diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.1.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.1.nix
index 78dbdb617e64..2401a8900530 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.1.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 , # GHC can be built with system libffi or a bundled one.
   libffi ? null
 
-, useLLVM ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isx86
+, useLLVM ? !(stdenv.targetPlatform.isx86
+              || (stdenv.targetPlatform.isAarch64 && stdenv.targetPlatform.isDarwin))
 , # LLVM is conceptually a run-time-only depedendency, but for
   # non-x86, we need LLVM to bootstrap later stages, so it becomes a
   # build-time dependency too.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
index 053c43649f3f..5be02df13b4a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
                 !stdenv.targetPlatform.isWindows
 , elfutils # for DWARF support
 
-, useLLVM ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isx86 || stdenv.targetPlatform.isiOS
+, useLLVM ? !(stdenv.targetPlatform.isx86
+              || (stdenv.targetPlatform.isAarch64 && stdenv.targetPlatform.isDarwin))
 , # LLVM is conceptually a run-time-only depedendency, but for
   # non-x86, we need LLVM to bootstrap later stages, so it becomes a
   # build-time dependency too.