diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/watchexec/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/watchexec/default.nix
index ddfdf0f492f7..b3f5e90c3f4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/watchexec/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/watchexec/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub, CoreServices, CoreFoundation }:
+{ stdenv, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub, CoreServices, darwin }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   name = "watchexec-${version}";
@@ -13,13 +13,11 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   cargoSha256 = "1xlcfr2q2pw47sav9iryjva7w9chv90g18hszq8s0q0w71sccv6j";
 
-  buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ CoreServices ];
-
-  # FIXME: Use impure version of CoreFoundation because of missing symbols.
-  #   Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64: "_CFURLResourceIsReachable"
-  preConfigure = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    export NIX_LDFLAGS="-F${CoreFoundation}/Library/Frameworks -framework CoreFoundation $NIX_LDFLAGS"
-  '';
+  buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    CoreServices
+    # This is needed to avoid an undefined symbol error "_CFURLResourceIsReachable"
+    darwin.cf-private
+  ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Executes commands in response to file modifications";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4748f00e66d2..70018a69fdf7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6282,7 +6282,7 @@ in
   wal_e = callPackage ../tools/backup/wal-e { };
 
   watchexec = callPackage ../tools/misc/watchexec {
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices CoreFoundation;
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices;
   };
 
   watchman = callPackage ../development/tools/watchman {