diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnustep/libobjc2/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnustep/libobjc2/default.nix
index 8cf47d1fb7bb..c524c42c92f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnustep/libobjc2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnustep/libobjc2/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
     description = "Objective-C runtime for use with GNUstep";
     homepage = "http://gnustep.org/";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/compton-conf/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/compton-conf/default.nix
index 807dcc92e845..d6a167aa3ff4 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/compton-conf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/compton-conf/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ lib
+{ stdenv
+, lib
 , mkDerivation
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , cmake
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   passthru.updateScript = lxqt.lxqtUpdateScript { inherit pname version src; };
 
   meta = with lib; {
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
     homepage = "https://github.com/lxqt/compton-conf";
     description = "GUI configuration tool for compton X composite manager";
     license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/libsysstat/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/libsysstat/default.nix
index 35c7acd301a9..138be56bd5c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/libsysstat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/libsysstat/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ lib
+{ stdenv
+, lib
 , mkDerivation
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , cmake
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   passthru.updateScript = lxqtUpdateScript { inherit pname version src; };
 
   meta = with lib; {
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
     description = "Library used to query system info and statistics";
     homepage = "https://github.com/lxqt/libsysstat";
     license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/qtermwidget/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/qtermwidget/default.nix
index e6c999042621..04e80e74d503 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/qtermwidget/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/lxqt/qtermwidget/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ lib
+{ stdenv
+, lib
 , mkDerivation
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , cmake
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   passthru.updateScript = lxqtUpdateScript { inherit pname version src; };
 
   meta = with lib; {
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
     homepage = "https://github.com/lxqt/qtermwidget";
     description = "A terminal emulator widget for Qt 5";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-menus/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-menus/default.nix
index 09c251f4083e..2d384d4687b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-menus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-menus/default.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   passthru.updateScript = mateUpdateScript { inherit pname version; };
 
   meta = with lib; {
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
     description = "Menu system for MATE";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-menus";
     license = with licenses; [ gpl2Plus lgpl2Plus ];