diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/celery/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/celery/default.nix
index c6f6f4e7ff0e..288facb50e23 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/celery/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/celery/default.nix
@@ -154,9 +154,13 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
     pytest-celery
     pytest-click
     pytest-timeout
-    pytest-xdist
     pytestCheckHook
   ]
+  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
+    # Using `pytest-xdist` leads to incomplete tests which hang `pytestRemoveBytecode`
+    # under `sandbox=false` (the default on Darwin).
+    pytest-xdist
+  ]
   ++ lib.concatAttrValues finalAttrs.passthru.optional-dependencies;
 
   disabledTestPaths = [