diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/apple-gl/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/apple-gl/package.py
index d2f12943966..1da7fcd7233 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/apple-gl/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/apple-gl/package.py
@@ -38,7 +38,4 @@ class AppleGl(AppleGlBase):
 
     provides("gl@4.1")
 
-    requires(
-        "platform=darwin %apple-clang",
-        msg="Apple-GL is only available on Darwin, when using Apple Clang",
-    )
+    requires("platform=darwin", msg="Apple-GL is only available on Darwin")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/apple-glu/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/apple-glu/package.py
index a594b6fee55..085fdb4e356 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/apple-glu/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/apple-glu/package.py
@@ -12,7 +12,4 @@ class AppleGlu(AppleGlBase):
 
     provides("glu@1.3")
 
-    requires(
-        "platform=darwin %apple-clang",
-        msg="Apple-GLU is only available on Darwin, when using Apple Clang",
-    )
+    requires("platform=darwin", msg="Apple-GL is only available on Darwin")