diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyscard/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyscard/default.nix
index 8186c89b7b27..859bd2d17b18 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyscard/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyscard/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  PCSC,
   pcsclite,
   pkg-config,
   pytestCheckHook,
@@ -11,11 +10,6 @@
   swig,
 }:
 
-let
-  # Package does not support configuring the pcsc library.
-  withApplePCSC = stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin;
-in
-
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pyscard";
   version = "2.2.1";
@@ -30,9 +24,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ swig ] ++ lib.optionals (!withApplePCSC) [ pkg-config ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ swig ] ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) [ pkg-config ];
 
-  buildInputs = if withApplePCSC then [ PCSC ] else [ pcsclite ];
+  buildInputs = lib.optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) [ pcsclite ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
 
@@ -41,21 +35,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
         --replace-fail 'requires = ["setuptools","swig"]' 'requires = ["setuptools"]'
     ''
-    + (
-      if withApplePCSC then
-        ''
-          substituteInPlace src/smartcard/scard/winscarddll.c \
-            --replace-fail "/System/Library/Frameworks/PCSC.framework/PCSC" \
-                      "${PCSC}/Library/Frameworks/PCSC.framework/PCSC"
-        ''
-      else
-        ''
-          substituteInPlace setup.py --replace-fail "pkg-config" "$PKG_CONFIG"
-          substituteInPlace src/smartcard/scard/winscarddll.c \
-            --replace-fail "libpcsclite.so.1" \
-                      "${lib.getLib pcsclite}/lib/libpcsclite${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}"
-        ''
-    );
+    + lib.optionalString (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) ''
+      substituteInPlace setup.py --replace-fail "pkg-config" "$PKG_CONFIG"
+      substituteInPlace src/smartcard/scard/winscarddll.c \
+        --replace-fail "libpcsclite.so.1" \
+                  "${lib.getLib pcsclite}/lib/libpcsclite${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}"
+    '';
 
   meta = {
     description = "Smartcard library for python";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index dfb5f4b148d4..8249eb40d1f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -13200,9 +13200,7 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pyscaffoldext-travis = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyscaffoldext-travis { };
 
-  pyscard = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyscard {
-    inherit (pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) PCSC;
-  };
+  pyscard = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyscard { };
 
   pyscf = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyscf { };