diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygdbmi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygdbmi/default.nix
index 447fbdfcdc44..b3d1fb3d26df 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygdbmi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygdbmi/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ lib
+{ stdenv
+, lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , gdb
@@ -19,6 +20,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   checkInputs = [ gdb ];
 
+  # tests require gcc for some reason
+  doCheck = !stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin;
+
   postPatch = ''
     # tries to execute flake8,
     # which is likely to break on flake8 updates
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-engineio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-engineio/default.nix
index 128fb8961d4d..cb3fe1a9f38d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-engineio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-engineio/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "Engine.IO server";
     homepage = "https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/python-engineio/";
     license = licenses.mit;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.mic92 ];
   };
 }