diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/Libsystem/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/Libsystem/default.nix
index 6f8124dbac4c..aa93a32c5621 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/Libsystem/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/Libsystem/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,36 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, buildPackages
+{ lib, stdenv, buildPackages, fetchzip
 , appleDerivation', xnu, Libc, Libm, libdispatch, Libinfo
 , dyld, Csu, architecture, libclosure, CarbonHeaders, ncurses, CommonCrypto
 , copyfile, removefile, libresolvHeaders, libresolv, Libnotify, libplatform, libpthread
-, mDNSResponder, launchd, libutilHeaders, hfsHeaders, darling, darwin-stubs
+, mDNSResponder, launchd, libutilHeaders, hfsHeaders, darwin-stubs
 , headersOnly ? false
 , withLibresolv ? !headersOnly
 }:
 
+let
+  darling.src = fetchzip {
+    url = "https://github.com/darlinghq/darling/archive/d2cc5fa748003aaa70ad4180fff0a9a85dc65e9b.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "11b51fw47nl505h63bgx5kqiyhf3glhp1q6jkpb6nqfislnzzkrf";
+    postFetch = ''
+      # The archive contains both `src/opendirectory` and `src/OpenDirectory`,
+      # pre-create the directory to choose the canonical case on
+      # case-insensitive filesystems.
+      mkdir -p $out/src/OpenDirectory
+
+      cd $out
+      tar -xzf $downloadedFile --strip-components=1
+      rm -r $out/src/libm
+
+      # If `src/opendirectory` and `src/OpenDirectory` refer to different
+      # things, then combine them into `src/OpenDirectory` to match the result
+      # on case-insensitive filesystems.
+      if [ "$(stat -c %i src/opendirectory)" != "$(stat -c %i src/OpenDirectory)" ]; then
+        mv src/opendirectory/* src/OpenDirectory/
+        rmdir src/opendirectory
+      fi
+    '';
+  };
+in
 appleDerivation' stdenv {
   dontBuild = true;
   dontFixup = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/darling/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/darling/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 22fb6d3b07c6..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/darling/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, lib, fetchzip}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "darling";
-  name = pname;
-
-  src = fetchzip {
-    url = "https://github.com/darlinghq/darling/archive/d2cc5fa748003aaa70ad4180fff0a9a85dc65e9b.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "11b51fw47nl505h63bgx5kqiyhf3glhp1q6jkpb6nqfislnzzkrf";
-    postFetch = ''
-      # The archive contains both `src/opendirectory` and `src/OpenDirectory`,
-      # pre-create the directory to choose the canonical case on
-      # case-insensitive filesystems.
-      mkdir -p $out/src/OpenDirectory
-
-      cd $out
-      tar -xzf $downloadedFile --strip-components=1
-      rm -r $out/src/libm
-
-      # If `src/opendirectory` and `src/OpenDirectory` refer to different
-      # things, then combine them into `src/OpenDirectory` to match the result
-      # on case-insensitive filesystems.
-      if [ "$(stat -c %i src/opendirectory)" != "$(stat -c %i src/OpenDirectory)" ]; then
-        mv src/opendirectory/* src/OpenDirectory/
-        rmdir src/opendirectory
-      fi
-    '';
-  };
-
-  # only packaging sandbox for now
-  buildPhase = ''
-    cc -c src/sandbox/sandbox.c -o src/sandbox/sandbox.o
-    cc -dynamiclib -flat_namespace src/sandbox/sandbox.o -o libsystem_sandbox.dylib
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/lib
-    cp -rL src/sandbox/include/ $out/
-    cp libsystem_sandbox.dylib $out/lib/
-
-    mkdir -p $out/include
-    cp src/libaks/include/* $out/include
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ matthewbauer ];
-    license = licenses.gpl3;
-    description = "Darwin/macOS emulation layer for Linux";
-    platforms = platforms.darwin;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/darwin-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/darwin-packages.nix
index 68b50fa9ab08..732b0404040e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/darwin-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/darwin-packages.nix
@@ -216,8 +216,6 @@ impure-cmds // appleSourcePackages // chooseLibs // {
   # As the name says, this is broken, but I don't want to lose it since it's a direction we want to go in
   # libdispatch-broken = callPackage ../os-specific/darwin/swift-corelibs/libdispatch.nix { };
 
-  darling = callPackage ../os-specific/darwin/darling/default.nix { };
-
   libtapi = callPackage ../os-specific/darwin/libtapi {};
 
   ios-deploy = callPackage ../os-specific/darwin/ios-deploy {};