diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix
index a67ca53e1c5..c1c9127636f 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ in rec {
       bzip2.bin llvmPackages.llvm llvmPackages.llvm.lib zlib.out zlib.dev libffi.out coreutils ed diffutils gnutar
       gzip ncurses.out ncurses.dev ncurses.man gnused bash gawk
       gnugrep llvmPackages.clang-unwrapped patch pcre.out binutils-raw.out
-      binutils-raw.dev binutils gettext
+      binutils gettext
       cc.expand-response-params
     ]) ++ (with pkgs.darwin; [
       dyld Libsystem CF cctools ICU libiconv locale
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools-cross.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools-cross.nix
index 90c9d2cef67..8a1f7445b30 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools-cross.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools-cross.nix
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ rec {
         for i in as ld ar ranlib nm strip readelf objdump; do
           cp ${binutils.out}/bin/$i $out/bin
         done
-        cp -d ${binutils.lib}/lib/lib*.so* $out/lib
 
         chmod -R u+w $out
 
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
index 008daf8d522..8f5272cc96a 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ rec {
         for i in as ld ar ranlib nm strip readelf objdump; do
           cp ${binutils.out}/bin/$i $out/bin
         done
-        cp -d ${binutils.lib}/lib/lib*.so* $out/lib
 
         chmod -R u+w $out