diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/databases/aerospike.nix b/nixos/modules/services/databases/aerospike.nix
index 5f33164998be..4b905f90529d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/databases/aerospike.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/databases/aerospike.nix
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ in
 
       package = mkOption {
         default = pkgs.aerospike;
+        defaultText = "pkgs.aerospike";
         type = types.package;
         description = "Which Aerospike derivation to use";
       };
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/aerospike/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/aerospike/default.nix
index 124daa4a5ccb..c5290709b625 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/aerospike/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/aerospike/default.nix
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Flash-optimized, in-memory, NoSQL database";
     homepage = http://aerospike.com/;
     license = licenses.agpl3;
-    #platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];  # breaks eval of nixos manual for aarch64
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ kalbasit ];
   };
 }