diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/0001-avfoundation.m-macOS-SDK-10.12-compatibility.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/0001-avfoundation.m-macOS-SDK-10.12-compatibility.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 60004b1766ca2..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/0001-avfoundation.m-macOS-SDK-10.12-compatibility.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-From a804dd05351716b1fd9a7c2b7ed636613edd9c0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: toonn <toonn@toonn.io>
-Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 18:59:49 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] avfoundation.m: macOS SDK 10.12 compatibility
-
----
- libavdevice/avfoundation.m | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/libavdevice/avfoundation.m b/libavdevice/avfoundation.m
-index d9b17ccdae..2a1f66d751 100644
---- a/libavdevice/avfoundation.m
-+++ b/libavdevice/avfoundation.m
-@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ static int get_audio_config(AVFormatContext *s)
-     return 0;
- }
- 
--static NSArray* getDevicesWithMediaType(AVMediaType mediaType) {
-+static NSArray* getDevicesWithMediaType(NSString * mediaType) {
- #if ((TARGET_OS_IPHONE && __IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED >= 100000) || (TARGET_OS_OSX && __MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED >= 101500))
-     NSMutableArray *deviceTypes = nil;
-     if (mediaType == AVMediaTypeVideo) {
--- 
-2.44.0
-
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/default.nix
index eac16d659dac9..d07551608a54d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/default.nix
@@ -9,14 +9,6 @@ let
     initArgs: ffmpegVariant:
     callPackage ./generic.nix (
       {
-        inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks)
-          Accelerate
-          AppKit
-          AudioToolbox
-          AVFoundation
-          CoreImage
-          VideoToolbox
-          ;
         inherit (darwin) xcode;
         inherit (cudaPackages) cuda_cudart cuda_nvcc libnpp;
       }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
index f6f85b5b8e2a4..52104529e162a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
@@ -36,12 +36,9 @@
 , withAlsa ? withHeadlessDeps && stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux # Alsa in/output supporT
 , withAmf ? lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform amf # AMD Media Framework video encoding
 , withAom ? withHeadlessDeps # AV1 reference encoder
-, withAppKit ? withHeadlessDeps && stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin # Apple AppKit framework
 , withAribb24 ? withFullDeps # ARIB text and caption decoding
 , withAribcaption ? withFullDeps && lib.versionAtLeast version "6.1" # ARIB STD-B24 Caption Decoder/Renderer
 , withAss ? withHeadlessDeps && stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform # (Advanced) SubStation Alpha subtitle rendering
-, withAudioToolbox ? withHeadlessDeps && stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin # Apple AudioToolbox
-, withAvFoundation ? withHeadlessDeps && stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin # Apple AVFoundation framework
 , withAvisynth ? withFullDeps # AviSynth script files reading
 , withBluray ? withFullDeps # BluRay reading
 , withBs2b ? withFullDeps # bs2b DSP library
@@ -51,7 +48,6 @@
 , withCelt ? withHeadlessDeps # CELT decoder
 , withChromaprint ? withFullDeps # Audio fingerprinting
 , withCodec2 ? withFullDeps # codec2 en/decoding
-, withCoreImage ? withHeadlessDeps && stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin # Apple CoreImage framework
 , withCuda ? withFullDeps && withNvcodec
 , withCudaLLVM ? withFullDeps
 , withCudaNVCC ? withFullDeps && withUnfree && config.cudaSupport
@@ -121,7 +117,6 @@
 , withV4l2M2m ? withV4l2
 , withVaapi ? withHeadlessDeps && (with stdenv; isLinux || isFreeBSD) # Vaapi hardware acceleration
 , withVdpau ? withSmallDeps && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isMinGW # Vdpau hardware acceleration
-, withVideoToolbox ? withHeadlessDeps && stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin # Apple VideoToolbox
 , withVidStab ? withHeadlessDeps && withGPL # Video stabilization
 , withVmaf ? withFullDeps && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64 && lib.versionAtLeast version "5" # Netflix's VMAF (Video Multi-Method Assessment Fusion)
 , withVoAmrwbenc ? withFullDeps && withVersion3 # AMR-WB encoder
@@ -333,14 +328,9 @@
 , zlib
 , zvbi
 /*
- *  Darwin frameworks
+ *  Darwin
  */
-, Accelerate
-, AppKit
-, AudioToolbox
-, AVFoundation
-, CoreImage
-, VideoToolbox
+, apple-sdk_15
 , xcode # unfree contains metalcc and metallib
 /*
  *  Cuda Packages
@@ -465,7 +455,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       })
     ]
     ++ optionals (lib.versionAtLeast version "7.1") [
-      ./0001-avfoundation.m-macOS-SDK-10.12-compatibility.patch
       ./fix-fate-ffmpeg-spec-disposition-7.1.patch
 
       # Expose a private API for Chromium / Qt WebEngine.
@@ -560,14 +549,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     (enableFeature withAlsa "alsa")
     (enableFeature withAmf "amf")
     (enableFeature withAom "libaom")
-    (enableFeature withAppKit "appkit")
     (enableFeature withAribb24 "libaribb24")
   ] ++ optionals (versionAtLeast version "6.1") [
     (enableFeature withAribcaption "libaribcaption")
   ] ++ [
     (enableFeature withAss "libass")
-    (enableFeature withAudioToolbox "audiotoolbox")
-    (enableFeature withAvFoundation "avfoundation")
     (enableFeature withAvisynth "avisynth")
     (enableFeature withBluray "libbluray")
     (enableFeature withBs2b "libbs2b")
@@ -577,7 +563,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     (enableFeature withCelt "libcelt")
     (enableFeature withChromaprint "chromaprint")
     (enableFeature withCodec2 "libcodec2")
-    (enableFeature withCoreImage "coreimage")
     (enableFeature withCuda "cuda")
     (enableFeature withCudaLLVM "cuda-llvm")
     (enableFeature withCudaNVCC "cuda-nvcc")
@@ -667,7 +652,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ] ++ optionals (versionAtLeast version "6.0")  [
     (enableFeature withVpl "libvpl")
   ] ++ [
-    (enableFeature withVideoToolbox "videotoolbox")
     (enableFeature withVidStab "libvidstab") # Actual min. version 2.0
     (enableFeature withVmaf "libvmaf")
     (enableFeature withVoAmrwbenc "libvo-amrwbenc")
@@ -732,15 +716,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ++ optionals withCudaNVCC [ cuda_nvcc ];
 
   buildInputs = []
+  ++ optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [ apple-sdk_15 ]
   ++ optionals withAlsa [ alsa-lib ]
   ++ optionals withAmf [ amf-headers ]
   ++ optionals withAom [ libaom ]
-  ++ optionals withAppKit [ AppKit ]
   ++ optionals withAribb24 [ aribb24 ]
   ++ optionals withAribcaption [ libaribcaption ]
   ++ optionals withAss [ libass ]
-  ++ optionals withAudioToolbox [ AudioToolbox ]
-  ++ optionals withAvFoundation [ AVFoundation ]
   ++ optionals withAvisynth [ avisynthplus ]
   ++ optionals withBluray [ libbluray ]
   ++ optionals withBs2b [ libbs2b ]
@@ -750,7 +732,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ++ optionals withCelt [ celt ]
   ++ optionals withChromaprint [ chromaprint ]
   ++ optionals withCodec2 [ codec2 ]
-  ++ optionals withCoreImage [ CoreImage ]
   ++ optionals withCudaNVCC [ cuda_cudart cuda_nvcc ]
   ++ optionals withDav1d [ dav1d ]
   ++ optionals withDc1394 [ libdc1394 libraw1394 ]
@@ -794,7 +775,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ++ optionals withQuirc [ quirc ]
   ++ optionals withRav1e [ rav1e ]
   ++ optionals withRtmp [ rtmpdump ]
-  ++ optionals withRubberband ([ rubberband ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin Accelerate)
+  ++ optionals withRubberband [ rubberband ]
   ++ optionals withSamba [ samba ]
   ++ optionals withSdl2 [ SDL2 ]
   ++ optionals withShaderc [ shaderc ]
@@ -812,7 +793,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ++ optionals withV4l2 [ libv4l ]
   ++ optionals withVaapi [ (if withSmallDeps then libva else libva-minimal) ]
   ++ optionals withVdpau [ libvdpau ]
-  ++ optionals withVideoToolbox [ VideoToolbox ]
   ++ optionals withVidStab [ vid-stab ]
   ++ optionals withVmaf [ libvmaf ]
   ++ optionals withVoAmrwbenc [ vo-amrwbenc ]