diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix
index 582f8d8f05f..e94f255f722 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   patches = optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isCygwin ./coreutils-8.23-4.cygwin.patch;
 
   # The test tends to fail on btrfs and maybe other unusual filesystems.
-  postPatch = optionalString (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) ''
+  postPatch = ''
     sed '2i echo Skipping dd sparse test && exit 0' -i ./tests/dd/sparse.sh
     sed '2i echo Skipping cp sparse test && exit 0' -i ./tests/cp/sparse.sh
     sed '2i echo Skipping rm deep-2 test && exit 0' -i ./tests/rm/deep-2.sh