diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/c.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/c.py
index 2da627fc2..72b9f240b 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/c.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/c.py
@@ -986,12 +986,12 @@ class CCompiler(Compiler):
         return self.find_library_impl(libname, env, extra_dirs, code, libtype)
 
     def thread_flags(self, env):
-        if for_haiku(self.is_cross, env):
+        if for_haiku(self.is_cross, env) or for_darwin(self.is_cross, env):
             return []
         return ['-pthread']
 
     def thread_link_flags(self, env):
-        if for_haiku(self.is_cross, env):
+        if for_haiku(self.is_cross, env) or for_darwin(self.is_cross, env):
             return []
         return ['-pthread']
 
@@ -1076,16 +1076,6 @@ class ClangCCompiler(ClangCompiler, CCompiler):
                                                        'none')})
         return opts
 
-    def thread_flags(self, env):
-        if for_darwin(self.is_cross, env):
-            return []
-        return super().thread_flags()
-
-    def thread_link_flags(self, env):
-        if for_darwin(self.is_cross, env):
-            return []
-        return super().thread_link_flags()
-
     def get_option_compile_args(self, options):
         args = []
         std = options['c_std']
diff --git a/run_unittests.py b/run_unittests.py
index 8fe1c1165..8bea2d093 100755
--- a/run_unittests.py
+++ b/run_unittests.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import mesonbuild.coredata
 import mesonbuild.modules.gnome
 from mesonbuild.interpreter import Interpreter, ObjectHolder
 from mesonbuild.mesonlib import (
-    is_windows, is_osx, is_cygwin, is_dragonflybsd, is_openbsd,
+    is_windows, is_osx, is_cygwin, is_dragonflybsd, is_openbsd, is_haiku,
     windows_proof_rmtree, python_command, version_compare,
     BuildDirLock, Version
 )
@@ -3270,17 +3270,17 @@ class LinuxlikeTests(BasePlatformTests):
         self.assertEqual(sorted(out), sorted(['libfoo >= 1.0']))
 
         out = self._run(cmd + ['--cflags-only-other']).strip().split()
-        self.assertEqual(sorted(out), sorted(['-pthread', '-DCUSTOM']))
+        self.check_pkg_flags_are_same(out, ['-pthread', '-DCUSTOM'])
 
         out = self._run(cmd + ['--libs-only-l', '--libs-only-other']).strip().split()
-        self.assertEqual(sorted(out), sorted(['-pthread', '-lcustom',
-                                              '-llibmain', '-llibexposed']))
+        self.check_pkg_flags_are_same(out, ['-pthread', '-lcustom',
+                                            '-llibmain', '-llibexposed'])
 
         out = self._run(cmd + ['--libs-only-l', '--libs-only-other', '--static']).strip().split()
-        self.assertEqual(sorted(out), sorted(['-pthread', '-lcustom',
-                                              '-llibmain', '-llibexposed',
-                                              '-llibinternal', '-lcustom2',
-                                              '-lfoo']))
+        self.check_pkg_flags_are_same(out, ['-pthread', '-lcustom',
+                                            '-llibmain', '-llibexposed',
+                                            '-llibinternal', '-lcustom2',
+                                            '-lfoo'])
 
         cmd = ['pkg-config', 'requires-test']
         out = self._run(cmd + ['--print-requires']).strip().split('\n')
@@ -3290,6 +3290,11 @@ class LinuxlikeTests(BasePlatformTests):
         out = self._run(cmd + ['--print-requires-private']).strip().split('\n')
         self.assertEqual(sorted(out), sorted(['libexposed', 'libfoo >= 1.0', 'libhello']))
 
+    def check_pkg_flags_are_same(self, output, expected):
+        if is_osx() or is_haiku():
+            expected = [x for x in expected if x != '-pthread']
+        self.assertEqual(sorted(output), sorted(expected))
+
     def test_pkg_unfound(self):
         testdir = os.path.join(self.unit_test_dir, '23 unfound pkgconfig')
         self.init(testdir)