diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/apache-httpd/2.2.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/apache-httpd/2.2.nix
index ba0bde633584..23d18ad7c9c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/apache-httpd/2.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/apache-httpd/2.2.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-iquote ${apr}/include/apr-1";
 
   # Required for ‘pthread_cancel’.
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lgcc_s";
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = (if stdenv.isDarwin then "" else "-lgcc_s");
 
   configureFlags = ''
     --with-z=${zlib}