diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/default.nix
index 2e929debc34b..1754ad5eccb6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/default.nix
@@ -129,12 +129,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   # Workaround for the following error affecting newer versions of Clang:
   # ./config.def.h:xxx:x: error: 'TARGET_OS_TV' is not defined, evaluates to 0 [-Werror,-Wundef-prefix=TARGET_OS_]
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionals stdenv.cc.isClang [ "-Wno-undef-prefix" ]
-    # Workaround build failure on -fno-common toolchains:
-    #   duplicate symbol '_apple_platform' in:ui_cocoa.o cocoa_common.o
-    # TODO: drop when upstream gets a fix for it:
-    #   https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/issues/14025
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ "-fcommon" ];
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionals stdenv.cc.isClang [ "-Wno-undef-prefix" ];
 
   passthru.tests = nixosTests.retroarch;
 
@@ -145,5 +140,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     changelog = "https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/blob/v${version}/CHANGES.md";
     maintainers = with maintainers; teams.libretro.members ++ [ matthewbauer kolbycrouch ];
+    # FIXME: error while building in macOS:
+    # "Undefined symbols for architecture <arch>"
+    # See also retroarch/wrapper.nix that is also broken in macOS
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/wrapper.nix
index 6adcb8ffd8b4..535cd40db6c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/wrapper.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       The following cores are included:
       ${lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (map (x: "  - ${x.name}") cores)}
     '';
-    # FIXME: exits with error on macOS:
+    # FIXME: exit with error on macOS:
     # No Info.plist file in application bundle or no NSPrincipalClass in the Info.plist file, exiting
     broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
   };