diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/mold/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/mold/default.nix
index 2cbc016a2933..530fbb1666c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/mold/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/mold/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 , zstd
 
 , buildPackages
+, clangStdenv
+, gccStdenv
 , hello
 , mold
 , mold-wrapped
@@ -21,13 +23,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "mold";
-  version = "2.2.0";
+  version = "2.3.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "rui314";
     repo = "mold";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-ePX80hzzIzSJdGUX96GyxYWcdbXxXyuyNQqj5RDSkKU=";
+    hash = "sha256-TgDGAYdJjqGQradB7UJlV2emvG7q4F9ctzPaGRUgvxU=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -89,11 +91,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       in
       {
         version = testers.testVersion { package = mold; };
+      } // lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.isLinux {
+        adapter-gcc = helloTest "adapter-gcc" (hello.override (old: { stdenv = useMoldLinker gccStdenv; }));
+        adapter-llvm = helloTest "adapter-llvm" (hello.override (old: { stdenv = useMoldLinker clangStdenv; }));
         wrapped = helloTest "wrapped" (hello.overrideAttrs (previousAttrs: {
           nativeBuildInputs = (previousAttrs.nativeBuildInputs or [ ]) ++ [ mold-wrapped ];
           NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = toString (previousAttrs.NIX_CFLAGS_LINK or "") + " -fuse-ld=mold";
         }));
-        adapter = helloTest "adapter" (hello.override (old: { stdenv = useMoldLinker old.stdenv; }));
       };
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
index 1024bf2ce4d8..f7d7053c77a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
@@ -197,16 +197,10 @@ rec {
       '';
     };
   in stdenv.override (old: {
-    cc = stdenv.cc.override {
-      inherit bintools;
-    };
-    allowedRequisites =
-      (lib.optional (stdenv.allowedRequisites or null != null) stdenv.allowedRequisites)
-        ++ [ bintools pkgs.mold ]
-        # need to `outputSpecified = false` to make getLib work
-        ++ (builtins.map (p: lib.getLib (p // { outputSpecified = false; })) pkgs.mold.buildInputs);
-      # gcc >12.1.0 supports '-fuse-ld=mold'
-      # the wrap ld above in bintools supports gcc <12.1.0 and shouldn't harm >12.1.0
+    allowedRequisites = null;
+    cc = stdenv.cc.override { inherit bintools; };
+    # gcc >12.1.0 supports '-fuse-ld=mold'
+    # the wrap ld above in bintools supports gcc <12.1.0 and shouldn't harm >12.1.0
     # https://github.com/rui314/mold#how-to-use
     } // lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.cc.isClang || (stdenv.cc.isGNU && lib.versionAtLeast stdenv.cc.version "12")) {
     mkDerivationFromStdenv = extendMkDerivationArgs old (args: {