diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-watch/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-watch/default.nix
index 63217b655ac5..1721e45a1ed0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-watch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-watch/default.nix
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
 , rustPlatform
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , Cocoa
-, CoreServices
 , Foundation
-, libiconv
 }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
@@ -21,7 +19,9 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   cargoHash = "sha256-0D+aM/zap5UDQ+k9c/p+ZfN1OUjDzFRArvcmqEOcBbM=";
 
-  buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ Cocoa CoreServices Foundation libiconv ];
+  buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ Foundation Cocoa ];
+
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionals (stdenv.isDarwin && stdenv.isx86_64) [ "-framework" "AppKit" ];
 
   # `test with_cargo` tries to call cargo-watch as a cargo subcommand
   # (calling cargo-watch with command `cargo watch`)
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e3b70de5f064..6d08259807ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17148,8 +17148,8 @@ with pkgs;
   cargo-wasi = callPackage ../development/tools/rust/cargo-wasi {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
   };
-  cargo-watch = darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.callPackage ../development/tools/rust/cargo-watch {
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.frameworks) Cocoa CoreServices Foundation;
+  cargo-watch = callPackage ../development/tools/rust/cargo-watch {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Foundation Cocoa;
   };
   cargo-wipe = callPackage ../development/tools/rust/cargo-wipe { };
   cargo-workspaces = callPackage ../development/tools/rust/cargo-workspaces { };