diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix
index 43b35082161..2fd477ca853 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix
@@ -94,7 +94,11 @@ let
       ../../build-support/setup-hooks/compress-man-pages.sh
       ../../build-support/setup-hooks/strip.sh
       ../../build-support/setup-hooks/patch-shebangs.sh
-      ../../build-support/setup-hooks/audit-tmpdir.sh
+    ]
+      # FIXME this on Darwin; see
+      # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/94d164dd7#commitcomment-22030369
+    ++ lib.optional result.isLinux ../../build-support/setup-hooks/audit-tmpdir.sh
+    ++ [
       ../../build-support/setup-hooks/multiple-outputs.sh
       ../../build-support/setup-hooks/move-sbin.sh
       ../../build-support/setup-hooks/move-lib64.sh