diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/elan/0001-dynamically-patchelf-binaries.patch b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/elan/0001-dynamically-patchelf-binaries.patch
index dc76305bd749..768be10b6df3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/elan/0001-dynamically-patchelf-binaries.patch
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/elan/0001-dynamically-patchelf-binaries.patch
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ index c51e76d..ae8159e 100644
 +            .output();
 +    }
 +
-+    if dest_path.extension() == Some(::std::ffi::OsStr::new("lld")) {
++    if dest_path.file_name() == Some(::std::ffi::OsStr::new("leanc")) {
 +        use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
 +        let new_path = dest_path.with_extension("orig");
 +        ::std::fs::rename(dest_path, &new_path)?;
 +        ::std::fs::write(dest_path, format!(r#"#! @shell@
-+exec -a "$0" {} "$@" --dynamic-linker=@dynamicLinker@
-+"#, new_path.to_str().unwrap()))?;
++LEAN_CC="${{LEAN_CC:-@cc@}}" exec -a "$0" {} "$@" -L {}/lib  # use bundled libraries, but not bundled compiler that doesn't know about NIX_LDFLAGS
++"#, new_path.to_str().unwrap(), dest_path.parent().unwrap().parent().unwrap().to_str().unwrap()))?;
 +        ::std::fs::set_permissions(dest_path, ::std::fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o755))?;
      }
  
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/elan/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/elan/default.nix
index 4326c5b0d6b9..89331f53686a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/elan/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/elan/default.nix
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   patches = lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [
     # Run patchelf on the downloaded binaries.
-    # This necessary because Lean 4 now dynamically links to GMP.
+    # This is necessary because Lean 4 is now dynamically linked.
     (runCommand "0001-dynamically-patchelf-binaries.patch" {
         CC = stdenv.cc;
+        cc = "${stdenv.cc}/bin/cc";
         patchelf = patchelf;
         shell = runtimeShell;
       } ''
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
      substitute ${./0001-dynamically-patchelf-binaries.patch} $out \
        --subst-var patchelf \
        --subst-var dynamicLinker \
+       --subst-var cc \
        --subst-var shell
     '')
   ];