diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix
index 28b2f203dae..73dadc38420 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ in rec {
         extraPackages = lib.optional (libcxx != null) libcxx;
 
         nativeTools  = false;
+        propagateDoc = false;
         nativeLibc   = false;
         inherit buildPackages coreutils gnugrep bintools;
         libc         = last.pkgs.darwin.Libsystem;
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
index 249f788c17a..cd11dee9c82 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ let
              then null
              else lib.makeOverridable (import ../../build-support/cc-wrapper) {
           nativeTools = false;
+          propagateDoc = false;
           nativeLibc = false;
           buildPackages = lib.optionalAttrs (prevStage ? stdenv) {
             inherit (prevStage) stdenv;