diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/hid/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hid/default.nix
index c45cf3d9a65e..8dc134c61c0f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/hid/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hid/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   checkInputs = [ nose ];
 
- postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
+ postPatch = ''
     hidapi=${hidapi}/lib/
     test -d $hidapi || { echo "ERROR: $hidapi doesn't exist, please update/fix this build expression."; exit 1; }
     sed -i -e "s|libhidapi|$hidapi/libhidapi|" hid/__init__.py