diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 499d828d..b252193e 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -50,16 +50,6 @@
           configureFlags = pkgs.lib.subtractLists
             [ "--enable-static" "--disable-shared" ]
             old.configureFlags;
-
-          postInstall = old.postInstall + ''
-            # we remove the extra outputs
-            #
-            # we need to do this to prevent rocksdb from trying to link the
-            # static library in a dynamic stdenv
-            rm $out/lib/liburing*${
-              if pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic then ".so*" else ".a"
-            }
-          '';
         });
       });
 
diff --git a/nix/pkgs/main/default.nix b/nix/pkgs/main/default.nix
index f91a9cdd..5c8ade13 100644
--- a/nix/pkgs/main/default.nix
+++ b/nix/pkgs/main/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ features'' = lib.subtractLists disable_features' features';
 
 featureEnabled = feature : builtins.elem feature features'';
 
-enableLiburing = featureEnabled "io_uring" && stdenv.isLinux;
+enableLiburing = featureEnabled "io_uring" && !stdenv.isDarwin;
 
 # This derivation will set the JEMALLOC_OVERRIDE variable, causing the
 # tikv-jemalloc-sys crate to use the nixpkgs jemalloc instead of building it's
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ buildDepsOnlyEnv =
       # TODO: static rocksdb fails to build on darwin
       # build log at <https://girlboss.ceo/~strawberry/pb/JjGH>
       meta.broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic && stdenv.isDarwin;
-      # TODO: switch to enableUring option once https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/314945 is available
-      buildInputs = old.buildInputs ++ lib.optional enableLiburing liburing;
+      enableLiburing = enableLiburing;
     });
   in
   {