diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ada/gnatcoll/core.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ada/gnatcoll/core.nix
index 171e9b99eec3d..64ea1ac12b915 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ada/gnatcoll/core.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ada/gnatcoll/core.nix
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "https://github.com/AdaCore/gnatcoll-core";
     description = "GNAT Components Collection - Core packages";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/211526
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.sternenseemann ];
     platforms = platforms.all;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/arp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/arp/default.nix
index 63c1e090662cb..e999c6db52e5f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/arp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/arp/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 { lib
+, stdenv
 , buildDunePackage
 , fetchurl
 , cstruct
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ buildDunePackage rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Address Resolution Protocol purely in OCaml";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mirage/arp";
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
     license = licenses.isc;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ sternenseemann ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/llvm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/llvm/default.nix
index 948d326d65945..f89f1e48dabe4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/llvm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/llvm/default.nix
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = {
     inherit (libllvm.meta) license homepage;
     inherit (ocaml.meta) platforms;
+    # Error copying file "/tmp/nix-build-ocaml-llvm-10.0.1.drv-0/llvm-10.0.1.src/build/bindings/ocaml/llvm/dllllvm.dylib" to "/tmp/nix-build-ocaml-llvm-10.0.1.drv-0/llvm-10.0.1.src/build/./lib/ocaml/llvm/".
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
     description = "OCaml bindings distributed with LLVM";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ vbgl ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/soundtouch/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/soundtouch/default.nix
index fc79664d06bbe..420c143ca290f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/soundtouch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/soundtouch/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, buildDunePackage, fetchFromGitHub, dune-configurator, soundtouch }:
+{ lib, stdenv, buildDunePackage, fetchFromGitHub, dune-configurator, soundtouch }:
 
 buildDunePackage rec {
   pname = "soundtouch";
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ buildDunePackage rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/savonet/ocaml-soundtouch";
     description = "Bindings for the soundtouch library which provides functions for changing pitch and timestretching audio data";
+    # fatal error: 'vector' file not found
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
     license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dandellion ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/taglib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/taglib/default.nix
index 95b5ae04578ff..888256441341c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/taglib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/taglib/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, buildDunePackage, fetchFromGitHub, dune-configurator, pkg-config, taglib, zlib }:
+{ lib, stdenv, buildDunePackage, fetchFromGitHub, dune-configurator, pkg-config, taglib, zlib }:
 
 buildDunePackage rec {
   pname = "taglib";
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ buildDunePackage rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/savonet/ocaml-taglib";
     description = "Bindings for the taglib library which provides functions for reading tags in headers of audio files";
+    # fatal error: 'string' file not found
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
     license = with licenses; [ lgpl21Plus "link-exception" ]; # GNU Library Public License 2 Linking Exception
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dandellion ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/torch/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/torch/default.nix
index d9cf4e5760d88..374ba885ac2a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/torch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/torch/default.nix
@@ -408,6 +408,17 @@ in buildPythonPackage rec {
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ teh thoughtpolice tscholak ]; # tscholak esp. for darwin-related builds
     platforms = with platforms; linux ++ lib.optionals (!cudaSupport || !rocmSupport) darwin;
-    broken = rocmSupport && cudaSupport; # CUDA and ROCm are mutually exclusive
+    # For darwin:
+    #   last 10 log lines:
+    #   >   void *ptr = ::aligned_alloc(align,(size+align-1)&(~(align-1)));
+    #   >               ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+    #   >               aligned_alloc
+    #   > /tmp/nix-build-python3.10-torch-2.0.0.drv-0/source/third_party/pocketfft/pocketfft_hdronly.h:153:14: note: 'aligned_alloc' declared here
+    #   > inline void *aligned_alloc(size_t align, size_t size)
+    #   >              ^
+    #   > 1 error generated.
+    #   > [4848/5670] Building CXX object caffe2/CMakeFiles/torch_cpu.dir/__/aten/src/ATen/native/mkldnn/ConvPrepack.cpp.op.o
+    #   > ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin && stdenv.isx86_64 || rocmSupport && cudaSupport; # CUDA and ROCm are mutually exclusive
   };
 }