diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/ashuffle/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/ashuffle/default.nix
index 45daafa88d79..3fe5e6716bd3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/ashuffle/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/ashuffle/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 , ninja
 , libmpdclient
 , yaml-cpp
-, darwin
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -24,11 +23,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   dontUseCmakeConfigure = true;
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config meson ninja ];
-  buildInputs = [ libmpdclient yaml-cpp ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [ darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.CoreFoundation ];
+  buildInputs = [ libmpdclient yaml-cpp ];
 
   mesonFlags = [ "-Dunsupported_use_system_yamlcpp=true" ];
 
+  env = lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin {
+    NIX_LDFLAGS = "-framework CoreFoundation";
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/joshkunz/ashuffle";
     description = "Automatic library-wide shuffle for mpd";