diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/singular/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/singular/default.nix
index 0b2b2cc75a5f..3ca1501e382e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/singular/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/singular/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # want it to match the upstream format because sage depends on it.
 , texinfo4
 , texlive
-, enableDocs ? true
+, enableDocs ? !stdenv.isDarwin
 , enableGfanlib ? true
 }: