diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
index 00521e0feb27..ec4acef94d96 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
   socat,
   libslirp,
   libcbor,
-  apple-sdk_13,
-  darwinMinVersionHook,
   guestAgentSupport ?
     (with stdenv.hostPlatform; isLinux || isNetBSD || isOpenBSD || isSunOS || isWindows) && !minimal,
   numaSupport ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch32 && !minimal,
@@ -128,14 +126,6 @@ assert lib.assertMsg (
 
 let
   hexagonSupport = hostCpuTargets == null || lib.elem "hexagon" hostCpuTargets;
-
-  # needed in buildInputs and depsBuildBuild
-  # check log for warnings eg: `warning: 'hv_vm_config_get_max_ipa_size' is only available on macOS 13.0`
-  # to indicate if min version needs to get bumped.
-  darwinSDK = [
-    apple-sdk_13
-    (darwinMinVersionHook "13")
-  ];
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -156,7 +146,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   depsBuildBuild = [
     buildPackages.stdenv.cc
   ]
-  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.buildPlatform.isDarwin darwinSDK
   ++ lib.optionals hexagonSupport [ pkg-config ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -205,7 +194,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ]
   ++ lib.optionals (!userOnly) [ curl ]
   ++ lib.optionals ncursesSupport [ ncurses ]
-  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin darwinSDK
   ++ lib.optionals seccompSupport [ libseccomp ]
   ++ lib.optionals numaSupport [ numactl ]
   ++ lib.optionals alsaSupport [ alsa-lib ]