diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/default.nix
index a4f654caeb2a..5c12e66c5f5d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/default.nix
@@ -6,18 +6,15 @@
 , withVulkan ? stdenv.isLinux
 , withWayland ? stdenv.isLinux
 , alsa-lib
-, AppKit
 , dbus
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , ffmpeg_4
 , flac
-, Foundation
 , freetype
 , gamemode
 , libdrm
 , libGL
 , libGLU
-, libobjc
 , libpulseaudio
 , libv4l
 , libX11
@@ -95,7 +92,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   lib.optional enableNvidiaCgToolkit nvidia_cg_toolkit ++
   lib.optional withVulkan vulkan-loader ++
   lib.optional withWayland wayland ++
-  lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ libobjc AppKit Foundation ] ++
   lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [
     alsa-lib
     dbus
@@ -133,31 +129,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   lib.optionalString (runtimeLibs != [ ]) ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/retroarch \
       --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH ':' ${lib.makeLibraryPath runtimeLibs}
-  '' +
-  lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    # https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/blob/master/retroarch-apple-packaging.sh
-    app=$out/Applications/RetroArch.app
-    mkdir -p $app/Contents/MacOS
-    cp -r pkg/apple/OSX/* $app/Contents
-    cp $out/bin/retroarch $app/Contents/MacOS
-    # FIXME: using Info_Metal.plist results in input not working
-    # mv $app/Contents/Info_Metal.plist $app/Contents/Info.plist
-
-    substituteInPlace $app/Contents/Info.plist \
-      --replace '${"\${EXECUTABLE_NAME}"}' 'RetroArch' \
-      --replace '$(PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER)' 'com.libretro.RetroArch' \
-      --replace '${"\${PRODUCT_NAME}"}' 'RetroArch' \
-      --replace '${"\${MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET}"}' '10.13'
-
-    cp media/retroarch.icns $app/Contents/Resources/
   '';
 
   preFixup = "rm $out/bin/retroarch-cg2glsl";
 
-  # Workaround for the following error affecting newer versions of Clang:
-  # ./config.def.h:xxx:x: error: 'TARGET_OS_TV' is not defined, evaluates to 0 [-Werror,-Wundef-prefix=TARGET_OS_]
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionals stdenv.cc.isClang [ "-Wno-undef-prefix" ];
-
   passthru.tests = nixosTests.retroarch;
 
   meta = with lib; {
@@ -168,8 +143,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     changelog = "https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/blob/v${version}/CHANGES.md";
     maintainers = with maintainers; teams.libretro.members ++ [ matthewbauer kolbycrouch ];
     mainProgram = "retroarch";
-    # FIXME: error while building in macOS:
-    # "Undefined symbols for architecture <arch>"
+    # If you want to (re)-add support for macOS, see:
+    # https://docs.libretro.com/development/retroarch/compilation/osx/
+    # and
+    # https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/blob/71eb74d256cb4dc5b8b43991aec74980547c5069/.gitlab-ci.yml#L330
     broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/wrapper.nix
index f04cf922f511..7ce75b22ba47 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/wrapper.nix
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ symlinkJoin {
     rm $out/bin/retroarch
     makeWrapper ${retroarch}/bin/retroarch $out/bin/retroarch \
       ${wrapperArgs}
-  '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    # wrapProgram can't operate on symlinks
-    rm $out/Applications/RetroArch.app/Contents/MacOS/retroarch
-    makeWrapper ${retroarch}/bin/retroarch $out/Applications/RetroArch.app/Contents/MacOS/retroarch \
-      ${wrapperArgs}
   '';
 
   meta = with retroarch.meta; {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 23a9a097fd7e..e94883960397 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1725,10 +1725,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ### APPLICATIONS/EMULATORS/RETROARCH
 
-  retroarchBare = callPackage ../applications/emulators/retroarch {
-    inherit (darwin) libobjc;
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) AppKit Foundation;
-  };
+  retroarchBare = callPackage ../applications/emulators/retroarch { };
 
   retroarchFull = retroarch.override {
     cores = builtins.filter