diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libusb1/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libusb1/default.nix
index 160e53714fb1..5fb9d5460ac7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libusb1/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libusb1/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux "-lgcc_s";
 
-  preFixup = ''
+  preFixup = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
     sed 's,-ludev,-L${udev}/lib -ludev,' -i $out/lib/libusb-1.0.la
   '';