diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/R/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/R/default.nix
index 0d045c882864c0b..74f27fa534e2104 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/R/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/R/default.nix
@@ -95,11 +95,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  # disable stackprotector on aarch64-darwin for now
-  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/158730
-  # see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/127608 for a similar issue
-  hardeningDisable = lib.optionals (stdenv.isAarch64 && stdenv.isDarwin) [ "stackprotector" ];
-
   setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
 
   meta = with lib; {