diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ya/yabai/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ya/yabai/package.nix
index d691968aa57b..8972b1c320f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ya/yabai/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ya/yabai/package.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
   xcodebuild,
   xxd,
   yabai,
-  apple-sdk_11,
+  apple-sdk_15,
+  darwinMinVersionHook,
 }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "yabai";
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ];
 
   buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64 [
-    apple-sdk_11
+    (darwinMinVersionHook "11.0")
+    apple-sdk_15
   ];
 
   dontConfigure = true;
@@ -58,12 +60,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
         --replace-fail "-arch arm64e" "" \
         --replace-fail "-arch arm64" "" \
         --replace-fail "clang" "${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}clang"
-
-        # `NSScreen::safeAreaInsets` is only available on macOS 12.0 and above, which frameworks aren't packaged.
-        # When a lower OS version is detected upstream just returns 0, so we can hardcode that at compile time.
-        # https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/blob/v4.0.2/src/workspace.m#L109
-        substituteInPlace src/workspace.m \
-        --replace-fail 'return screen.safeAreaInsets.top;' 'return 0;'
       '';
 
   passthru = {