diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libwhereami/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libwhereami/default.nix
index 4014dc8dd76..a6715bdc18d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libwhereami/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libwhereami/default.nix
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Library to report hypervisor information from inside a VM";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.womfoo ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    badPlatforms = platforms.arm;
+    platforms = with platforms; [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ]; # fails on aarch64
   };
 
 }