_64-apple-darwin --target=x86_64-apple-darwin"
               RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS: "--enable-full-tools --enable-sanitizers --enable-profiler --set rust.jemalloc --set llvm.ninja=false --set rust.lto=thin"
               RUSTC_RETRY_LINKER_ON_SEGFAULT: 1
-              MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.7
+              MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.12
               SELECT_XCODE: /Applications/Xcode_13.4.1.app
               NO_LLVM_ASSERTIONS: 1
               NO_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS: 1
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ jobs:
               SCRIPT: "./x.py dist bootstrap --include-default-paths --host='' --target=aarch64-apple-ios,x86_64-apple-ios,aarch64-apple-ios-sim"
               RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS: "--enable-sanitizers --enable-profiler --set rust.jemalloc --set llvm.ninja=false"
               RUSTC_RETRY_LINKER_ON_SEGFAULT: 1
-              MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.7
+              MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.12
               SELECT_XCODE: /Applications/Xcode_13.4.1.app
               NO_LLVM_ASSERTIONS: 1
               NO_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS: 1
@@ -328,8 +328,8 @@ jobs:
               SCRIPT: "./x.py --stage 2 test --skip tests/ui --skip tests/rustdoc --skip tests/run-make-fulldeps"
               RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS: "--build=x86_64-apple-darwin --enable-sanitizers --enable-profiler --set rust.jemalloc --set llvm.ninja=false"
               RUSTC_RETRY_LINKER_ON_SEGFAULT: 1
-              MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.8
-              MACOSX_STD_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.7
+              MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.12
+              MACOSX_STD_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.12
               NO_LLVM_ASSERTIONS: 1
               NO_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS: 1
               NO_OVERFLOW_CHECKS: 1
@@ -339,8 +339,8 @@ jobs:
               SCRIPT: "./x.py --stage 2 test tests/ui tests/rustdoc tests/run-make-fulldeps"
               RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS: "--build=x86_64-apple-darwin --enable-sanitizers --enable-profiler --set rust.jemalloc --set llvm.ninja=false"
               RUSTC_RETRY_LINKER_ON_SEGFAULT: 1
-              MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.8
-              MACOSX_STD_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.7
+              MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.12
+              MACOSX_STD_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.12
               NO_LLVM_ASSERTIONS: 1
               NO_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS: 1
               NO_OVERFLOW_CHECKS: 1
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/apple_base.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/apple_base.rs
index f7dcec307dd..4a046fe5b64 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/apple_base.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/apple_base.rs
@@ -67,13 +67,16 @@ impl Arch {
             Armv7s => "cortex-a9",
             Arm64 => "apple-a7",
             Arm64_32 => "apple-s4",
-            I386 | I686 => "yonah",
-            X86_64 | X86_64_sim => "core2",
+            // Only macOS 10.12+ is supported, which means
+            // all x86_64/x86 CPUs must be running at least penryn
+            // https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/01f924d0e37a5deae51df0d77e10a15b63aa0c0f/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Arch/X86.cpp#L79-L82
+            I386 | I686 => "penryn",
+            X86_64 | X86_64_sim => "penryn",
+            X86_64_macabi => "penryn",
             // Note: `core-avx2` is slightly more advanced than `x86_64h`, see
             // comments (and disabled features) in `x86_64h_apple_darwin` for
-            // details.
+            // details. It is a higher baseline then `penryn` however.
             X86_64h => "core-avx2",
-            X86_64_macabi => "core2",
             Arm64_macabi => "apple-a12",
             Arm64_sim => "apple-a12",
         }
@@ -115,20 +118,8 @@ fn pre_link_args(os: &'static str, arch: Arch, abi: &'static str) -> LinkArgs {
 }
 
 pub fn opts(os: &'static str, arch: Arch) -> TargetOptions {
-    // Static TLS is only available in macOS 10.7+. If you try to compile for 10.6
-    // either the linker will complain if it is used or the binary will end up
-    // segfaulting at runtime when run on 10.6. Rust by default supports macOS
-    // 10.7+, but there is a standard environment variable,
-    // MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET, which is used to signal targeting older
-    // versions of macOS. For example compiling on 10.10 with
-    // MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET set to 10.6 will cause the linker to generate
-    // warnings about the usage of static TLS.
-    //
-    // Here we detect what version is being requested, defaulting to 10.7. Static
-    // TLS is flagged as enabled if it looks to be supported. The architecture
-    // only matters for default deployment target which is 11.0 for ARM64 and
-    // 10.7 for everything else.
-    let has_thread_local = os == "macos" && macos_deployment_target(Arch::X86_64) >= (10, 7);
+    // TODO: iOS 10+ always has TLS too.
+    let has_thread_local = os == "macos";
 
     let abi = arch.target_abi();
 
@@ -239,9 +230,7 @@ fn macos_default_deployment_target(arch: Arch) -> (u32, u32) {
     match arch {
         // Note: Arm64_sim is not included since macOS has no simulator.
         Arm64 | Arm64_macabi => (11, 0),
-        // x86_64h-apple-darwin only supports macOS 10.8 and later
-        X86_64h => (10, 8),
-        _ => (10, 7),
+        _ => (10, 12),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/x86_64_apple_darwin.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/x86_64_apple_darwin.rs
index e90bda9c9a8..e3f5d7321d1 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/x86_64_apple_darwin.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/x86_64_apple_darwin.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use crate::spec::{StackProbeType, Target, TargetOptions};
 pub fn target() -> Target {
     let arch = Arch::X86_64;
     let mut base = opts("macos", arch);
-    base.max_atomic_width = Some(128); // core2 supports cmpxchg16b
+    base.max_atomic_width = Some(128); // penryn+ supports cmpxchg16b
     base.frame_pointer = FramePointer::Always;
     base.add_pre_link_args(LinkerFlavor::Darwin(Cc::Yes, Lld::No), &["-m64"]);
     base.stack_probes = StackProbeType::X86;
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/unix/thread_parking/darwin.rs b/library/std/src/sys/unix/thread_parking/darwin.rs
index b709fada3b4..8231f3cba2d 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/unix/thread_parking/darwin.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/unix/thread_parking/darwin.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 //!
 //! Darwin actually has futex syscalls (`__ulock_wait`/`__ulock_wake`), but they
 //! cannot be used in `std` because they are non-public (their use will lead to
-//! rejection from the App Store) and because they are only available starting
-//! with macOS version 10.12, even though the minimum target version is 10.7.
+//! rejection from the App Store).
 //!
 //! Therefore, we need to look for other synchronization primitives. Luckily, Darwin
 //! supports semaphores, which allow us to implement the behaviour we need with
diff --git a/src/ci/github-actions/ci.yml b/src/ci/github-actions/ci.yml
index 89b82d59d31..0271855087b 100644
--- a/src/ci/github-actions/ci.yml
+++ b/src/ci/github-actions/ci.yml
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ jobs:
               SCRIPT: ./x.py dist bootstrap --include-default-paths --host=x86_64-apple-darwin --target=x86_64-apple-darwin
               RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS: --enable-full-tools --enable-sanitizers --enable-profiler --set rust.jemalloc --set llvm.ninja=false --set rust.lto=thin
               RUSTC_RETRY_LINKER_ON_SEGFAULT: 1
-              MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.7
+              MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.12
               SELECT_XCODE: /Applications/Xcode_13.4.1.app
               NO_LLVM_ASSERTIONS: 1
               NO_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS: 1
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ jobs:
               SCRIPT: ./x.py dist bootstrap --include-default-paths --host='' --target=aarch64-apple-ios,x86_64-apple-ios,aarch64-apple-ios-sim
               RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS: --enable-sanitizers --enable-profiler --set rust.jemalloc --set llvm.ninja=false
               RUSTC_RETRY_LINKER_ON_SEGFAULT: 1
-              MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.7
+              MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.12
               SELECT_XCODE: /Applications/Xcode_13.4.1.app
               NO_LLVM_ASSERTIONS: 1
               NO_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS: 1
@@ -509,8 +509,8 @@ jobs:
               SCRIPT: ./x.py --stage 2 test --skip tests/ui --skip tests/rustdoc --skip tests/run-make-fulldeps
               RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS: --build=x86_64-apple-darwin --enable-sanitizers --enable-profiler --set rust.jemalloc --set llvm.ninja=false
               RUSTC_RETRY_LINKER_ON_SEGFAULT: 1
-              MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.8
-              MACOSX_STD_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.7
+              MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.12
+              MACOSX_STD_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.12
               NO_LLVM_ASSERTIONS: 1
               NO_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS: 1
               NO_OVERFLOW_CHECKS: 1
diff --git a/src/doc/rustc/src/platform-support.md b/src/doc/rustc/src/platform-support.md
index 2cb0a8f3c17..2f2a4f44feb 100644
--- a/src/doc/rustc/src/platform-support.md
+++ b/src/doc/rustc/src/platform-support.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ target | notes
 `i686-pc-windows-gnu` | 32-bit MinGW (Windows 7+) [^windows-support]
 `i686-pc-windows-msvc` | 32-bit MSVC (Windows 7+) [^windows-support]
 `i686-unknown-linux-gnu` | 32-bit Linux (kernel 3.2+, glibc 2.17+)
-`x86_64-apple-darwin` | 64-bit macOS (10.7+, Lion+)
+`x86_64-apple-darwin` | 64-bit macOS (10.12+, Sierra+)
 `x86_64-pc-windows-gnu` | 64-bit MinGW (Windows 7+) [^windows-support]
 `x86_64-pc-windows-msvc` | 64-bit MSVC (Windows 7+) [^windows-support]
 `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu` | 64-bit Linux (kernel 3.2+, glibc 2.17+)
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ target | std | host | notes
 `hexagon-unknown-linux-musl` | ? |  |
 `i386-apple-ios` | ✓ |  | 32-bit x86 iOS
 [`i586-pc-nto-qnx700`](platform-support/nto-qnx.md) | * |  | 32-bit x86 QNX Neutrino 7.0 RTOS |
-`i686-apple-darwin` | ✓ | ✓ | 32-bit macOS (10.7+, Lion+)
+`i686-apple-darwin` | ✓ | ✓ | 32-bit macOS (10.12+, Sierra+)
 `i686-pc-windows-msvc` | * |  | 32-bit Windows XP support
 `i686-unknown-haiku` | ✓ | ✓ | 32-bit Haiku
 [`i686-unknown-netbsd`](platform-support/netbsd.md) | ✓ | ✓ | NetBSD/i386 with SSE2
diff --git a/src/etc/installer/pkg/Distribution.xml b/src/etc/installer/pkg/Distribution.xml
index 395814e7488..85c26ec4993 100644
--- a/src/etc/installer/pkg/Distribution.xml
+++ b/src/etc/installer/pkg/Distribution.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <domains enable_anywhere="false" enable_currentUserHome="false" enable_localSystem="true" />
     <volume-check>
         <allowed-os-versions>
-            <os-version min="10.7"/>
+            <os-version min="10.12"/>
         </allowed-os-versions>
     </volume-check>
     <choices-outline>
diff --git a/tests/codegen/macos/i686-macosx-deployment-target.rs b/tests/codegen/macos/i686-macosx-deployment-target.rs
index 17258a264a5..ba49178dcb6 100644
--- a/tests/codegen/macos/i686-macosx-deployment-target.rs
+++ b/tests/codegen/macos/i686-macosx-deployment-target.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 // compile-flags: -O --target=i686-apple-darwin --crate-type=rlib
 // needs-llvm-components: x86
-// rustc-env:MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.9
+// rustc-env:MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.14
 #![feature(no_core, lang_items)]
 #![no_core]
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pub struct Bool {
     b: bool,
 }
 
-// CHECK: target triple = "i686-apple-macosx10.9.0"
+// CHECK: target triple = "i686-apple-macosx10.14.0"
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern "C" fn structbool() -> Bool {
     Bool { b: true }
diff --git a/tests/codegen/macos/i686-no-macosx-deployment-target.rs b/tests/codegen/macos/i686-no-macosx-deployment-target.rs
index 043040a95e3..479fe7968f7 100644
--- a/tests/codegen/macos/i686-no-macosx-deployment-target.rs
+++ b/tests/codegen/macos/i686-no-macosx-deployment-target.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pub struct Bool {
     b: bool,
 }
 
-// CHECK: target triple = "i686-apple-macosx10.7.0"
+// CHECK: target triple = "i686-apple-macosx10.12.0"
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern "C" fn structbool() -> Bool {
     Bool { b: true }
diff --git a/tests/codegen/macos/x86_64-macosx-deployment-target.rs b/tests/codegen/macos/x86_64-macosx-deployment-target.rs
index 8e673d11d98..957c727bb93 100644
--- a/tests/codegen/macos/x86_64-macosx-deployment-target.rs
+++ b/tests/codegen/macos/x86_64-macosx-deployment-target.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 // compile-flags: -O --target=x86_64-apple-darwin --crate-type=rlib
 // needs-llvm-components: x86
-// rustc-env:MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.9
+// rustc-env:MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.14
 #![feature(no_core, lang_items)]
 #![no_core]
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pub struct Bool {
     b: bool,
 }
 
-// CHECK: target triple = "x86_64-apple-macosx10.9.0"
+// CHECK: target triple = "x86_64-apple-macosx10.14.0"
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern "C" fn structbool() -> Bool {
     Bool { b: true }
diff --git a/tests/codegen/macos/x86_64-no-macosx-deployment-target.rs b/tests/codegen/macos/x86_64-no-macosx-deployment-target.rs
index 25ae6924de0..edbc1b66c71 100644
--- a/tests/codegen/macos/x86_64-no-macosx-deployment-target.rs
+++ b/tests/codegen/macos/x86_64-no-macosx-deployment-target.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pub struct Bool {
     b: bool,
 }
 
-// CHECK: target triple = "x86_64-apple-macosx10.7.0"
+// CHECK: target triple = "x86_64-apple-macosx10.12.0"
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern "C" fn structbool() -> Bool {
     Bool { b: true }
diff --git a/tests/run-make/macos-deployment-target/Makefile b/tests/run-make/macos-deployment-target/Makefile
index d0cf836bcdf..757ca699535 100644
--- a/tests/run-make/macos-deployment-target/Makefile
+++ b/tests/run-make/macos-deployment-target/Makefile
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ include ../tools.mk
 ifeq ($(strip $(shell uname -m)),arm64)
 	GREP_PATTERN = "minos 11.0"
 else
- 	GREP_PATTERN = "version 10.9"
+ 	GREP_PATTERN = "version 10.13"
 endif
 
 OUT_FILE=$(TMPDIR)/with_deployment_target.dylib
 all:
-	env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.9 $(RUSTC) with_deployment_target.rs -o $(OUT_FILE)
+	env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.13 $(RUSTC) with_deployment_target.rs -o $(OUT_FILE)
 # XXX: The check is for either the x86_64 minimum OR the aarch64 minimum (M1 starts at macOS 11).
 # They also use different load commands, so we let that change with each too. The aarch64 check
 # isn't as robust as the x86 one, but testing both seems unneeded.