diff --git a/overlays/redshift.nix b/overlays/redshift.nix
index e6e4f73c..fa05132c 100644
--- a/overlays/redshift.nix
+++ b/overlays/redshift.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 final: prev: {
   # with sway/wayland support
-  redshift = prev.redshift.overrideAttrs (o: {
+  redshift = (prev.redshift.overrideAttrs (o: {
     src = prev.fetchFromGitHub {
       owner = "minus7";
       repo = "redshift";
       rev = "wayland";
       hash = "sha256-pyR7xNdi/83NSoC2WIrX8U+A6nU+vZBlePLXrQZnc1k=";
     };
-  });
+  })).override { withAppIndicator = prev.stdenv.isLinux; };
 }
diff --git a/overlays/retroarchBare.nix b/overlays/retroarchBare.nix
index 90bf61c5..ea6c6564 100644
--- a/overlays/retroarchBare.nix
+++ b/overlays/retroarchBare.nix
@@ -10,5 +10,14 @@ final: prev: {
       hash = "sha256-dzPOuT+v1JtYzvAtqZ/eVWQSYQLAWX3TyS3jXdBmDdg=";
       rev = "v${version}";
     };
+
+    # fix darwin builds
+    nativeBuildInputs =
+      if ! prev.stdenv.isLinux then
+        prev.lib.filter
+          (drv: ! prev.lib.hasPrefix "wayland" drv.name)
+          o.nativeBuildInputs
+      else
+        o.nativeBuildInputs;
   });
 }