diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix
index 505e75df85a7..127f52d8669c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix
@@ -239,7 +239,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     wrapProgram $out/bin/netdata-claim.sh --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ openssl ]}
     wrapProgram $out/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/cgroup-network-helper.sh --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ bash ]}
     wrapProgram $out/bin/netdatacli --set NETDATA_PIPENAME /run/netdata/ipc
-    substituteInPlace $out/lib/netdata/conf.d/go.d/sensors.conf --replace-fail '/usr/bin/sensors' '${lm_sensors}/bin/sensors'
+    ${lib.optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux) ''
+      substituteInPlace $out/lib/netdata/conf.d/go.d/sensors.conf --replace-fail '/usr/bin/sensors' '${lm_sensors}/bin/sensors'
+    ''}
 
     # Time to cleanup the output directory.
     unlink $out/sbin