diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gobject-introspection/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gobject-introspection/default.nix
index 0f828653858..959abc44d24 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gobject-introspection/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gobject-introspection/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, glib, flex, bison, pkgconfig, libffi, python
-, libintlOrEmpty, autoconf, automake, otool
+, libintlOrEmpty, cctools
 , substituteAll, nixStoreDir ? builtins.storeDir
 }:
 # now that gobjectIntrospection creates large .gir files (eg gtk3 case)
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ flex bison pkgconfig python ]
     ++ libintlOrEmpty
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin otool;
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin cctools;
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ libffi glib ];
 
-  # Tests depend on cairo, which is undesirable (it pulls in lots of
-  # other dependencies).
+  # The '--disable-tests' flag is no longer recognized, so can be safely removed
+  # next time this package changes.
   configureFlags = [ "--disable-tests" ];
 
   preConfigure = ''
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage    = http://live.gnome.org/GObjectIntrospection;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ lovek323 urkud lethalman ];
     platforms   = platforms.unix;
-    broken      = stdenv.isDarwin;
 
     longDescription = ''
       GObject introspection is a middleware layer between C libraries (using
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f1b1977d4ab..26e33e9c62f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6934,6 +6934,7 @@ let
 
   gobjectIntrospection = callPackage ../development/libraries/gobject-introspection {
     nixStoreDir = config.nix.storeDir or builtins.storeDir;
+    inherit (darwin) cctools;
   };
 
   goocanvas = callPackage ../development/libraries/goocanvas { };