diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/darwin-cross-build.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/darwin-cross-build.patch
index b746e6369a07..10ce2cbe5ef7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/darwin-cross-build.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/darwin-cross-build.patch
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ enable cross-compilation of glibc on Darwin (build=Darwin, host=Linux)
 * use host version of ar, which is given by environment variable
 * build system uses stamp.os and stamp.oS files, which only differ in case;
   this fails on macOS, so replace .oS with .o_S
---- glibc-2.32/Makefile.in	2018-02-01 17:17:18.000000000 +0100
-+++ glibc-2.32/Makefile.in	2020-12-27 18:21:30.000000000 +0100
-@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@
+
+--- a/Makefile.in	2026-01-26 09:08:32.283335000 +0100
++++ b/Makefile.in	2026-01-26 09:08:44.281448649 +0100
+@@ -17,10 +17,12 @@
  .PHONY: all install bench
  
  all .DEFAULT:
@@ -13,14 +14,27 @@ enable cross-compilation of glibc on Darwin (build=Darwin, host=Linux)
 +	ulimit -n 1024; \
 +	$(MAKE) -r AR=$$AR PARALLELMFLAGS="$(PARALLELMFLAGS)" -C $(srcdir) objdir=`pwd` $@
  
+ check xcheck test:
+-	$(MAKE) -r PARALLELMFLAGS="$(PARALLELMFLAGS)" -C $(srcdir) \
++	ulimit -n 1024; \
++	$(MAKE) -r AR=$$AR PARALLELMFLAGS="$(PARALLELMFLAGS)" -C $(srcdir) \
+ 		CC="$(TEST_CC)" CXX="$(TEST_CXX)" \
+ 		cc-option-wimplicit-fallthrough="$(test-cc-option-wimplicit-fallthrough)" \
+ 		config-cflags-mprefer-vector-width="$(test-config-cflags-mprefer-vector-width)" \
+@@ -33,8 +35,9 @@
+ 		objdir=`pwd` $@
+ 
  install:
 +	ulimit -n 1024; \
  	LC_ALL=C; export LC_ALL; \
- 	$(MAKE) -r PARALLELMFLAGS="$(PARALLELMFLAGS)" -C $(srcdir) objdir=`pwd` $@
+-	$(MAKE) -r PARALLELMFLAGS="$(PARALLELMFLAGS)" -C $(srcdir) objdir=`pwd` $@
++	$(MAKE) -r AR=$$AR PARALLELMFLAGS="$(PARALLELMFLAGS)" -C $(srcdir) objdir=`pwd` $@
  
---- glibc-2.32/Makerules	2018-02-01 17:17:18.000000000 +0100
-+++ glibc-2.32/Makerules	2020-12-27 18:21:30.000000000 +0100
-@@ -847,8 +847,8 @@
+ bench bench-clean bench-build:
+ 	$(MAKE) -C $(srcdir)/benchtests $(PARALLELMFLAGS) objdir=`pwd` $@
+--- a/Makerules	2026-01-26 09:08:32.283426000 +0100
++++ b/Makerules	2026-01-26 09:09:20.363730545 +0100
+@@ -804,8 +804,8 @@
  ifndef objects
  
  # Create the stamp$o files to keep the parent makefile happy.
@@ -31,7 +45,7 @@ enable cross-compilation of glibc on Darwin (build=Darwin, host=Linux)
  	$(make-target-directory)
  	rm -f $@; > $@
  else
-@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@
+@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@
  # The parent will then actually add them all to the archive in the
  # archive rule, below.
  define o-iterator-doit
@@ -40,7 +54,7 @@ enable cross-compilation of glibc on Darwin (build=Darwin, host=Linux)
  endef
  define do-stamp
  $(make-target-directory)
-@@ -875,14 +875,14 @@
+@@ -832,14 +832,14 @@
  # on the stamp files built above.
  define o-iterator-doit
  $(common-objpfx)$(patsubst %,$(libtype$o),c): \
@@ -57,7 +71,7 @@ enable cross-compilation of glibc on Darwin (build=Darwin, host=Linux)
  ifndef subdir
  $(subdirs-stamps): subdir_lib;
  endif
-@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@
+@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@
  # This makes all the object files.
  .PHONY: objects objs libobjs extra-objs
  objects objs: libobjs extra-objs
@@ -66,7 +80,7 @@ enable cross-compilation of glibc on Darwin (build=Darwin, host=Linux)
  extra-objs: $(addprefix $(objpfx),$(extra-objs))
  
  # Canned sequence for building an extra library archive.
-@@ -1499,7 +1499,7 @@
+@@ -1366,7 +1366,7 @@
  	$(rmobjs)
  define rmobjs
  $(foreach o,$(object-suffixes-for-libc),