diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
index 09cef8b8678d..ad9d2e1b8416 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -278,12 +278,25 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     ##
     ## GCC libs for non-GCC support
     ##
-    + optionalString useGccForLibs ''
+    + optionalString useGccForLibs (''
 
+    ''
+    # In theory we shouldn't need this, because we always set `useLLVM` on
+    # Darwin, and maybe also break down `useLLVM` into fine-grained use flags
+    # (libgcc vs compiler-rt, ld.lld vs legacy, libc++ vs libstdc++, etc.)
+    # since Darwin isn't `useLLVM` on all counts. (See
+    # https://clang.llvm.org/docs/Toolchain.html for all the axes one might
+    # break `useLLVM` into.)
+    #
+    # But, for now, we haven't doneo these things, so we use
+    # `targetPlatform.isLinux` as a proxy.
+    + optionalString targetPlatform.isLinux ''
+      echo "--gcc-toolchain=${gccForLibs}" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags
+    '' + ''
       echo "-B${gccForLibs}/lib/gcc/${targetPlatform.config}/${gccForLibs.version}" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags
       echo "-L${gccForLibs}/lib/gcc/${targetPlatform.config}/${gccForLibs.version}" >> $out/nix-support/cc-ldflags
       echo "-L${gccForLibs.lib}/${targetPlatform.config}/lib" >> $out/nix-support/cc-ldflags
-    ''
+    '')
 
     ##
     ## General libc support
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/10/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/10/default.nix
index 3d2cb3544b9f..d18d15420e97 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/10/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/10/default.nix
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ let
       ln -s "${targetLlvmLibraries.compiler-rt.out}/lib" "$rsrc/lib"
       ln -s "${targetLlvmLibraries.compiler-rt.out}/share" "$rsrc/share"
       echo "-resource-dir=$rsrc" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags
-    '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString (stdenv.targetPlatform.isLinux && !(stdenv.targetPlatform.useLLVM or false)) ''
-      echo "--gcc-toolchain=${gccForLibs}" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags
     '';
   in {
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/11/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/11/default.nix
index e6765ec68990..8da51af68a25 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/11/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/11/default.nix
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ let
       ln -s "${targetLlvmLibraries.compiler-rt.out}/lib" "$rsrc/lib"
       ln -s "${targetLlvmLibraries.compiler-rt.out}/share" "$rsrc/share"
       echo "-resource-dir=$rsrc" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags
-    '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString (stdenv.targetPlatform.isLinux && !(stdenv.targetPlatform.useLLVM or false)) ''
-      echo "--gcc-toolchain=${gccForLibs}" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags
     '';
   in {
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/5/default.nix
index 36495249d16f..c06522c7e822 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/5/default.nix
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ let
       ln -s "${cc}/lib/clang/${release_version}/include" "$rsrc"
       ln -s "${targetLlvmLibraries.compiler-rt.out}/lib" "$rsrc/lib"
       echo "-resource-dir=$rsrc" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags
-    '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString (stdenv.targetPlatform.isLinux && !(stdenv.targetPlatform.useLLVM or false)) ''
-      echo "--gcc-toolchain=${gccForLibs}" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags
     '';
   in {
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/6/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/6/default.nix
index 4c2e87ec5e1a..d9a57258e5a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/6/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/6/default.nix
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ let
       ln -s "${cc}/lib/clang/${release_version}/include" "$rsrc"
       ln -s "${targetLlvmLibraries.compiler-rt.out}/lib" "$rsrc/lib"
       echo "-resource-dir=$rsrc" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags
-    '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString (stdenv.targetPlatform.isLinux && !(stdenv.targetPlatform.useLLVM or false)) ''
-      echo "--gcc-toolchain=${gccForLibs}" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags
     '';
   in {
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/7/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/7/default.nix
index 3dd067ae607e..317e344f72e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/7/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/7/default.nix
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ let
       ln -s "${cc}/lib/clang/${release_version}/include" "$rsrc"
       ln -s "${targetLlvmLibraries.compiler-rt.out}/lib" "$rsrc/lib"
       echo "-resource-dir=$rsrc" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags
-    '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString (stdenv.targetPlatform.isLinux && !(stdenv.targetPlatform.useLLVM or false)) ''
-      echo "--gcc-toolchain=${gccForLibs}" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags
     '';
   in {
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/8/default.nix
index 6e80737f32ad..7f87ea9fc05d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/8/default.nix
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ let
       ln -s "${cc}/lib/clang/${release_version}/include" "$rsrc"
       ln -s "${targetLlvmLibraries.compiler-rt.out}/lib" "$rsrc/lib"
       echo "-resource-dir=$rsrc" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags
-    '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString (stdenv.targetPlatform.isLinux && !(stdenv.targetPlatform.useLLVM or false)) ''
-      echo "--gcc-toolchain=${gccForLibs}" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags
     '';
   in {
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/9/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/9/default.nix
index 6f5bdb8e8cc1..b3afbca68bac 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/9/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/9/default.nix
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ let
       ln -s "${cc}/lib/clang/${release_version}/include" "$rsrc"
       ln -s "${targetLlvmLibraries.compiler-rt.out}/lib" "$rsrc/lib"
       echo "-resource-dir=$rsrc" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags
-    '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString (stdenv.targetPlatform.isLinux && !(stdenv.targetPlatform.useLLVM or false)) ''
-      echo "--gcc-toolchain=${gccForLibs}" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags
     '';
   in {
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index dcadb0ab14b6..70a9914c3f7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8956,8 +8956,6 @@ in
       mkdir -p "$rsrc/lib"
       ln -s "${cc}/lib" "$rsrc/include"
       echo "-resource-dir=$rsrc" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags
-    '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString (stdenv.targetPlatform.isLinux && !(stdenv.targetPlatform.useLLVM or false)) ''
-      echo "--gcc-toolchain=${gccForLibs}" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags
     '';
   };