diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix
index 31be22e39c43..90d7384bb5bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     homepage = "https://wayland.freedesktop.org/";
     license = licenses.mit; # Expat version
     platforms = platforms.unix;
-    broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin; # requires more work: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland/-/merge_requests/481
+    # requires more work: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland/-/merge_requests/481
+    badPlatforms = lib.platforms.darwin;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [
       codyopel
       qyliss