diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/distcc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/distcc/default.nix
index 565d7835f05d..300e15f1317b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/distcc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/distcc/default.nix
@@ -41,11 +41,10 @@ let
       #
       # extraConfig is meant to be sh lines exporting environment
       # variables like DISTCC_HOSTS, DISTCC_DIR, ...
-      links = extraConfig : (runCommand "distcc-links"
-          { inherit (gcc) langC langCC; }
+      links = extraConfig : (runCommand "distcc-links" { }
         ''
           mkdir -p $out/bin
-          if [ $langC -eq 1 ]; then
+          if [ -x "${gcc.gcc}/bin/gcc" ]; then
             cat > $out/bin/gcc << EOF
             #!/bin/sh
             ${extraConfig}
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ let
           EOF
             chmod +x $out/bin/gcc
           fi
-          if [ $langCC -eq 1 ]; then
+          if [ -x "${gcc.gcc}/bin/g++" ]; then
             cat > $out/bin/g++ << EOF
             #!/bin/sh
             ${extraConfig}