diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ma/man-db/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ma/man-db/package.nix
index 29be3e9e87bf..d8d645113287 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ma/man-db/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ma/man-db/package.nix
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       "--with-systemdtmpfilesdir=${placeholder "out"}/lib/tmpfiles.d"
       "--with-systemdsystemunitdir=${placeholder "out"}/lib/systemd/system"
       "--with-pager=less"
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals util-linuxMinimal.hasCol [
       "--with-col=${util-linuxMinimal}/bin/col"
     ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ut/util-linux/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ut/util-linux/package.nix
index 47975dc5c38d..076c9316c158 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ut/util-linux/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ut/util-linux/package.nix
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       "--disable-nls"
       "--disable-ipcrm"
       "--disable-ipcs"
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+      # Doesn't build on Darwin, also doesn't really make sense on Darwin
+      "--disable-liblastlog2"
     ];
 
   makeFlags = [
@@ -164,6 +168,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       rev-prefix = "v";
       ignoredVersions = "(-rc).*";
     };
+
+    # encode upstream assumption to be used in man-db
+    # https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/8886d84e25a457702b45194d69a47313f76dc6bc
+    hasCol = stdenv.hostPlatform.libc == "glibc";
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/generic/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/generic/builder.sh
index c95b5cbb7d54..97d0bbcce7ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/generic/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/generic/builder.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ preConfigure() {
     local flagsArray=()
     concatTo flagsArray makeMakerFlags
 
-    perl Makefile.PL AR=$AR FULL_AR=$AR CC=$CC LD=$CC CPPRUN="$CC -E" \
+    # Perl expect these to be exported
+    export CPPRUN="$CC -E"
+    export FULL_AR=$AR
+    # Requires to be $CC since it tries adding "-Wl"
+    export LD=$CC
+    perl Makefile.PL AR="$AR" FULL_AR="$AR" CC="$CC" LD="$CC" CPPRUN="$CPPRUN" \
         PREFIX=$out INSTALLDIRS=site "${flagsArray[@]}" \
         PERL=$(type -P perl) FULLPERL=\"$fullperl/bin/perl\"
 }