diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/default.nix
index ab85800af469..730bcad27618 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/default.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ lib.makeScope
     gawk = callPackage ./gawk {
       bash = bash_2_05;
       tinycc = tinycc-musl;
-      musl = musl11;
       bootGawk = gawk-mes;
     };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gawk/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gawk/default.nix
index 83a76c73b4ae..d7d603f9dc86 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gawk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gawk/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 , fetchurl
 , bash
 , tinycc
-, musl
 , gnumake
 , gnugrep
 , gnused
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}" {
   cd gawk-${version}
 
   # Configure
-  export CC="tcc -B ${musl}/lib"
+  export CC="tcc -B ${tinycc.libs}/lib"
   export AR="tcc -ar"
   export LD=tcc
   bash ./configure \