diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mo/movit/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mo/movit/package.nix
index cbddbec7456b..7cb3d825862e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mo/movit/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mo/movit/package.nix
@@ -45,12 +45,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libepoxy
   ];
 
-  env = {
-    NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-std=c++17"; # needed for latest gtest
-  }
-  // lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin {
-    NIX_LDFLAGS = "-framework OpenGL";
-  };
+  env =
+    lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.cc.isGNU {
+      NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-std=c++17"; # needed for latest gtest
+    }
+    // lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin {
+      NIX_LDFLAGS = "-framework OpenGL";
+    };
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;