diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bcftools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bcftools/default.nix
index d4e4ed5b954f..71ceca122244 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bcftools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bcftools/default.nix
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ zlib ];
 
-  preBuild = ''
-    makeFlagsArray=("HSTDIR=${htslib}" "prefix=$out")
-  '';
+  makeFlags = [
+    "HSTDIR=${htslib}"
+    "prefix=$out"
+    "CC=cc"
+  ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Tools for manipulating BCF2/VCF/gVCF format, SNP and short indel sequence variants";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/aspino/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/aspino/default.nix
index 5207245b0ba6..ee9e580a7b87 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/aspino/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/aspino/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ zlib boost ];
 
+  patchPhase = ''
+    substituteInPlace Makefile \
+      --replace "GCC = g++" "GCC = c++"
+  '';
+
   preBuild = ''
     cp ${glucose.src} patches/glucose-syrup.tgz
     ./bootstrap.sh
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/LiE/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/LiE/default.nix
index b448b5114212..515b7e272899 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/LiE/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/LiE/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "2.2.2";
      # The current version of LiE is 2.2.2, which is more or less unchanged
      # since about the year 2000. Minor bugfixes do get applied now and then.
-  name = "LiE-${version}";
+  name = "lie-${version}";
 
   meta = {
     description = "A Computer algebra package for Lie group computations";
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       characteristics, we refer to the following sources of information.
     ''; # take from the website
 
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ ]; # this package is probably not going to change anyway
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/arduino/arduino-core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/arduino/arduino-core/default.nix
index f1f598c1359c..f89947d7d61f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/arduino/arduino-core/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/arduino/arduino-core/default.nix
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Open-source electronics prototyping platform";
     homepage = http://arduino.cc/;
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
-    platforms = platforms.all;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ antono robberer bjornfor ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/alure/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/alure/default.nix
index 200ff1ca2e7f..fe2892c96270 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/alure/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/alure/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "A utility library to help manage common tasks with OpenAL applications";
     homepage = http://kcat.strangesoft.net/alure.html;
     license = licenses.mit;
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/video/atomicparsley/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/video/atomicparsley/default.nix
index 9cabfe31a188..bb44fe044e81 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/video/atomicparsley/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/video/atomicparsley/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, pkgs, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "${product}-${version}";
+  name = "atomicparsley-${version}";
   product = "AtomicParsley";
   version = "0.9.0";
 
@@ -10,12 +10,20 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "de83f219f95e6fe59099b277e3ced86f0430ad9468e845783092821dff15a72e";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = with pkgs; [ unzip ];
+  buildInputs = with pkgs; [ unzip ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin [ darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Cocoa ];
   patches = [ ./casts.patch ];
   setSourceRoot = "sourceRoot=${product}-source-${version}";
   buildPhase = "bash build";
   installPhase = "install -D AtomicParsley $out/bin/AtomicParsley";
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace build \
+      --replace 'g++' 'c++'
+    substituteInPlace AP_NSImage.mm \
+      --replace '_NSBitmapImageFileType' 'NSBitmapImageFileType'
+  '';
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = ''
       A lightweight command line program for reading, parsing and
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0f881093efb8..3f40615e5d20 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16545,7 +16545,7 @@ in
 
   openspecfun = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/openspecfun {};
 
-  LiE = callPackage ../applications/science/math/LiE { };
+  lie = callPackage ../applications/science/math/LiE { };
 
   magma = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/magma { };