diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
index 9e52960f8737..d91b6f33bd39 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ in
 , buildPackages
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , fetchurl
-, flex
 , gettext
 , lib
 , noSysDirs
@@ -35,19 +34,6 @@ let
 
   version = "2.43.1";
 
-  srcs = {
-    normal = fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://gnu/binutils/binutils-${version}.tar.bz2";
-      hash = "sha256-vsqsXSleA3WHtjpC+tV/49nXuD9HjrJLZ/nuxdDxhy8=";
-    };
-    vc4-none = fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "itszor";
-      repo = "binutils-vc4";
-      rev = "708acc851880dbeda1dd18aca4fd0a95b2573b36";
-      sha256 = "1kdrz6fki55lm15rwwamn74fnqpy0zlafsida2zymk76n3656c63";
-    };
-  };
-
   #INFO: The targetPrefix prepended to binary names to allow multiple binuntils
   # on the PATH to both be usable.
   targetPrefix = lib.optionalString (targetPlatform != hostPlatform) "${targetPlatform.config}-";
@@ -57,7 +43,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = targetPrefix + "binutils";
   inherit version;
 
-  src = srcs.${targetPlatform.system} or srcs.normal;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnu/binutils/binutils-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    hash = "sha256-vsqsXSleA3WHtjpC+tV/49nXuD9HjrJLZ/nuxdDxhy8=";
+  };
 
   # WARN: this package is used for bootstrapping fetchurl, and thus cannot use
   # fetchpatch! All mutable patches (generated by GitHub or cgit) that are
@@ -118,7 +107,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ]
   ++ lib.optionals targetPlatform.isiOS [ autoreconfHook ]
   ++ lib.optionals buildPlatform.isDarwin [ autoconf269 automake gettext libtool ]
-  ++ lib.optionals targetPlatform.isVc4 [ flex ]
   ;
 
   buildInputs = [ zlib gettext ] ++ lib.optionals hostPlatform.isDarwin [ CoreServices ];