diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
index b7d246e64088..eab5dbffd8ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
@@ -95,14 +95,6 @@
   libfreeaptx,
   zxing-cpp,
   usrsctp,
-  VideoToolbox,
-  AudioToolbox,
-  AVFoundation,
-  Cocoa,
-  CoreMedia,
-  CoreVideo,
-  Foundation,
-  MediaToolbox,
   directoryListingUpdater,
   enableGplPlugins ? true,
   bluezSupport ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux,
@@ -113,7 +105,7 @@
   hotdoc,
   guiSupport ? true,
   gst-plugins-bad,
-  apple-sdk_13,
+  apple-sdk_gstreamer,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -274,18 +266,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       gtk3
     ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-      # For unknown reasons the order is important, e.g. if
-      # VideoToolbox is last, we get:
-      #     fatal error: 'VideoToolbox/VideoToolbox.h' file not found
-      VideoToolbox
-      AudioToolbox
-      AVFoundation
-      Cocoa
-      CoreMedia
-      CoreVideo
-      Foundation
-      MediaToolbox
-      apple-sdk_13
+      apple-sdk_gstreamer
     ];
 
   mesonFlags =
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/base/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/base/default.nix
index 673aa28cb8ff..59e0054a4091 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/base/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/base/default.nix
@@ -35,10 +35,7 @@
   wayland-protocols,
   enableAlsa ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux,
   alsa-lib,
-  # TODO: fix once x86_64-darwin sdk updated
-  enableCocoa ? (stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin && stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64),
-  Cocoa,
-  OpenGL,
+  enableCocoa ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin,
   enableGl ? (enableX11 || enableWayland || enableCocoa),
   enableCdparanoia ? (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin),
   cdparanoia,
@@ -48,6 +45,7 @@
   enableDocumentation ? stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform,
   hotdoc,
   directoryListingUpdater,
+  apple-sdk_gstreamer,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -109,7 +107,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       libGL
     ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-      OpenGL
+      apple-sdk_gstreamer
     ]
     ++ lib.optionals enableAlsa [
       alsa-lib
@@ -123,7 +121,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       wayland
       wayland-protocols
     ]
-    ++ lib.optional enableCocoa Cocoa
     ++ lib.optional enableCdparanoia cdparanoia;
 
   propagatedBuildInputs =
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/core/default.nix
index ad189e8892af..8b8900058d28 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/core/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/core/default.nix
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
   elfutils, # for libdw
   bash-completion,
   lib,
-  Cocoa,
-  CoreServices,
-  xpc,
   testers,
   rustc,
   withRust ?
@@ -35,6 +32,7 @@
   enableDocumentation ? stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform,
   hotdoc,
   directoryListingUpdater,
+  apple-sdk_gstreamer,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -102,9 +100,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       libunwind
     ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-      Cocoa
-      CoreServices
-      xpc
+      apple-sdk_gstreamer
     ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/default.nix
index cdc5b951cfaa..760ec0610dee 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/default.nix
@@ -1,55 +1,31 @@
 {
   config,
   lib,
-  stdenv,
   callPackage,
-  AVFoundation,
-  AudioToolbox,
-  Cocoa,
-  CoreFoundation,
-  CoreMedia,
-  CoreServices,
-  CoreVideo,
-  DiskArbitration,
-  Foundation,
-  IOKit,
-  MediaToolbox,
-  OpenGL,
-  Security,
-  SystemConfiguration,
-  VideoToolbox,
-  xpc,
   ipu6ep-camera-hal,
   ipu6epmtl-camera-hal,
+  apple-sdk_13,
 }:
 
+let
+  apple-sdk_gstreamer = apple-sdk_13;
+in
 {
-  inherit stdenv;
+  inherit apple-sdk_gstreamer;
 
-  gstreamer = callPackage ./core { inherit Cocoa CoreServices xpc; };
+  gstreamer = callPackage ./core { };
 
   gstreamermm = callPackage ./gstreamermm { };
 
-  gst-plugins-base = callPackage ./base { inherit Cocoa OpenGL; };
+  gst-plugins-base = callPackage ./base { };
 
-  gst-plugins-good = callPackage ./good { inherit Cocoa; };
+  gst-plugins-good = callPackage ./good { };
 
-  gst-plugins-bad = callPackage ./bad {
-    inherit
-      AudioToolbox
-      AVFoundation
-      Cocoa
-      CoreMedia
-      CoreVideo
-      Foundation
-      MediaToolbox
-      VideoToolbox
-      ;
-  };
+  gst-plugins-bad = callPackage ./bad { };
 
-  gst-plugins-ugly = callPackage ./ugly { inherit CoreFoundation DiskArbitration IOKit; };
+  gst-plugins-ugly = callPackage ./ugly { };
 
-  gst-plugins-rs = callPackage ./rs { inherit Security SystemConfiguration; };
+  gst-plugins-rs = callPackage ./rs { };
 
   gst-rtsp-server = callPackage ./rtsp-server { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/devtools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/devtools/default.nix
index d4427ed650ff..79f0c59b727b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/devtools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/devtools/default.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   directoryListingUpdater,
   _experimental-update-script-combinators,
   common-updater-scripts,
+  apple-sdk_gstreamer,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -73,11 +74,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       hotdoc
     ];
 
-  buildInputs = [
-    cairo
-    python3
-    json-glib
-  ];
+  buildInputs =
+    [
+      cairo
+      python3
+      json-glib
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) [
+      apple-sdk_gstreamer
+    ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     gstreamer
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ges/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ges/default.nix
index 40ac0d18bff4..92baa4bd66f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ges/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ges/default.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
   enableDocumentation ? stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform,
   hotdoc,
   directoryListingUpdater,
+  apple-sdk_gstreamer,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -48,12 +49,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       hotdoc
     ];
 
-  buildInputs = [
-    bash-completion
-    libxml2
-    gst-devtools
-    python3
-  ];
+  buildInputs =
+    [
+      bash-completion
+      libxml2
+      gst-devtools
+      python3
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+      apple-sdk_gstreamer
+    ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     gst-plugins-base
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/good/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/good/default.nix
index c643aed4e2d9..36a701fa16dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/good/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/good/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
   libpulseaudio,
   libintl,
   libxml2,
-  Cocoa,
   lame,
   mpg123,
   twolame,
@@ -62,6 +61,7 @@
   hotdoc,
   gst-plugins-good,
   directoryListingUpdater,
+  apple-sdk_gstreamer,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       ]
     )
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-      Cocoa
+      apple-sdk_gstreamer
     ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
       libdrm
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/gstreamermm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/gstreamermm/default.nix
index 462a75392cca..ba486d1cc772 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/gstreamermm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/gstreamermm/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   glibmm,
   gst_all_1,
   gnome,
+  apple-sdk_gstreamer,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -32,6 +33,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "dev"
   ];
 
+  buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+    apple-sdk_gstreamer
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
     file
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/icamerasrc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/icamerasrc/default.nix
index ff33300e966c..5f6842e7e4ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/icamerasrc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/icamerasrc/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   ipu6-camera-hal,
   libdrm,
   libva,
+  apple-sdk_gstreamer,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -33,14 +34,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     export STRIP_VIRTUAL_CHANNEL_CAMHAL=ON
   '';
 
-  buildInputs = [
-    gst_all_1.gstreamer
-    gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base
-    gst_all_1.gst-plugins-bad
-    ipu6-camera-hal
-    libdrm
-    libva
-  ];
+  buildInputs =
+    [
+      gst_all_1.gstreamer
+      gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base
+      gst_all_1.gst-plugins-bad
+      ipu6-camera-hal
+      libdrm
+      libva
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+      apple-sdk_gstreamer
+    ];
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [
     "-Wno-error"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/libav/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/libav/default.nix
index e0987be683b9..72dc282f70cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/libav/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/libav/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
   enableDocumentation ? stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform,
   hotdoc,
   directoryListingUpdater,
+  apple-sdk_gstreamer,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -42,11 +43,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       hotdoc
     ];
 
-  buildInputs = [
-    gstreamer
-    gst-plugins-base
-    ffmpeg-headless
-  ];
+  buildInputs =
+    [
+      gstreamer
+      gst-plugins-base
+      ffmpeg-headless
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+      apple-sdk_gstreamer
+    ];
 
   mesonFlags = [
     (lib.mesonEnable "doc" enableDocumentation)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rs/default.nix
index c12726115dbd..1722fc795837 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rs/default.nix
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
   libwebp,
   openssl,
   pango,
-  Security,
-  SystemConfiguration,
   gst-plugins-good,
   nix-update-script,
   # specifies a limited subset of plugins to build (the default `null` means all plugins supported on the stdenv platform)
@@ -35,6 +33,7 @@
   enableDocumentation ? stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform && plugins == null,
   hotdoc,
   mopidy,
+  apple-sdk_gstreamer,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -58,31 +57,21 @@ let
     mp4 = [ ];
 
     # net
-    aws = [ openssl ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [ Security ];
+    aws = [ openssl ];
     hlssink3 = [ ];
     ndi = [ ];
     onvif = [ pango ];
     raptorq = [ ];
-    reqwest = [ openssl ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [ Security ];
+    reqwest = [ openssl ];
     rtp = [ ];
-    webrtc =
-      [
-        gst-plugins-bad
-        openssl
-      ]
-      ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-        Security
-        SystemConfiguration
-      ];
-    webrtchttp =
-      [
-        gst-plugins-bad
-        openssl
-      ]
-      ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-        Security
-        SystemConfiguration
-      ];
+    webrtc = [
+      gst-plugins-bad
+      openssl
+    ];
+    webrtchttp = [
+      gst-plugins-bad
+      openssl
+    ];
 
     # text
     textahead = [ ];
@@ -236,10 +225,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   env = lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin { NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = "-fuse-ld=lld"; };
 
-  buildInputs = [
-    gstreamer
-    gst-plugins-base
-  ] ++ lib.concatMap (plugin: lib.getAttr plugin validPlugins) selectedPlugins;
+  buildInputs =
+    [
+      gstreamer
+      gst-plugins-base
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+      apple-sdk_gstreamer
+    ]
+    ++ lib.concatMap (plugin: lib.getAttr plugin validPlugins) selectedPlugins;
 
   checkInputs = [
     gst-plugins-good
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rtsp-server/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rtsp-server/default.nix
index 50b41ee8d28e..dade9cd11663 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rtsp-server/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rtsp-server/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
   enableDocumentation ? stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform,
   hotdoc,
   directoryListingUpdater,
+  apple-sdk_gstreamer,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -43,10 +44,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       hotdoc
     ];
 
-  buildInputs = [
-    gst-plugins-base
-    gst-plugins-bad
-  ];
+  buildInputs =
+    [
+      gst-plugins-base
+      gst-plugins-bad
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+      apple-sdk_gstreamer
+    ];
 
   mesonFlags = [
     "-Dglib_debug=disabled" # cast checks should be disabled on stable releases
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ugly/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ugly/default.nix
index 92c3f14717f4..0329460a6e8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ugly/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ugly/default.nix
@@ -16,15 +16,13 @@
   x264,
   libintl,
   lib,
-  IOKit,
-  CoreFoundation,
-  DiskArbitration,
   enableGplPlugins ? true,
   # Checks meson.is_cross_build(), so even canExecute isn't enough.
   enableDocumentation ? stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform,
   hotdoc,
   directoryListingUpdater,
   gst-plugins-ugly,
+  apple-sdk_gstreamer,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -68,9 +66,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       x264
     ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-      IOKit
-      CoreFoundation
-      DiskArbitration
+      apple-sdk_gstreamer
     ];
 
   mesonFlags =
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/vaapi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/vaapi/default.nix
index 9938a92ea3d5..c717fa21e725 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/vaapi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/vaapi/default.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   enableDocumentation ? stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform,
   hotdoc,
   directoryListingUpdater,
+  apple-sdk_gstreamer,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -76,6 +77,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) [
       libGL
       libGLU
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+      apple-sdk_gstreamer
     ];
 
   strictDeps = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c54236e4bf00..f1ecc485062c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9632,25 +9632,6 @@ with pkgs;
   gst_all_1 = recurseIntoAttrs (
     callPackage ../development/libraries/gstreamer {
       callPackage = newScope gst_all_1;
-      stdenv = if stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin then overrideSDK stdenv "12.3" else stdenv;
-      inherit (darwin.apple_sdk_12_3.frameworks)
-        AudioToolbox
-        AVFoundation
-        Cocoa
-        CoreFoundation
-        CoreMedia
-        CoreServices
-        CoreVideo
-        DiskArbitration
-        Foundation
-        IOKit
-        MediaToolbox
-        OpenGL
-        Security
-        SystemConfiguration
-        VideoToolbox
-        ;
-      inherit (darwin.apple_sdk_12_3.libs) xpc;
     }
   );