diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fuse/common.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fuse/common.nix
index 7b8bb3b4d631..77ddb5f49ff7 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fuse/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fuse/common.nix
@@ -76,17 +76,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "man"
   ] ++ lib.optional isFuse3 "udev";
 
-  mesonFlags = lib.optionals isFuse3 (
-    [
-      "-Dudevrulesdir=/udev/rules.d"
-      "-Duseroot=false"
-      "-Dinitscriptdir="
-    ]
-    # examples fail to build on musl
-    # error: ‘RENAME_NOREPLACE’ was not declared in this scope
-    # lib.optionals instead of lib.mesonBool to avoid rebuilds
-    ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl) [ "-Dexamples=false" ]
-  );
+  mesonFlags = lib.optionals isFuse3 [
+    "-Dudevrulesdir=/udev/rules.d"
+    "-Duseroot=false"
+    "-Dinitscriptdir="
+    "-Dexamples=false" # examples fail on musl and are just generally useless
+  ];
 
   # Ensure that FUSE calls the setuid wrapper, not
   # $out/bin/fusermount. It falls back to calling fusermount in