2 files changed, 3 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/2.38/default.nix b/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/2.38/default.nix
index 1194cbeb2453..fd9a3277532e 100644
--- a/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/2.38/default.nix
+++ b/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/2.38/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-let
-  execFormatIsELF = platform: platform.parsed.kernel.execFormat.name == "elf";
-in
-
 { stdenv
 , autoreconfHook
 , autoconf269, automake, libtool
@@ -18,7 +14,7 @@ in
 , texinfo
 , zlib
 
-, enableGold ? execFormatIsELF stdenv.targetPlatform
+, enableGold ? stdenv.targetPlatform.isElf
 , enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
   # WARN: Enabling all targets increases output size to a multiple.
 , withAllTargets ? false
@@ -26,7 +22,7 @@ in
 
 # WARN: configure silently disables ld.gold if it's unsupported, so we need to
 # make sure that intent matches result ourselves.
-assert enableGold -> execFormatIsELF stdenv.targetPlatform;
+assert enableGold -> stdenv.targetPlatform.isElf;
 
 
 let
diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix b/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
index fe9ec6a865f9..2183d45b6f0d 100644
--- a/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
+++ b/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 let
-  withGold = platform: platform.parsed.kernel.execFormat.name == "elf" && !platform.isRiscV && !platform.isLoongArch64;
+  withGold = platform: platform.isElf && !platform.isRiscV && !platform.isLoongArch64;
 in
 
 { stdenv