diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 79954f61a..eead3d5b8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "MSVC")
   add_compile_options(/utf-8 /bigobj /permissive-)
 endif()
 
-# mimalloc is incompatible with Python bindings on MacOS
-if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Darwin" AND SLANG_INCLUDE_PYLIB)
+# mimalloc is incompatible with Python bindings
+if(SLANG_INCLUDE_PYLIB)
   set(SLANG_USE_MIMALLOC OFF)
 endif()