diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/2.2.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/2.2.nix
index 19ef0e608485..04c60e80e8fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/2.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/2.2.nix
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ builder rec {
   # Explicitly link against libgcc_s, to work around the infamous
   # "libgcc_s.so.1 must be installed for pthread_cancel to work".
 
-  # don't have "libgcc_s.so.1" on darwin
+  # don't have "libgcc_s.so.1" on clang
   LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString
-    (!stdenv.isDarwin && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic) "-lgcc_s";
+    (stdenv.cc.isGNU && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic) "-lgcc_s";
 
   configureFlags = [
     "--with-libreadline-prefix=${lib.getDev readline}"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/3.0.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/3.0.nix
index 67c0e2b20649..99f3f84829c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/3.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/3.0.nix
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ builder rec {
   # Explicitly link against libgcc_s, to work around the infamous
   # "libgcc_s.so.1 must be installed for pthread_cancel to work".
 
-  # don't have "libgcc_s.so.1" on darwin
+  # don't have "libgcc_s.so.1" on clang
   LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString
-    (!stdenv.isDarwin && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic) "-lgcc_s";
+    (stdenv.cc.isGNU && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic) "-lgcc_s";
 
   configureFlags = [
     "--with-libreadline-prefix=${lib.getDev readline}"