diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/st/stats/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/st/stats/package.nix
index 5168a4051808..00ef020ed709 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/st/stats/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/st/stats/package.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
   swiftPackages,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   leveldb,
+  # TODO: Clean up on `staging`.
+  llvmPackages,
   perl,
   actool,
   makeWrapper,
@@ -88,6 +90,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     actool
     makeWrapper
     rcodesign
+    # TODO: Clean up on `staging`.
+    llvmPackages.lld
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [ leveldb ];
@@ -126,6 +130,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       # The Swift compiler in nixpkgs uses SDK 14 headers (which compile fine), but without
       # this flag the linker records SDK 14 and macOS withholds it (Liquid Glass)
       -Xlinker -platform_version -Xlinker macos -Xlinker 14.0 -Xlinker 26.0
+      # TODO: Clean up on `staging`
+      -use-ld=lld
     )
 
     buildFramework() {