diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cvc4/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cvc4/default.nix
index b0b3e5e610e6..873c3ca57c0c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cvc4/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/cvc4/default.nix
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config cmake ];
-  buildInputs = [ gmp git python3.pkgs.toml cln readline swig libantlr3c antlr3_4 boost jdk python3 ];
+  buildInputs = [ gmp git python3.pkgs.toml readline swig libantlr3c antlr3_4 boost jdk python3 ]
+    ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.isDarwin) [ cln ];
   configureFlags = [
     "--enable-language-bindings=c,c++,java"
     "--enable-gpl"
-    "--with-cln"
     "--with-readline"
     "--with-boost=${boost.dev}"
-  ];
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.isDarwin) [ "--with-cln" ];
 
   prePatch = ''
     patch -p1 -i ${./minisat-fenv.patch} -d src/prop/minisat