diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 26e65d0c59e..6d4708dbe2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ let
 
   ipmitool = import ../tools/system/ipmitool {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv openssl;
-    static = getPkgConfig "ipmitool" "static" false;
+    static = !stdenv.isDarwin && getPkgConfig "ipmitool" "static" false;
   };
 
   jdiskreport = import ../tools/misc/jdiskreport {