diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/musescore/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/musescore/default.nix
index bd6513e4e4f7..8ce689018e25 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/musescore/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/musescore/default.nix
@@ -31,24 +31,10 @@
 , qtnetworkauth
 , qttools
 , nixosTests
-, darwin
+, apple-sdk_11
 }:
 
-let
-  stdenv' = if stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin then darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.stdenv else stdenv;
-  # portaudio propagates Darwin frameworks. Rebuild it using the 11.0 stdenv
-  # from Qt and the 11.0 SDK frameworks.
-  portaudio' = if stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin then portaudio.override {
-    stdenv = stdenv';
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.frameworks)
-      AudioUnit
-      AudioToolbox
-      CoreAudio
-      CoreServices
-      Carbon
-    ;
-  } else portaudio;
-in stdenv'.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "musescore";
   version = "4.4.3";
 
@@ -116,7 +102,7 @@ in stdenv'.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     libpulseaudio
     libsndfile
     libvorbis
-    portaudio'
+    portaudio
     portmidi
     flac
     libopusenc
@@ -132,7 +118,7 @@ in stdenv'.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     alsa-lib
     qtwayland
   ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-    darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.frameworks.Cocoa
+    apple-sdk_11
   ];
 
   postInstall = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/portaudio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/portaudio/default.nix
index 9b06dea56b6b..e16562d85eb1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/portaudio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/portaudio/default.nix
@@ -5,11 +5,7 @@
 , libjack2
 , pkg-config
 , which
-, AudioUnit
-, AudioToolbox
-, CoreAudio
-, CoreServices
-, Carbon }:
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "portaudio";
@@ -22,14 +18,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   strictDeps = true;
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config which ];
-  buildInputs = [ libjack2 ] ++ lib.optionals (lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform alsa-lib) [ alsa-lib ];
+  buildInputs =
+    [ libjack2 ]
+      ++ lib.optionals (lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform alsa-lib) [ alsa-lib ];
 
   configureFlags = [ "--disable-mac-universal" "--enable-cxx" ];
 
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString stdenv.cc.isClang "-Wno-error=nullability-inferred-on-nested-type -Wno-error=nullability-completeness-on-arrays -Wno-error=implicit-const-int-float-conversion";
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [ AudioUnit AudioToolbox CoreAudio CoreServices Carbon ];
-
   # Disable parallel build as it fails as:
   #   make: *** No rule to make target '../../../lib/libportaudio.la',
   #     needed by 'libportaudiocpp.la'.  Stop.
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 42eb2e998324..e7a436a24a2b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -22371,9 +22371,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   popt = callPackage ../development/libraries/popt { };
 
-  portaudio = callPackage ../development/libraries/portaudio {
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) AudioToolbox AudioUnit CoreAudio CoreServices Carbon;
-  };
+  portaudio = callPackage ../development/libraries/portaudio { };
 
   portmidi = callPackage ../development/libraries/portmidi {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Carbon CoreAudio CoreFoundation CoreMIDI CoreServices;