diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/iasl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/iasl/default.nix
index 7b0b1f2fb417..2b5891256043 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/iasl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/iasl/default.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Intel ACPI Compiler";
     homepage = http://www.acpica.org/;
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.iasl;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/CoinMP/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/CoinMP/default.nix
index 7fecae0a66e7..7c865480b672 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/CoinMP/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/CoinMP/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://projects.coin-or.org/CoinMP/;
     description = "COIN-OR lightweight API for COIN-OR libraries CLP, CBC, and CGL";
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
     license = licenses.epl10;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libabw/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libabw/default.nix
index fe2229bcea6a..aa4a40cf32dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libabw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libabw/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/DLP/Libraries/libabw;
     description = "Library parsing abiword documents";
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
     license = licenses.mpl20;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcmis/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcmis/default.nix
index d62d1a802645..f1e57272d0b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcmis/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcmis/default.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "C++ client library for the CMIS interface";
     homepage = https://sourceforge.net/projects/libcmis/;
     license = licenses.gpl2;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libe-book/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libe-book/default.nix
index 6c52f2c0b1a6..805b1869ac38 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libe-book/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libe-book/default.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     description = ''Library for import of reflowable e-book formats'';
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus ;
     maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.raskin];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmwaw/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmwaw/default.nix
index 79718b47745c..9203928bd70f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmwaw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmwaw/default.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     description = ''Import library for some old mac text documents'';
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mpl20 ;
     maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.raskin];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libodfgen/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libodfgen/default.nix
index 54f1d2617287..1723219e8597 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libodfgen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libodfgen/default.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     description = ''A base library for generating ODF documents'';
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mpl20 ;
     maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.raskin];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libwps/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libwps/default.nix
index b0449d8205d1..76ac946d6187 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libwps/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libwps/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://libwps.sourceforge.net/;
     description = "Microsoft Works document format import filter library";
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
     license = licenses.lgpl21;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libzmf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libzmf/default.nix
index 695effe2ea92..1413da4a18db 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libzmf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libzmf/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "${pname}-${version}";
   pname = "libzmf";
   version = "0.0.2";
-  
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://dev-www.libreoffice.org/src/libzmf/${name}.tar.xz";
     sha256 = "08mg5kmkjrmqrd8j5rkzw9vdqlvibhb1ynp6bmfxnzq5rcq1l197";
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = ''A library that parses the file format of Zoner Callisto/Draw documents'';
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mpl20;
     maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.raskin];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
     homepage = https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/DLP/Libraries/libzmf;
     downloadPage = "http://dev-www.libreoffice.org/src/libzmf/";
     updateWalker = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tlsh/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tlsh/default.nix
index 1b144b4db8d1..848c114543d2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tlsh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tlsh/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash";
     homepage = https://github.com/trendmicro/tlsh;
     license = licenses.asl20;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
 
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/e2fsprogs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/e2fsprogs/default.nix
index 2c597ccef35e..806469493900 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/e2fsprogs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/e2fsprogs/default.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/;
     description = "Tools for creating and checking ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystems";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.eelco ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/sng/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/sng/default.nix
index 098721d6b932..182ab5806d7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/sng/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/sng/default.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = http://sng.sourceforge.net/;
     license = licenses.zlib;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.dezgeg ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/tcpdump/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/tcpdump/default.nix
index 58f020e1bdd8..f1470fc6c148 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/tcpdump/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/tcpdump/default.nix
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = http://www.tcpdump.org/;
     license = "BSD-style";
     maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ jgeerds ];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/pgpdump/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/pgpdump/default.nix
index 82bec2486e81..9c8f47cd2756 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/pgpdump/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/pgpdump/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
     homepage = http://www.mew.org/~kazu/proj/pgpdump/en/;
     license = licenses.bsd3;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ primeos ];
   };
 }