diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gt/gts/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gt/gts/package.nix
index 849bcd18c0b2..e51a67eb374a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gt/gts/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gt/gts/package.nix
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   buildInputs = [ gettext ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ glib ];
 
-  env = {
-    # Doesn't build on Darwin with -std=gnu23. Apply uniformly as C standard target is something unlikely to vary across platforms.
+  env = lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.isDarwin {
+    # Doesn't build on Darwin with -std=gnu23.
     NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-std=gnu17";
   };