diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
index 84b63e7b8fd0..e1ddfcf28d55 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ in with pkgs; rec {
         for i in as ld ar ranlib nm strip readelf objdump; do
           cp ${bootBinutils.out}/bin/$i $out/bin
         done
-        cp '${lib.getLib binutils.bintools}'/lib/* "$out/lib/"
+        cp -r '${lib.getLib binutils.bintools}'/lib/* "$out/lib/"
 
         chmod -R u+w $out
 
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ in with pkgs; rec {
 
         nuke-refs $out/bin/*
         nuke-refs $out/lib/*
+        nuke-refs $out/lib/*/*
         nuke-refs $out/libexec/gcc/*/*/*
         nuke-refs $out/lib/gcc/*/*/*
         nuke-refs $out/lib/gcc/*/*/include-fixed/*{,/*}