diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libspatialindex/no-rpath-for-darwin.diff b/pkgs/by-name/li/libspatialindex/no-rpath-for-darwin.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d26dec8cdb99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libspatialindex/no-rpath-for-darwin.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ if(HAVE_BCOPY)
+ endif()
+ 
+ 
+-if(APPLE)
++if(FALSE)
+   set(MACOSX_RPATH ON)
+   set_target_properties(spatialindex spatialindex_c
+                         PROPERTIES INSTALL_NAME_DIR "@rpath")
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libspatialindex/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libspatialindex/package.nix
index 1c07b6dae6ea..ad39600beb19 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libspatialindex/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libspatialindex/package.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   cmake,
-  fixDarwinDylibNames,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -17,11 +16,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-a2CzRLHdQMnVhHZhwYsye4X644r8gp1m6vU2CJpSRpU=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    ./no-rpath-for-darwin.diff
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs test/
   '';
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin fixDarwinDylibNames;
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     (lib.cmakeBool "BUILD_TESTING" finalAttrs.finalPackage.doCheck)
@@ -37,10 +40,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   doCheck = true;
 
-  postFixup = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
-    install_name_tool -change "@rpath/libspatialindex.7.dylib" "$out/lib/libspatialindex.7.dylib" $out/lib/libspatialindex_c.dylib
-  '';
-
   meta = {
     description = "Extensible spatial index library in C++";
     homepage = "https://libspatialindex.org";