diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/is/isa-l/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/is/isa-l/package.nix
index 22bdfce4ef02..6aa81650728e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/is/isa-l/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/is/isa-l/package.nix
@@ -96,12 +96,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     changelog = "https://github.com/intel/isa-l/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ jbedo ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
-    badPlatforms = [
-      # <instantiation>:4:26: error: unexpected token in argument list
-      #  movk x7, p4_low_b1, lsl 16
-      "aarch64-darwin"
-      # https://github.com/intel/isa-l/issues/188
-      "i686-linux"
-    ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiohttp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiohttp/default.nix
index bd20ca8fc845..4ba9d761e447 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiohttp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiohttp/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   stdenv,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  replaceVars,
   isPyPy,
   pythonOlder,
 
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@
   # dependencies
   aiohappyeyeballs,
   aiosignal,
-  async-timeout,
   attrs,
   backports-zstd,
   frozenlist,
@@ -35,7 +33,6 @@
   blockbuster,
   freezegun,
   gunicorn,
-  isa-l,
   isal,
   proxy-py,
   pytest-codspeed,
@@ -114,8 +111,7 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
     blockbuster
     freezegun
     gunicorn
-    # broken on aarch64-darwin
-    (if lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform isa-l then isal else null)
+    isal
     proxy-py
     pytest-codspeed
     pytest-cov-stub