diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/minixml/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/minixml/default.nix
index ed862eaecfe3..1c9a4ab110b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/minixml/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/minixml/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-l7GUA+vlSECi/72eU3Y9COpGtLTRh3vYcHUi+uRkCn8=";
   };
 
+  # remove the -arch flags which are set by default in the build
+  configureFlags = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    "--with-archflags=\"-mmacosx-version-min=10.14\""
+  ];
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {