diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/colima/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/colima/default.nix
index e49c2a659121..481d8408e860 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/colima/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/colima/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
+, darwin
 , buildGoModule
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , installShellFiles
@@ -31,7 +32,8 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     '';
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles makeWrapper ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles makeWrapper ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ darwin.DarwinTools ];
 
   vendorSha256 = "sha256-Iz1LYL25NpkztTM86zrLwehub8FzO1IlwZqCPW7wDN4=";
 
@@ -42,8 +44,6 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     -X github.com/abiosoft/colima/config.revision=$(cat .git-revision)"
   '';
 
-  subPackages = [ "cmd/colima" ];
-
   postInstall = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/colima \
       --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ lima-drv qemu ]}