diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/bcal/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/bcal/default.nix
index 9a0a084a1f0..8db4bd157df 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/bcal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/bcal/default.nix
@@ -4,30 +4,29 @@ with stdenv.lib;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "bcal-${version}";
-  version = "1.7";
+  version = "1.8";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "jarun";
     repo = "bcal";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "08cqp2jysvy743gmwpzkbqhybsb49n65r63z3if53m3y59qg4aw8";
+    sha256 = "0jdn46wzwq7yn3x6p1xyqarp52pcr0ghnfhkm7nyxv734g1abw7r";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ python3Packages.pytest ];
 
-  doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;
+  doCheck = true;
   checkPhase = ''
     python3 -m pytest test.py
   '';
 
-  makeFlags = [ "CC=cc" ];
   installFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out)" "PREFIX=" ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "Storage conversion and expression calculator";
     homepage = https://github.com/jarun/bcal;
     license = licenses.gpl3;
-    platforms = [ "x86_64-darwin" "x86_64-linux" ];
+    platforms = [ "aarch64-linux" "x86_64-darwin" "x86_64-linux" ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ jfrankenau ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 36b85c609f8..e267a460d0d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19947,9 +19947,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   pcalc = callPackage ../applications/science/math/pcalc { };
 
-  bcal = callPackage ../applications/science/math/bcal {
-    stdenv = gccStdenv;
-  };
+  bcal = callPackage ../applications/science/math/bcal { };
 
   pspp = callPackage ../applications/science/math/pspp {
     inherit (gnome3) gtksourceview;