diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/squashfuse/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/squashfuse/default.nix
index 8a8bc5396fc0..75b6deccc83e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/squashfuse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/squashfuse/default.nix
@@ -32,10 +32,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "FUSE filesystem to mount squashfs archives";
     homepage = https://github.com/vasi/squashfuse;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.genesis ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
     license = "BSD-2-Clause";
   };
 
+  # platforms.darwin should be supported : see PLATFORMS file in src.
+  # we could use a nix fuseProvider, and let the derivation choose the OS
+  # specific implementation. 
+
 	src = fetchurl {
 	    url = "https://github.com/vasi/squashfuse/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
 	    sha256 = "08d1j1a73dhhypbk0q20qkrz564zpmvkpk3k3s8xw8gd9nvy2xa2";