diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/playwright/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/playwright/default.nix
index 575ffeff5a6b..555f7aa30197 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/playwright/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/playwright/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 { lib
+, stdenv
 , auditwheel
 , buildPythonPackage
 , git
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
     substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
       --replace 'requires = ["setuptools==68.2.2", "setuptools-scm==8.0.4", "wheel==0.41.2", "auditwheel==5.4.0"]' \
-                'requires = ["setuptools", "setuptools-scm", "wheel", "auditwheel"]' \
+                'requires = ["setuptools", "setuptools-scm", "wheel"]' \
       --replace 'version_file = "playwright/_repo_version.py"' ""
     # FIXME version_file is available in setuptools-scm>=8.0.0
     echo "__version__ = version = '${version}'" > playwright/_repo_version.py
@@ -69,7 +70,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   '';
 
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ git setuptools-scm setuptools auditwheel ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ git setuptools-scm setuptools ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [ auditwheel ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     greenlet