1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/cmake/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/cmake/setup-hook.sh
index 6f3d33bcaa7c..87bbefa6bbfa 100755
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/cmake/setup-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/cmake/setup-hook.sh
@@ -50,13 +50,12 @@ cmakeConfigurePhase() {
     # because we usually do not package the framework
     cmakeFlags="-DCMAKE_FIND_FRAMEWORK=last $cmakeFlags"
 
+    # on macOS i686 was only relevant for 10.5 or earlier.
+    cmakeFlags="-DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES=x86_64 $cmakeFlags"
+
     # we never want to use the global macOS SDK
     cmakeFlags="-DCMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT= $cmakeFlags"
 
-    # disable OSX deployment target
-    # we don't want our binaries to have a "minimum" OSX version
-    cmakeFlags="-DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET= $cmakeFlags"
-
     # correctly detect our clang compiler
     cmakeFlags="-DCMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP0025=NEW $cmakeFlags"