1 files changed, 7 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
index a90a00e6d4f3..9e82359865bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
@@ -285,19 +285,13 @@ rec {
     };
 
 
-  /* Modify a stdenv so that it uses the Gold linker. FIXME: should
-     use -fuse-ld=gold instead, but then the ld-wrapper won't be
-     invoked. */
-  useGoldLinker = stdenv:
-    let
-      binutils = stdenv.gcc.binutils;
-      binutils' = pkgs.runCommand "${binutils.name}-gold" { }
-        ''
-          mkdir -p $out/bin
-          ln -s ${binutils}/bin/* $out/bin/
-          ln -sfn ${binutils}/bin/ld.gold $out/bin/ld
-        ''; # */
-    in overrideGCC stdenv (stdenv.gcc.override { binutils = binutils'; });
+  /* Modify a stdenv so that it uses the Gold linker. */
+  useGoldLinker = stdenv: stdenv //
+    { mkDerivation = args: stdenv.mkDerivation (args // {
+        dontStrip = true;
+        NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = toString (args.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE or "") + " -fuse-ld=gold";
+      });
+    };
 
   dropCxx = drv: drv.override {
     stdenv = if pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin