diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/generic.nix
index 49836b94d81b..7a3f34828ee2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/generic.nix
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ let
     '';
 
     # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/49643#issuecomment-873853897
-    postPatch = ''
+    # linux only because of https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/138729
+    postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
       # this is a fix for "save as root" functionality
       packed="resources/app/node_modules.asar"
       unpacked="resources/app/node_modules"