diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ed/edencommon/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ed/edencommon/package.nix
index 060ea7cc2da2..871e79301580 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ed/edencommon/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ed/edencommon/package.nix
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
   wangle,
   fbthrift,
   gtest,
-  apple-sdk_11,
-  darwinMinVersionHook,
 
   nix-update-script,
 }:
@@ -48,20 +46,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     removeReferencesTo
   ];
 
-  buildInputs =
-    [
-      glog
-      gflags
-      folly
-      fb303
-      wangle
-      fbthrift
-      gtest
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-      apple-sdk_11
-      (darwinMinVersionHook "11.0")
-    ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    glog
+    gflags
+    folly
+    fb303
+    wangle
+    fbthrift
+    gtest
+  ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     (lib.cmakeBool "BUILD_SHARED_LIBS" (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic))
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fb/fb303/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fb/fb303/package.nix
index b03e66eb861c..97e7dbe5f8a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fb/fb303/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fb/fb303/package.nix
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
   fbthrift,
   fizz,
   wangle,
-  apple-sdk_11,
-  darwinMinVersionHook,
 
   nix-update-script,
 }:
@@ -40,19 +38,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ninja
   ];
 
-  buildInputs =
-    [
-      gflags
-      glog
-      folly
-      fbthrift
-      fizz
-      wangle
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-      apple-sdk_11
-      (darwinMinVersionHook "11.0")
-    ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    gflags
+    glog
+    folly
+    fbthrift
+    fizz
+    wangle
+  ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     (lib.cmakeBool "BUILD_SHARED_LIBS" (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic))
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fb/fbthrift/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fb/fbthrift/package.nix
index a189e7a66a93..92fcb3636b36 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fb/fbthrift/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fb/fbthrift/package.nix
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
   zlib,
   zstd,
   xxHash,
-  apple-sdk_11,
-  darwinMinVersionHook,
 
   mvfst,
 
@@ -56,22 +54,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     removeReferencesTo
   ];
 
-  buildInputs =
-    [
-      openssl
-      gflags
-      glog
-      folly
-      fizz
-      wangle
-      zlib
-      zstd
-      xxHash
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-      apple-sdk_11
-      (darwinMinVersionHook "11.0")
-    ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    openssl
+    gflags
+    glog
+    folly
+    fizz
+    wangle
+    zlib
+    zstd
+    xxHash
+  ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     mvfst
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fi/fizz/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fi/fizz/package.nix
index 4c5c1efe08c6..e02f683e21e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fi/fizz/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fi/fizz/package.nix
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
   zstd,
   gflags,
   libevent,
-  apple-sdk_11,
-  darwinMinVersionHook,
 
   folly,
   libsodium,
@@ -49,19 +47,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     removeReferencesTo
   ];
 
-  buildInputs =
-    [
-      openssl
-      glog
-      double-conversion
-      zstd
-      gflags
-      libevent
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-      apple-sdk_11
-      (darwinMinVersionHook "11.0")
-    ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    openssl
+    glog
+    double-conversion
+    zstd
+    gflags
+    libevent
+  ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     folly
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fo/folly/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fo/folly/package.nix
index ca393d884a13..12f8170324b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fo/folly/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fo/folly/package.nix
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
   zstd,
   libiberty,
   libunwind,
-  apple-sdk_11,
-  darwinMinVersionHook,
 
   boost,
   fmt_11,
@@ -64,26 +62,21 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   # See CMake/folly-deps.cmake in the Folly source tree.
-  buildInputs =
-    [
-      boost
-      double-conversion
-      fast-float
-      gflags
-      glog
-      libevent
-      zlib
-      openssl
-      xz
-      lz4
-      zstd
-      libiberty
-      libunwind
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-      apple-sdk_11
-      (darwinMinVersionHook "11.0")
-    ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    boost
+    double-conversion
+    fast-float
+    gflags
+    glog
+    libevent
+    zlib
+    openssl
+    xz
+    lz4
+    zstd
+    libiberty
+    libunwind
+  ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs =
     [
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mv/mvfst/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mv/mvfst/package.nix
index de686a269b51..f14b252cf745 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mv/mvfst/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mv/mvfst/package.nix
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
   folly,
   gflags,
   glog,
-  apple-sdk_11,
-  darwinMinVersionHook,
 
   fizz,
 
@@ -44,16 +42,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     removeReferencesTo
   ];
 
-  buildInputs =
-    [
-      folly
-      gflags
-      glog
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-      apple-sdk_11
-      (darwinMinVersionHook "11.0")
-    ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    folly
+    gflags
+    glog
+  ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     fizz
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/rc/rcodesign/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/rc/rcodesign/package.nix
index 3b6efcc0ce78..a0118bc3423b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/rc/rcodesign/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/rc/rcodesign/package.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   stdenv,
   rustPlatform,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  apple-sdk_11,
   uutils-coreutils,
 }:
 
@@ -25,8 +24,6 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   cargoHash = "sha256-xMhyKovXoBPZp6epWQ+CYODpyvHgpv6eZfdWPTuDnK8=";
 
-  buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [ apple-sdk_11 ];
-
   cargoBuildFlags = [
     # Only build the binary we want
     "--bin"
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wa/wangle/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wa/wangle/package.nix
index 1a0da53573ff..46b5c3b04015 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wa/wangle/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wa/wangle/package.nix
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
   gflags,
   libevent,
   double-conversion,
-  apple-sdk_11,
-  darwinMinVersionHook,
 
   gtest,
 
@@ -45,20 +43,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     removeReferencesTo
   ];
 
-  buildInputs =
-    [
-      folly
-      fizz
-      openssl
-      glog
-      gflags
-      libevent
-      double-conversion
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-      apple-sdk_11
-      (darwinMinVersionHook "11.0")
-    ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    folly
+    fizz
+    openssl
+    glog
+    gflags
+    libevent
+    double-conversion
+  ];
 
   checkInputs = [
     gtest
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wa/watchman/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wa/watchman/package.nix
index 8ee1aaf2c3b4..c020c76e83bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wa/watchman/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wa/watchman/package.nix
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
   fbthrift,
   fb303,
   cpptoml,
-  apple-sdk_11,
-  darwinMinVersionHook,
 
   gtest,
 
@@ -58,25 +56,20 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     removeReferencesTo
   ];
 
-  buildInputs =
-    [
-      pcre2
-      openssl
-      gflags
-      glog
-      libevent
-      edencommon
-      folly
-      fizz
-      wangle
-      fbthrift
-      fb303
-      cpptoml
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-      apple-sdk_11
-      (darwinMinVersionHook "11.0")
-    ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    pcre2
+    openssl
+    gflags
+    glog
+    libevent
+    edencommon
+    folly
+    fizz
+    wangle
+    fbthrift
+    fb303
+    cpptoml
+  ];
 
   checkInputs = [
     gtest
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.22.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.22.nix
index 319ed5081d0c..49625a945c21 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.22.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.22.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   tzdata,
   substituteAll,
   iana-etc,
-  apple-sdk_11,
   xcbuild,
   mailcap,
   buildPackages,
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.libc == "glibc") [ stdenv.cc.libc.static ];
 
   depsTargetTargetPropagated = lib.optionals stdenv.targetPlatform.isDarwin [
-    apple-sdk_11
     xcbuild
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.24.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.24.nix
index 92653cfeebde..7f95a41f14ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.24.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.24.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   tzdata,
   substituteAll,
   iana-etc,
-  apple-sdk_11,
   xcbuild,
   mailcap,
   buildPackages,
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.libc == "glibc") [ stdenv.cc.libc.static ];
 
   depsTargetTargetPropagated = lib.optionals stdenv.targetPlatform.isDarwin [
-    apple-sdk_11
     xcbuild
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/graalvm/community-edition/buildGraalvm.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/graalvm/community-edition/buildGraalvm.nix
index ea4c6d1b282d..3d7b4096690b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/graalvm/community-edition/buildGraalvm.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/graalvm/community-edition/buildGraalvm.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   alsa-lib,
-  apple-sdk_11,
   autoPatchelfHook,
   cairo,
   cups,
-  darwinMinVersionHook,
   fontconfig,
   glib,
   glibc,
@@ -31,7 +29,6 @@ let
     "lib"
     "stdenv"
     "alsa-lib"
-    "apple-sdk_11"
     "autoPatchelfHook"
     "cairo"
     "cups"
@@ -127,21 +124,16 @@ let
         zlib
       ];
 
-      buildInputs =
-        lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
-          alsa-lib # libasound.so wanted by lib/libjsound.so
-          fontconfig
-          (lib.getLib stdenv.cc.cc) # libstdc++.so.6
-          xorg.libX11
-          xorg.libXext
-          xorg.libXi
-          xorg.libXrender
-          xorg.libXtst
-        ]
-        ++ (lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-          apple-sdk_11
-          (darwinMinVersionHook "11.0")
-        ]);
+      buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
+        alsa-lib # libasound.so wanted by lib/libjsound.so
+        fontconfig
+        (lib.getLib stdenv.cc.cc) # libstdc++.so.6
+        xorg.libX11
+        xorg.libXext
+        xorg.libXi
+        xorg.libXrender
+        xorg.libXtst
+      ];
 
       postInstall =
         let
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ngtcp2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ngtcp2/default.nix
index fd1829bb0bed..7ddfc135fa18 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ngtcp2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ngtcp2/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
 , cmake
 , brotli, libev, nghttp3, quictls
-, apple-sdk_11
 , withJemalloc ? false, jemalloc
 , curlHTTP3
 }:
@@ -26,8 +25,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libev
     nghttp3
     quictls
-  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-    apple-sdk_11
   ] ++ lib.optional withJemalloc jemalloc;
 
   cmakeFlags = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/llama-cpp-python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/llama-cpp-python/default.nix
index 56907ada323b..f534b895a69b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/llama-cpp-python/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/llama-cpp-python/default.nix
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
   pyproject-metadata,
   scikit-build-core,
 
-  # buildInputs
-  apple-sdk_11,
-
   # dependencies
   diskcache,
   jinja2,
@@ -70,18 +67,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     scikit-build-core
   ];
 
-  buildInputs =
-    lib.optionals cudaSupport (
-      with cudaPackages;
-      [
-        cuda_cudart # cuda_runtime.h
-        cuda_cccl # <thrust/*>
-        libcublas # cublas_v2.h
-      ]
-    )
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-      apple-sdk_11
-    ];
+  buildInputs = lib.optionals cudaSupport (
+    with cudaPackages;
+    [
+      cuda_cudart # cuda_runtime.h
+      cuda_cccl # <thrust/*>
+      libcublas # cublas_v2.h
+    ]
+  );
 
   dependencies = [
     diskcache
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nanobind/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nanobind/default.nix
index a01f9a175006..8255cd578439 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nanobind/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nanobind/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
-  apple-sdk_11,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  darwinMinVersionHook,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   pythonOlder,
 
@@ -49,13 +47,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   dependencies = [ eigen ];
 
-  buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-    # error: aligned deallocation function of type 'void (void *, std::align_val_t) noexcept' is only available on macOS 10.13 or newer
-    (darwinMinVersionHook "10.13")
-
-    apple-sdk_11
-  ];
-
   dontUseCmakeBuildDir = true;
 
   preCheck = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/soxr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/soxr/default.nix
index 14b8ff40533a..99c0d234a3e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/soxr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/soxr/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 {
   lib,
-  apple-sdk_11,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  darwinMinVersionHook,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   pythonOlder,
   stdenv,
@@ -63,13 +61,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       typing-extensions
     ];
 
-  buildInputs =
-    [ libsoxr ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-      # error: aligned deallocation function of type 'void (void *, std::align_val_t) noexcept' is only available on macOS 10.13 or newer
-      (darwinMinVersionHook "10.13")
-      apple-sdk_11
-    ];
+  buildInputs = [ libsoxr ];
 
   dependencies = [ numpy ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wandb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wandb/default.nix
index 338809a6f97a..eb0d02f8af11 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wandb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wandb/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
-  apple-sdk_11,
   fetchFromGitHub,
 
   ## wandb-core
@@ -179,8 +178,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hatchling
   ];
 
-  buildInputs = lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin apple-sdk_11;
-
   dependencies =
     [
       click