diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/add-flags.sh b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/add-flags.sh
index 90b6d9b04adc..a86f65d03f97 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/add-flags.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/add-flags.sh
@@ -27,11 +27,10 @@ for var in "${var_templates_bool[@]}"; do
     mangleVarBool "$var" ${role_suffixes[@]+"${role_suffixes[@]}"}
 done
 
-# Arocc does not support "-B"
-if [[ -z "@isArocc@" ]]; then
-    # `-B@bintools@/bin' forces cc to use ld-wrapper.sh when calling ld.
-    NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE_@suffixSalt@="-B@bintools@/bin/@bintools_targetPrefix@ $NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE_@suffixSalt@"
-fi
+# Prepending `@bintools@/bin' to $PATH forces cc to use ld-wrapper.sh when calling ld.
+# $path_backup is where cc-wrapper.sh stores the $PATH that will be used for the
+# compiler invocation.
+path_backup="@bintools@/bin:$path_backup"
 
 # Export and assign separately in order that a failing $(..) will fail
 # the script.
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
index 3138498e3682..692474d48c42 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -872,7 +872,6 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
       cc = optionalString (!nativeTools) cc;
       wrapperName = "CC_WRAPPER";
       inherit suffixSalt coreutils_bin bintools;
-      bintools_targetPrefix = bintools.targetPrefix;
       inherit libc_bin libc_dev libc_lib;
       inherit darwinPlatformForCC;
       default_hardening_flags_str = builtins.toString defaultHardeningFlags;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/configure-flags.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/configure-flags.nix
index 3b09398dc678..3382e6939973 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/configure-flags.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/configure-flags.nix
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ let
       "--with-as=${
         if targetPackages.stdenv.cc.bintools.isLLVM then binutils else targetPackages.stdenv.cc.bintools
       }/bin/${targetPlatform.config}-as"
-      "--with-ld=${targetPackages.stdenv.cc.bintools}/bin/${targetPlatform.config}-ld"
     ]
     ++ (
       if withoutTargetLibc then