diff --git a/nix/checks/default.nix b/nix/checks/default.nix
index bb3064e0..000c6868 100644
--- a/nix/checks/default.nix
+++ b/nix/checks/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
       rocksdbAllFeatures = self'.packages.rocksdb.override {
         enableJemalloc = true;
-        enableLiburing = true;
       };
 
       commonAttrs = (uwulib.build.commonAttrs { }) // {
diff --git a/nix/packages/continuwuity/default.nix b/nix/packages/continuwuity/default.nix
index b47f6ab6..077e7c1e 100644
--- a/nix/packages/continuwuity/default.nix
+++ b/nix/packages/continuwuity/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
               commonAttrsArgs.profile = "release";
               rocksdb = self'.packages.rocksdb.override {
                 enableJemalloc = true;
-                enableLiburing = true;
               };
               features = {
                 enabledFeatures = "all";
diff --git a/nix/packages/rocksdb/package.nix b/nix/packages/rocksdb/package.nix
index 40bd0935..bdbc4a91 100644
--- a/nix/packages/rocksdb/package.nix
+++ b/nix/packages/rocksdb/package.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   rust-jemalloc-sys-unprefixed,
 
   enableJemalloc ? false,
-  enableLiburing ? false,
 
   fetchFromGitea,
 
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ in
 
   # for some reason enableLiburing in nixpkgs rocksdb is default true
   # which breaks Darwin entirely
-  enableLiburing = enableLiburing && notDarwin;
+  enableLiburing = notDarwin;
 }).overrideAttrs
   (old: {
     src = fetchFromGitea {
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ in
         "USE_RTTI"
       ]);
 
-    enableLiburing = enableLiburing && notDarwin;
+    enableLiburing = notDarwin;
 
     # outputs has "tools" which we don't need or use
     outputs = [ "out" ];
diff --git a/nix/shells/default.nix b/nix/shells/default.nix
index 738ed177..d37ab78f 100644
--- a/nix/shells/default.nix
+++ b/nix/shells/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
       uwulib = inputs.self.uwulib.init pkgs;
       rocksdbAllFeatures = self'.packages.rocksdb.override {
         enableJemalloc = true;
-        enableLiburing = true;
       };
     in
     {