1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
index 756f1b947ede..4da1a2cba09b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl, perl, libunwind, buildPackages }:
 
-# libunwind does not have the supportsHost attribute on darwin, thus
-# when this package is evaluated it causes an evaluation error
-assert stdenv.isLinux;
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "strace";
   version = "5.12";
@@ -16,7 +12,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ perl ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ perl.out ] ++ lib.optional libunwind.supportsHost libunwind; # support -k
+  # On RISC-V platforms, LLVM's libunwind implementation is unsupported by strace.
+  # The build will silently fall back and -k will not work on RISC-V.
+  buildInputs = [ perl.out libunwind ]; # support -k
 
   postPatch = "patchShebangs --host strace-graph";