diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/getoptions/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/getoptions/default.nix
index e3ee684d4df..46a67170725 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/getoptions/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/getoptions/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchFromGitHub, shellcheck, shellspec, busybox-sandbox-shell, ksh, mksh, yash, zsh }:
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchFromGitHub, shellspec, busybox-sandbox-shell, ksh, mksh, yash, zsh }:
 
 stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "getoptions";
@@ -15,13 +15,16 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = true;
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ shellcheck shellspec busybox-sandbox-shell ksh mksh yash zsh ];
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ shellspec ksh mksh yash zsh ]
+    ++ lib.lists.optional (!stdenvNoCC.isDarwin) busybox-sandbox-shell;
 
   preCheck = ''
     sed -i '/shellspec -s posh/d' Makefile
+    '' + lib.strings.optionalString stdenvNoCC.isDarwin ''
+    sed -i "/shellspec -s 'busybox ash'/d" Makefile
   '';
 
-  checkTarget = "check testall";
+  checkTarget = "testall";
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "An elegant option/argument parser for shell scripts (full support for bash and all POSIX shells)";