diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/package.nix
index cd992a4489b1..5cd9ff13ecae 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/package.nix
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (
       changelog = "https://github.com/element-hq/element-desktop/blob/v${finalAttrs.version}/CHANGELOG.md";
       license = lib.licenses.agpl3Plus;
       teams = [ lib.teams.matrix ];
-      platforms = electron.meta.platforms ++ lib.platforms.darwin;
+      inherit (electron.meta) platforms;
       mainProgram = "element-desktop";
     };
   }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/jo/joplin-desktop/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/jo/joplin-desktop/package.nix
index 33d9a9b8f3cd..db69e0a94270 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/jo/joplin-desktop/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/jo/joplin-desktop/package.nix
@@ -248,6 +248,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       fugi
     ];
-    platforms = electron.meta.platforms ++ lib.platforms.darwin;
+    inherit (electron.meta) platforms;
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7636894204b1..f43f0ad5f240 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5725,27 +5725,48 @@ with pkgs;
     electron-chromedriver_40
     ;
 
-  electron_36 = electron_36-bin;
-  electron_37 =
-    if lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform electron-source.electron_37 then
-      electron-source.electron_37
-    else
-      electron_37-bin;
-  electron_38 =
-    if lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform electron-source.electron_38 then
-      electron-source.electron_38
-    else
-      electron_38-bin;
-  electron_39 =
-    if lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform electron-source.electron_39 then
-      electron-source.electron_39
-    else
-      electron_39-bin;
-  electron_40 =
-    if lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform electron-source.electron_40 then
-      electron-source.electron_40
-    else
-      electron_40-bin;
+  inherit
+    (
+      let
+        # On Linux, we use source electron package. On Darwin, we use binary. Hydra
+        # and other infra uses Linux package .meta.platforms to determine supported
+        # platforms. It means that Hydra won't cache podman-desktop and other
+        # electron-based apps on Darwin. This helper will force Linux package .meta
+        # to list darwin.
+        getElectronPkg =
+          { src, bin }:
+          (if lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform src then src else bin).overrideAttrs (old: {
+            meta = old.meta // {
+              platforms = lib.lists.unique (src.meta.platforms ++ bin.meta.platforms);
+            };
+          });
+      in
+      {
+        electron_36 = electron_36-bin;
+        electron_37 = getElectronPkg {
+          src = electron-source.electron_37;
+          bin = electron_37-bin;
+        };
+        electron_38 = getElectronPkg {
+          src = electron-source.electron_38;
+          bin = electron_38-bin;
+        };
+        electron_39 = getElectronPkg {
+          src = electron-source.electron_39;
+          bin = electron_39-bin;
+        };
+        electron_40 = getElectronPkg {
+          src = electron-source.electron_40;
+          bin = electron_40-bin;
+        };
+      }
+    )
+    electron_36
+    electron_37
+    electron_38
+    electron_39
+    electron_40
+    ;
   electron = electron_38;
   electron-bin = electron_38-bin;
   electron-chromedriver = electron-chromedriver_38;