diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/default.nix
index 7f48ad2d3b4..f5a8188334c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/default.nix
@@ -86,8 +86,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [ inotify-tools ]
   ;
 
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-framework CoreFoundation";
-
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir $apparmor
     cat >$apparmor/bin.transmission-daemon <<EOF