diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
index 09762d8eddac..503e739a74bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@
 }:
 
 let
+  embreeSupport = (!stdenv.isAarch64 && stdenv.isLinux) || stdenv.isDarwin;
+  openImageDenoiseSupport = (!stdenv.isAarch64 && stdenv.isLinux) || stdenv.isDarwin;
+  openUsdSupport = !stdenv.isDarwin;
+
   python3 = python3Packages.python;
   pyPkgsOpenusd = python3Packages.openusd.override { withOsl = false; };
 
@@ -163,8 +167,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       "-DWITH_CODEC_SNDFILE=ON"
       "-DWITH_CPU_CHECK=OFF"
       "-DWITH_CYCLES_DEVICE_OPTIX=${if cudaSupport then "ON" else "OFF"}"
+      "-DWITH_CYCLES_EMBREE=${if embreeSupport then "ON" else "OFF"}"
       "-DWITH_CYCLES_OSL=OFF"
       "-DWITH_FFTW3=ON"
+      "-DWITH_HYDRA=${if openUsdSupport then "ON" else "OFF"}"
       "-DWITH_IMAGE_OPENJPEG=ON"
       "-DWITH_INSTALL_PORTABLE=OFF"
       "-DWITH_JACK=${if jackaudioSupport then "ON" else "OFF"}"
@@ -172,6 +178,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       "-DWITH_MOD_OCEANSIM=ON"
       "-DWITH_OPENCOLLADA=${if colladaSupport then "ON" else "OFF"}"
       "-DWITH_OPENCOLORIO=ON"
+      "-DWITH_OPENIMAGEDENOISE=${if openImageDenoiseSupport then "ON" else "OFF"}"
       "-DWITH_OPENSUBDIV=ON"
       "-DWITH_OPENVDB=ON"
       "-DWITH_PULSEAUDIO=OFF"
@@ -181,7 +188,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       "-DWITH_SDL=OFF"
       "-DWITH_STRICT_BUILD_OPTIONS=ON"
       "-DWITH_TBB=ON"
-      "-DWITH_USD=ON"
+      "-DWITH_USD=${if openUsdSupport then "ON" else "OFF"}"
 
       # Blender supplies its own FindAlembic.cmake (incompatible with the Alembic-supplied config file)
       "-DALEMBIC_INCLUDE_DIR=${lib.getDev alembic}/include"
@@ -193,13 +200,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       "-DWITH_GHOST_WAYLAND_DYNLOAD=OFF"
       "-DWITH_GHOST_WAYLAND_LIBDECOR=ON"
     ]
-    ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64 && stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux) [
-      "-DWITH_CYCLES_EMBREE=OFF"
-    ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
       "-DLIBDIR=/does-not-exist"
       "-DSSE2NEON_INCLUDE_DIR=${sse2neon}/lib"
-      "-DWITH_USD=OFF" # currently fails on darwin
     ]
     ++ lib.optional stdenv.cc.isClang "-DPYTHON_LINKFLAGS=" # Clang doesn't support "-export-dynamic"
     ++ lib.optionals cudaSupport [
@@ -269,10 +272,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       zlib
       zstd
     ]
-    ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.isAarch64 && stdenv.isLinux) [
-      embree
-      (openimagedenoise.override { inherit cudaSupport; })
-    ]
+    ++ lib.optional embreeSupport embree
+    ++ lib.optional openImageDenoiseSupport (openimagedenoise.override { inherit cudaSupport; })
     ++ (
       if (!stdenv.isDarwin) then
         [
@@ -285,7 +286,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
           libXxf86vm
           openal
           openxr-loader
-          pyPkgsOpenusd
         ]
       else
         [
@@ -296,13 +296,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
           OpenGL
           SDL
           brotli
-          embree
           llvmPackages.openmp
-          (openimagedenoise.override { inherit cudaSupport; })
           sse2neon
         ]
     )
     ++ lib.optionals cudaSupport [ cudaPackages.cuda_cudart ]
+    ++ lib.optionals openUsdSupport [ pyPkgsOpenusd ]
     ++ lib.optionals waylandSupport [
       dbus
       libdecor'
@@ -325,7 +324,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       ps.requests
       ps.zstandard
     ]
-    ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.isDarwin) [ pyPkgsOpenusd ];
+    ++ lib.optional openUsdSupport [ pyPkgsOpenusd ];
 
   blenderExecutable =
     placeholder "out"
@@ -434,8 +433,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       "x86_64-linux"
       "aarch64-darwin"
     ];
-    # the current apple sdk is too old (currently 11_0) and fails to build "metal" on x86_64-darwin
-    broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "x86_64-darwin";
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin; # fails due to too-old SDK, using newer SDK fails to compile
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       amarshall
       veprbl