diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix
index be0a00482f3..2e0e3a1743c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ let
 
     preConfigure = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
       export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=${jemalloc}/lib
+      substituteInPlace src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt --replace "    util" ""
     '';
 
     postInstall = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''