diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/hfs/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/hfs/default.nix
index ab294b143d3..58f6fb8d7ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/hfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/hfs/default.nix
@@ -5,4 +5,10 @@ appleDerivation {
     mkdir -p $out/include/hfs
     cp core/*.h $out/include/hfs
   '';
+
+  meta = {
+    # Seems nobody wants its binary, so we didn't implement building.
+    broken = !headersOnly;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.darwin;
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/libauto/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/libauto/default.nix
index b2ef3374ca2..8a551dcc892 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/libauto/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/libauto/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-{ stdenv, appleDerivation, libdispatch, Libsystem }:
+{ lib, stdenv, appleDerivation, libdispatch, Libsystem }:
 
 appleDerivation {
   # these are included in the pure libc
-  buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.cc.nativeLibc [ libdispatch Libsystem ];
+  buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.cc.nativeLibc [ libdispatch Libsystem ];
 
   buildPhase = ''
     cp ${./auto_dtrace.h} ./auto_dtrace.h
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ appleDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.darwin;
+    # libauto is only used by objc4/pure.nix , but objc4 is now using the impure approach, so we don't bother to fix this.
+    broken = true;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.darwin;
   };
 }