diff --git a/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/chrootenv.nix b/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/chrootenv.nix
index 40aa42337413..9e84a8d6ba45 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/chrootenv.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/chrootenv.nix
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ let
   pio-pkgs = pkgs:
     let
       python = pkgs.python3;
-      platformio = python.pkgs.callPackage ./core.nix { inherit version src; };
     in
     (with pkgs; [
+      platformio-core
       zlib
       git
       xdg-user-dirs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ let
       setuptools
       pip
       bottle
-      platformio
     ]);
 
 in
diff --git a/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/default.nix
index 6fd8592a12cf..fbcce7eae60e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ newScope, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ newScope, fetchFromGitHub, python3Packages }:
 
 let
   callPackage = newScope self;
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ let
   };
 
   self = {
+    platformio-core = python3Packages.callPackage ./core.nix { inherit version src; };
+
     platformio-chrootenv = callPackage ./chrootenv.nix { inherit version src; };
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fca8efb5b8fc..8239fa321e89 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11105,7 +11105,8 @@ with pkgs;
   };
 
   platformioPackages = dontRecurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../development/embedded/platformio { });
-  platformio = platformioPackages.platformio-chrootenv;
+  platformio = if stdenv.isLinux then platformioPackages.platformio-chrootenv else platformioPackages.platformio-core;
+  platformio-core = platformioPackages.platformio-core;
 
   platinum-searcher = callPackage ../tools/text/platinum-searcher { };