diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/http-parser/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/http-parser/default.nix
index 980dd1f18a2..60a1435462b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/http-parser/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/http-parser/default.nix
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     homepage = https://github.com/joyent/http-parser;
 
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux; # Broken on pure-darwin, wants xcode
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
   };
 }