diff --git a/packaging/dependencies.nix b/packaging/dependencies.nix
index 3d7da9acb..456bb4fff 100644
--- a/packaging/dependencies.nix
+++ b/packaging/dependencies.nix
@@ -10,27 +10,8 @@
   stdenv,
 }:
 
-let
-  prevStdenv = stdenv;
-in
-
 let
   inherit (pkgs) lib;
-
-  stdenv = if prevStdenv.isDarwin && prevStdenv.isx86_64 then darwinStdenv else prevStdenv;
-
-  # Fix the following error with the default x86_64-darwin SDK:
-  #
-  #     error: aligned allocation function of type 'void *(std::size_t, std::align_val_t)' is only available on macOS 10.13 or newer
-  #
-  # Despite the use of the 10.13 deployment target here, the aligned
-  # allocation function Clang uses with this setting actually works
-  # all the way back to 10.6.
-  # NOTE: this is not just a version constraint, but a request to make Darwin
-  #       provide this version level of support. Removing this minimum version
-  #       request will regress the above error.
-  darwinStdenv = pkgs.overrideSDK prevStdenv { darwinMinVersion = "10.13"; };
-
 in
 scope: {
   inherit stdenv;
diff --git a/src/libstore/package.nix b/src/libstore/package.nix
index 47805547b..d890d2256 100644
--- a/src/libstore/package.nix
+++ b/src/libstore/package.nix
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ mkMesonLibrary (finalAttrs: {
     sqlite
   ]
   ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux libseccomp
-  # There have been issues building these dependencies
-  ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin darwin.apple_sdk.libs.sandbox
   ++ lib.optional withAWS aws-sdk-cpp;
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [