diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/kitty/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/kitty/default.nix
index 9b77bdcd2a5..63e77ec0e67 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/kitty/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/kitty/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
   IOKit,
   Kernel,
   OpenGL,
-  cf-private,
   libicns,
   libpng,
   librsvg,
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     IOKit
     Kernel
     OpenGL
-    cf-private
     libpng
     python3
     zlib
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 72fa652f17e..1008b2e9f13 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18724,10 +18724,7 @@ in
   kipi-plugins = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/graphics/kipi-plugins { };
 
   kitty = callPackage ../applications/misc/kitty {
-    harfbuzz = if stdenv.isDarwin then harfbuzz.override {
-      withCoreText = true;
-    } else harfbuzz;
-    inherit (darwin) cf-private;
+    harfbuzz = harfbuzz.override { withCoreText = stdenv.isDarwin; };
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa CoreGraphics Foundation IOKit Kernel OpenGL;
   };