diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index d270db9b53..027d0eaf1b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -2113,9 +2113,6 @@ (define-public diamond
 and BLASTX alignment mode).  The speedup over BLAST is up to 20,000 on short
 reads at a typical sensitivity of 90-99% relative to BLAST depending on the
 data and settings.")
-    ;; diamond fails to build on other platforms
-    ;; https://github.com/bbuchfink/diamond/issues/18
-    (supported-systems '("x86_64-linux"))
     (license (license:non-copyleft "file://src/COPYING"
                                    "See src/COPYING in the distribution."))))