diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/newsboat/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/newsboat/default.nix
index 8c9587254d7a..e746f115043b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/newsboat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/newsboat/default.nix
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     make prefix="$out"
   '';
 
-  # TODO: Check if that's still needed
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin " -Wno-error=format-security";
-
   # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/98471#issuecomment-703100014 . We set
   # these for all platforms, since upstream's gettext crate behavior might
   # change in the future.