diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/default.nix
index 29e2c2d85f49..8181b69d335d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/default.nix
@@ -4,25 +4,14 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self:
   let
     gconf = pkgs.gnome2.GConf;
     inherit (self) callPackage;
-    stdenv = if pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin
-             then pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.stdenv
-             else pkgs.stdenv;
     inheritedArgs = {
       inherit gconf;
-      inherit stdenv;
 
       inherit (pkgs.darwin) sigtool;
-      inherit (pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk_11_0) llvmPackages_14;
-      inherit (pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.frameworks)
+      inherit (pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks)
         Accelerate AppKit Carbon Cocoa GSS ImageCaptureCore ImageIO IOKit OSAKit
-        Quartz QuartzCore UniformTypeIdentifiers WebKit;
-      gnutls =
-        if pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin
-        then pkgs.gnutls.override {
-          inherit stdenv;
-          inherit (pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.frameworks) Security;
-        }
-        else pkgs.gnutls;
+        Quartz QuartzCore WebKit;
+      inherit (pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.frameworks) UniformTypeIdentifiers;
     };
   in {
     sources = import ./sources.nix {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
index 59cced7ec49a..b460fad5bb3a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
@@ -298,12 +298,13 @@ mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     OSAKit
     Quartz
     QuartzCore
-    UniformTypeIdentifiers
     WebKit
     # TODO are these optional?
     GSS
     ImageCaptureCore
     ImageIO
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (variant == "macport" && stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64) [
+    UniformTypeIdentifiers
   ];
 
   # Emacs needs to find movemail at run time, see info (emacs) Movemail
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 77b6a3e34d3a..415053c03d0a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -30236,7 +30236,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   em = callPackage ../applications/editors/em { };
 
-  inherit (recurseIntoAttrs (darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs { }))
+  inherit (recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs { }))
     emacs28
     emacs28-gtk2
     emacs28-gtk3