diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/fluidsynth/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/fluidsynth/default.nix
index 192670280cc6..195431898a6d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/fluidsynth/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/fluidsynth/default.nix
@@ -44,5 +44,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation  rec {
     license     = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu lovek323 ];
     platforms   = platforms.unix;
+    badPlatforms = [ "x86_64-darwin" ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
index b36529ecb3cf..edeb1c4fbb0f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
       stdenv.lib.platforms.freebsd ++
       stdenv.lib.platforms.illumos ++
       stdenv.lib.platforms.darwin;
+    badPlatforms = [ "x86_64-darwin" ];
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
index ee00a3aee1e1..6fb153b678fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
       stdenv.lib.platforms.freebsd ++
       stdenv.lib.platforms.illumos ++
       stdenv.lib.platforms.darwin;
+    badPlatforms = [ "x86_64-darwin" ];
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/5/default.nix
index 15f95ef205eb..79f4843d082d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/5/default.nix
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
       stdenv.lib.platforms.freebsd ++
       stdenv.lib.platforms.illumos ++
       stdenv.lib.platforms.darwin;
+    badPlatforms = [ "x86_64-darwin" ];
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.10.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.10.nix
index 22ba90e92d85..d18d260b5058 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.10.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.10.nix
@@ -145,8 +145,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # Hopefully avoids test timeouts on Hydra
   GO_TEST_TIMEOUT_SCALE = 3;
 
-  doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;
-
   # The go build actually checks for CC=*/clang and does something different, so we don't
   # just want the generic `cc` here.
   CC = if stdenv.isDarwin then "clang" else "cc";
@@ -184,5 +182,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ cstrahan orivej velovix mic92 ];
     platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
+    badPlatforms = [ "x86_64-darwin" ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.7/libc++/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.7/libc++/default.nix
index 462e35a483f4..7b7ac7297ba3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.7/libc++/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.7/libc++/default.nix
@@ -43,5 +43,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "A new implementation of the C++ standard library, targeting C++11";
     license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ ncsa mit ];
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+    badPlatforms = [ "x86_64-darwin" ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/4/lld.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/4/lld.nix
index 21b0c1c3601c..cf6de26a9e83 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/4/lld.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/4/lld.nix
@@ -27,5 +27,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     homepage    = http://lld.llvm.org/;
     license     = stdenv.lib.licenses.ncsa;
     platforms   = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    badPlatforms = [ "x86_64-darwin" ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/5/lld.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/5/lld.nix
index 9a47435cf140..bf23f80ef103 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/5/lld.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/5/lld.nix
@@ -27,5 +27,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     homepage    = http://lld.llvm.org/;
     license     = stdenv.lib.licenses.ncsa;
     platforms   = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    badPlatforms = [ "x86_64-darwin" ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
index 8ce44b878d07..c0c69b0fe70a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
@@ -114,8 +114,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     description = "Collection of C++ libraries";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.boost;
 
-    platforms = (platforms.unix ++ platforms.windows);
-    badPlatforms = stdenv.lib.optional (versionOlder version "1.59") "aarch64-linux";
+    platforms = platforms.unix ++ platforms.windows;
+    badPlatforms = stdenv.lib.optional (versionOlder version "1.59") "aarch64-linux"
+                 ++ stdenv.lib.optional ((versionOlder version "1.57") || version == "1.58") "x86_64-darwin";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ peti ];
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-4.x/4.8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-4.x/4.8/default.nix
index 8715aaaa44d0..de9a656f6ff1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-4.x/4.8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-4.x/4.8/default.nix
@@ -231,5 +231,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license     = lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus; # or gpl3
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ orivej lovek323 phreedom sander ];
     platforms   = lib.platforms.unix;
+    badPlatforms = [ "x86_64-darwin" ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtbase.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtbase.nix
index 68759a26e82a..9ae7b274917c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtbase.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtbase.nix
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     license = with licenses; [ fdl13 gpl2 lgpl21 lgpl3 ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ qknight ttuegel periklis bkchr ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin && (compareVersion "5.9.0" < 0);
   };
 
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wxwidgets/2.9/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wxwidgets/2.9/default.nix
index 1938b15efbb2..18e0cebec859 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/wxwidgets/2.9/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wxwidgets/2.9/default.nix
@@ -74,12 +74,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
-  
+
   meta = {
     platforms = with platforms; darwin ++ linux;
     license = licenses.wxWindows;
     homepage = https://www.wxwidgets.org/;
     description = "a C++ library that lets developers create applications for Windows, macOS, Linux and other platforms with a single code base";
     longDescription = "wxWidgets gives you a single, easy-to-use API for writing GUI applications on multiple platforms that still utilize the native platform's controls and utilities. Link with the appropriate library for your platform and compiler, and your application will adopt the look and feel appropriate to that platform. On top of great GUI functionality, wxWidgets gives you: online help, network programming, streams, clipboard and drag and drop, multithreading, image loading and saving in a variety of popular formats, database support, HTML viewing and printing, and much more.";
+    badPlatforms = [ "x86_64-darwin" ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wxwidgets/3.0/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wxwidgets/3.0/default.nix
index 948b261fe45e..a89f132b8322 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/wxwidgets/3.0/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wxwidgets/3.0/default.nix
@@ -89,5 +89,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = https://www.wxwidgets.org/;
     description = "a C++ library that lets developers create applications for Windows, macOS, Linux and other platforms with a single code base";
     longDescription = "wxWidgets gives you a single, easy-to-use API for writing GUI applications on multiple platforms that still utilize the native platform's controls and utilities. Link with the appropriate library for your platform and compiler, and your application will adopt the look and feel appropriate to that platform. On top of great GUI functionality, wxWidgets gives you: online help, network programming, streams, clipboard and drag and drop, multithreading, image loading and saving in a variety of popular formats, database support, HTML viewing and printing, and much more.";
+    badPlatforms = [ "x86_64-darwin" ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wxwidgets/3.0/mac.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wxwidgets/3.0/mac.nix
index 040273e28b99..6e559cfb6a94 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/wxwidgets/3.0/mac.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wxwidgets/3.0/mac.nix
@@ -71,5 +71,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = https://www.wxwidgets.org/;
     description = "a C++ library that lets developers create applications for Windows, macOS, Linux and other platforms with a single code base";
     longDescription = "wxWidgets gives you a single, easy-to-use API for writing GUI applications on multiple platforms that still utilize the native platform's controls and utilities. Link with the appropriate library for your platform and compiler, and your application will adopt the look and feel appropriate to that platform. On top of great GUI functionality, wxWidgets gives you: online help, network programming, streams, clipboard and drag and drop, multithreading, image loading and saving in a variety of popular formats, database support, HTML viewing and printing, and much more.";
+    broken = true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/jackaudio/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/jackaudio/default.nix
index 556b66befe63..b37af235d355 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/jackaudio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/jackaudio/default.nix
@@ -76,5 +76,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
+    badPlatforms = [ "x86_64-darwin" ];
   };
 }