diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/uu/uutils-coreutils/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/uu/uutils-coreutils/package.nix
index 3e04d42b8724..1a43ed4ae530 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/uu/uutils-coreutils/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/uu/uutils-coreutils/package.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   python3Packages,
   versionCheckHook,
   nix-update-script,
-  withDocs ? true,
+
   prefix ? "uutils-",
   buildMulticallBinary ? true,
 }:
@@ -23,19 +23,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-OZ9AsCJmQmn271OzEmqSZtt1OPn7zHTScQiiqvPhqB0=";
   };
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    # don't enforce the building of the man page
-    substituteInPlace GNUmakefile \
-      --replace 'install: build' 'install:'
-  '';
-
   cargoDeps = rustPlatform.fetchCargoVendor {
     inherit (finalAttrs) src;
     name = "uutils-coreutils-${finalAttrs.version}";
     hash = "sha256-DsVLp2Y15k+KQI7S6A4hylOhJN016MEdEWx9VQIQEgQ=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ rustPlatform.cargoSetupHook ] ++ lib.optional withDocs python3Packages.sphinx;
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    rustPlatform.cargoSetupHook
+    python3Packages.sphinx
+  ];
 
   makeFlags =
     [
@@ -45,11 +42,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       "INSTALLDIR_MAN=${placeholder "out"}/share/man/man1"
     ]
     ++ lib.optionals (prefix != null) [ "PROG_PREFIX=${prefix}" ]
-    ++ lib.optionals buildMulticallBinary [ "MULTICALL=y" ]
-    ++ lib.optionals (!withDocs) [
-      "build-coreutils"
-      "build-pkgs"
-    ];
+    ++ lib.optionals buildMulticallBinary [ "MULTICALL=y" ];
 
   # too many impure/platform-dependent tests
   doCheck = false;
@@ -76,6 +69,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       CLI utils in Rust. This repo is to aggregate the GNU coreutils rewrites.
     '';
     homepage = "https://github.com/uutils/coreutils";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.version}";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ siraben ];
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf/default.nix
index ecee7caf8c6f..6eac0fd18393 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf/default.nix
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     hash = "sha256-uohcExlXjWyU1G6bDc60AUyq/iSQ5Deg28o/JwoiP1o=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    ./uutils-mkdirp.patch
-  ];
-
   strictDeps = true;
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     m4
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf/uutils-mkdirp.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf/uutils-mkdirp.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index caecc81d6cb1..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf/uutils-mkdirp.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/lib/autoconf/programs.m4 b/lib/autoconf/programs.m4
-index 8226a7c..3b231b9 100644
---- a/lib/autoconf/programs.m4
-+++ b/lib/autoconf/programs.m4
-@@ -701,7 +701,8 @@ if test -z "$MKDIR_P"; then
- 	   case `"$as_dir$ac_prog$ac_exec_ext" --version 2>&1` in #(
- 	     'mkdir ('*'coreutils) '* | \
- 	     *'BusyBox '* | \
--	     'mkdir (fileutils) '4.1*)
-+	     'mkdir (fileutils) '4.1* | \
-+       'mkdir 0.0.'*)
- 	       ac_cv_path_mkdir=$as_dir$ac_prog$ac_exec_ext
- 	       break 3;;
- 	   esac
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 950f071d210b..00ad066671b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -91,36 +91,6 @@ with pkgs;
   gccStdenvNoLibs = mkStdenvNoLibs gccStdenv;
   clangStdenvNoLibs = mkStdenvNoLibs clangStdenv;
 
-  stdenvUutilsCoreutils =
-    let
-      uutils-coreutils = pkgs.uutils-coreutils-minimal;
-      bintools = wrapBintoolsWith {
-        bintools = stdenv.cc.bintools.bintools;
-        coreutils = uutils-coreutils;
-      };
-    in
-    stdenv.override {
-      cc = stdenv.cc.override {
-        coreutils = uutils-coreutils;
-        inherit bintools;
-      };
-
-      initialPath = (lib.remove coreutils stdenv.initialPath) ++ [ uutils-coreutils ];
-      allowedRequisites = lib.mapNullable (
-        rs:
-        (lib.remove [
-          bintools
-          expand-response-params
-          coreutils
-        ] rs)
-        ++ [
-          bintools
-          expand-response-params
-          uutils-coreutils
-        ]
-      ) (stdenv.allowedRequisites or null);
-    };
-
   # For convenience, allow callers to get the path to Nixpkgs.
   path = ../..;
 
@@ -2750,15 +2720,13 @@ with pkgs;
     llvmPackages = llvmPackages_13;
   };
 
-  coreutils =
-    if stdenv.hostPlatform.useUutilsCoreutils or false then uutils-coreutils else gnu-coreutils;
-  gnu-coreutils = callPackage ../tools/misc/coreutils { };
+  coreutils = callPackage ../tools/misc/coreutils { };
 
   # The coreutils above are built with dependencies from
   # bootstrapping. We cannot override it here, because that pulls in
   # openssl from the previous stage as well.
-  coreutils-full = gnu-coreutils.override { minimal = false; };
-  coreutils-prefixed = gnu-coreutils.override {
+  coreutils-full = callPackage ../tools/misc/coreutils { minimal = false; };
+  coreutils-prefixed = coreutils.override {
     withPrefix = true;
     singleBinary = false;
   };
@@ -2920,11 +2888,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   uutils-coreutils-noprefix = uutils-coreutils.override { prefix = null; };
 
-  uutils-coreutils-minimal = pkgs.uutils-coreutils.override {
-    prefix = null;
-    withDocs = false;
-  };
-
   vorta = qt6Packages.callPackage ../applications/backup/vorta { };
 
   xkcdpass = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication xkcdpass;
@@ -3025,10 +2988,7 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (windows) libgnurx;
   };
 
-  findutils = callPackage ../tools/misc/findutils {
-    coreutils =
-      if stdenv.hostPlatform.useUutilsCoreutils or false then uutils-coreutils-minimal else gnu-coreutils;
-  };
+  findutils = callPackage ../tools/misc/findutils { };
 
   bsd-fingerd = bsd-finger.override {
     buildProduct = "daemon";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/stage.nix b/pkgs/top-level/stage.nix
index caf1dd68668f..7bca60a4caa5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/stage.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/stage.nix
@@ -285,21 +285,6 @@ let
       else
         throw "Musl libc only supports 64-bit Linux systems.";
 
-    pkgsUutils =
-      if stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux && stdenv.buildPlatform.is64bit then
-        nixpkgsFun {
-          overlays = [
-            (self': super': {
-              pkgsUutils = super';
-            })
-          ] ++ overlays;
-          ${if stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform then "localSystem" else "crossSystem"} = {
-            config = lib.systems.parse.tripleFromSystem (makeMuslParsedPlatform stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed);
-          };
-        }
-      else
-        throw "uutils only supports 64-bit Linux systems.";
-
     # All packages built for i686 Linux.
     # Used by wine, firefox with debugging version of Flash, ...
     pkgsi686Linux =