diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
index 0a92e2cb11d9..d33fb2ef12bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@
 
   # test
   callPackage,
+  # TODO: Clean up on `staging`
+  llvmPackages,
 }:
 
 assert (withGTK3 && !withNS && variant != "macport") -> withX || withPgtk;
@@ -252,7 +254,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     autoreconfHook
   ]
   ++ lib.optionals (withPgtk || withX && (withGTK3 || withXwidgets)) [ wrapGAppsHook3 ]
-  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [ sigtool ];
+  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+    sigtool
+    # TODO: Clean up on `staging`
+    llvmPackages.lld
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     gnutls
@@ -418,10 +424,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       NATIVE_FULL_AOT = "1";
       LIBRARY_PATH = lib.concatStringsSep ":" libGccJitLibraryPaths;
     }
-    // lib.optionalAttrs (variant == "macport") {
-      # Fixes intermittent segfaults when compiled with LLVM >= 7.0.
-      # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/127902
-      NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-isystem ${./macport-noescape-noop}";
+    // lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin {
+      # workaround for ld64 hardening issue
+      #
+      # TODO: Clean up on `staging`
+      NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE =
+        "-fuse-ld=lld"
+        # Fixes intermittent segfaults when compiled with LLVM >= 7.0.
+        # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/127902
+        + lib.optionalString (variant == "macport") " -isystem ${./macport-noescape-noop}";
     };
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/default.nix
index ec3e7c9a6253..d9abd14e2e51 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
     url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/archlinux/svntogit-packages/68f6d131750aa778807119e03eed70286a17b1cb/trunk/archlinux.vim";
     sha256 = "18ifhv5q9prd175q3vxbqf6qyvkk6bc7d2lhqdk0q78i68kv9y0c";
   },
+  # TODO: Clean up on `staging`
+  llvmPackages,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -37,6 +39,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     gettext
     pkg-config
+  ]
+  # TODO: Clean up on `staging`.
+  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+    llvmPackages.lld
   ];
   buildInputs = [
     ncurses
@@ -44,6 +50,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     gawk
   ];
 
+  # workaround for ld64 hardening issue
+  #
+  # TODO: Clean up on `staging`
+  env = lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin {
+    NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-fuse-ld=lld";
+  };
+
   strictDeps = true;
 
   configureFlags = [
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/full.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/full.nix
index a2a105e3182c..f07960cf950c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/full.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/full.nix
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
   darwinSupport ? config.vim.darwin or false, # Enable Darwin support
   ftNixSupport ? config.vim.ftNix or true, # Add nix indentation support from vim-nix (not needed for basic syntax highlighting)
   sodiumSupport ? config.vim.sodium or true, # Enable sodium based encryption
+
+  # TODO: Clean up on `staging`
+  llvmPackages,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -169,7 +172,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   ++ lib.optional nlsSupport gettext
   ++ lib.optional perlSupport perl
   ++ lib.optional (guiSupport == "gtk3") wrapGAppsHook3
-  ++ lib.optional waylandSupport wayland-scanner;
+  ++ lib.optional waylandSupport wayland-scanner
+  # TODO: Clean up on `staging`
+  ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin llvmPackages.lld;
 
   buildInputs = [
     ncurses
@@ -196,7 +201,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   ++ lib.optional sodiumSupport libsodium;
 
   # error: '__declspec' attributes are not enabled; use '-fdeclspec' or '-fms-extensions' to enable support for __declspec attributes
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin "-fdeclspec";
+  # workaround for ld64 hardening issue
+  #
+  # TODO: Clean up on `staging`
+  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin "-fdeclspec -fuse-ld=lld";
 
   preConfigure = lib.optionalString ftNixSupport ''
     cp ${vimPlugins.vim-nix.src}/ftplugin/nix.vim runtime/ftplugin/nix.vim
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/macvim.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/macvim.nix
index 36e22ddc2b0a..9e48750c0b0a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/macvim.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/macvim.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
   # This can be set to one of the `darwin.xcode_*` packages as well.
   # If set, this should be a path to Xcode.app, e.g. `"/Applications/Xcode.app"`.
   withXcodePath ? null,
+  # TODO: Clean up on `staging`
+  llvmPackages,
 }:
 
 # Try to match MacVim's documented script interface compatibility
@@ -48,6 +50,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
+    # TODO: Clean up on `staging`
+    llvmPackages.lld
   ];
   buildInputs = [
     # MacVim references up to MAC_OS_VERSION_14_0 in its source
@@ -188,7 +192,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   # macvim obj-c log macro triggers -Wformat-security (seems like a bug? it's a string literal!)
   hardeningDisable = common.hardeningDisable ++ [ "format" ];
   # os_log also enables -Werror,-Wformat by default
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-DOS_LOG_FORMAT_WARNINGS";
+  # TODO: Clean up on `staging`
+  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-DOS_LOG_FORMAT_WARNINGS -fuse-ld=lld";
 
   # We rely on the user's Xcode install to build. It may be located in an arbitrary place, and
   # it's not clear what system-level components it may require, so for now we'll just allow full
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gt/gtk3/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gt/gtk3/package.nix
index 3c3ffc066dbb..bd66967f1014 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gt/gtk3/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gt/gtk3/package.nix
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
   broadwaySupport ? true,
   wayland-scanner,
   testers,
+  # TODO: Clean up on `staging`
+  llvmPackages,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -142,6 +144,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       ]
   ++ lib.optionals waylandSupport [
     wayland-scanner
+  ]
+  # TODO: Clean up on `staging`
+  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+    llvmPackages.lld
   ];
 
   buildInputs =
@@ -213,7 +219,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   # These are the defines that'd you'd get with --enable-debug=minimum (default).
   # See: https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/gtk-building.html#extra-configuration-options
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-DG_ENABLE_DEBUG -DG_DISABLE_CAST_CHECKS";
+  env = {
+    NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-DG_ENABLE_DEBUG -DG_DISABLE_CAST_CHECKS";
+  }
+  // lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin {
+    # workaround for ld64 hardening issue
+    #
+    # TODO: Clean up on `staging`
+
+    CC_LD = "lld";
+    OBJC_LD = "lld";
+  };
 
   postPatch = ''
     # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/132259