diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4f3b647767f8..e822d46ec9e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21800,6 +21800,13 @@ with pkgs;
 
   libxml2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libxml2 {
     python = python3;
+    stdenv =
+      # libxml2 is a dependency of xcbuild. Avoid an infinite recursion by using a bootstrap stdenv
+      # that does not propagate xcrun.
+      if stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin then
+        darwin.bootstrapStdenv
+      else
+        stdenv;
   };
 
   libxml2Python = let