diff --git a/pkgs/misc/my-env/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/my-env/default.nix
index 8a35525b3e82..df4c8fc6b63d 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/my-env/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/my-env/default.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   };
 
   buildPhase = let
-    initialPath = import ../../stdenv/common-path.nix { inherit pkgs; };
+    initialPath = import ../../stdenv/generic/common-path.nix { inherit pkgs; };
   in ''
     set -x
     mkdir -p "$out/dev-envs" "$out/nix-support" "$out/bin"
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix
index bbc15bad2620..ff56f1de0226 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ rec {
       __stdenvImpureHostDeps = commonImpureHostDeps;
       __extraImpureHostDeps = commonImpureHostDeps;
 
-      initialPath = import ../common-path.nix { inherit pkgs; };
+      initialPath = import ../generic/common-path.nix { inherit pkgs; };
       shell = "${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash";
 
       cc = pkgs."${finalLlvmPackages}".libcxxClang;
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/default.nix
index 25a593c67437..7a2ad665e09d 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/default.nix
@@ -38,28 +38,10 @@ let
 in
   if crossSystem != localSystem || crossOverlays != [] then stagesCross
   else if config ? replaceStdenv then stagesCustom
-  else { # switch
-    i686-linux = stagesLinux;
-    x86_64-linux = stagesLinux;
-    armv5tel-linux = stagesLinux;
-    armv6l-linux = stagesLinux;
-    armv6m-linux = stagesLinux;
-    armv7a-linux = stagesLinux;
-    armv7l-linux = stagesLinux;
-    armv7r-linux = stagesLinux;
-    armv7m-linux = stagesLinux;
-    armv8a-linux = stagesLinux;
-    armv8r-linux = stagesLinux;
-    armv8m-linux = stagesLinux;
-    aarch64-linux = stagesLinux;
-    mipsel-linux = stagesLinux;
-    mips64el-linux = stagesLinux;
-    powerpc-linux = /* stagesLinux */ stagesNative;
-    powerpc64-linux = stagesLinux;
-    powerpc64le-linux = stagesLinux;
-    riscv64-linux = stagesLinux;
-    x86_64-darwin = stagesDarwin;
-    aarch64-darwin = stagesDarwin;
+  else if localSystem.isLinux then stagesLinux
+  else if localSystem.isDarwin then stagesDarwin
+  else # misc special cases
+  { # switch
     x86_64-solaris = stagesNix;
     i686-cygwin = stagesNative;
     x86_64-cygwin = stagesNative;
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/common-path.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/common-path.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/stdenv/common-path.nix
rename to pkgs/stdenv/generic/common-path.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
index ff9602722bf3..7c0209b33aed 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ in
       preHook = commonPreHook;
 
       initialPath =
-        ((import ../common-path.nix) {pkgs = prevStage;});
+        ((import ../generic/common-path.nix) {pkgs = prevStage;});
 
       extraNativeBuildInputs = [ prevStage.patchelf ] ++
         # Many tarballs come with obsolete config.sub/config.guess that don't recognize aarch64.
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/nix/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/nix/default.nix
index 2fb19992bc1e..e9e9936ccd80 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/nix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/nix/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ bootStages ++ [
         export NIX_IGNORE_LD_THROUGH_GCC=1
       '';
 
-      initialPath = (import ../common-path.nix) { pkgs = prevStage; };
+      initialPath = (import ../generic/common-path.nix) { pkgs = prevStage; };
 
       cc = import ../../build-support/cc-wrapper {
         inherit lib;