diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ipxe/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ipxe/default.nix
index 65c88eac4e88..c3a0c5aa906d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ipxe/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ipxe/default.nix
@@ -48,16 +48,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     substituteInPlace src/util/genfsimg --replace "	syslinux " "	true "
   ''; # calling syslinux on a FAT image isn't going to work
 
-  # Workaround '-idirafter' ordering bug in staging-next:
-  #   https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/210004
-  # where libc '-idirafter' gets added after user's idirafter and
-  # breaks.
-  # TODO(trofi): remove it in staging once fixed in cc-wrapper.
-  preConfigure = ''
-    export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE_BEFORE_${lib.replaceStrings ["-" "."] ["_" "_"] buildPackages.stdenv.hostPlatform.config}=$(< ${buildPackages.stdenv.cc}/nix-support/libc-cflags)
-    export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE_BEFORE_${lib.replaceStrings ["-" "."] ["_" "_"]               stdenv.hostPlatform.config}=$(<               ${stdenv.cc}/nix-support/libc-cflags)
-  '';
-
   # not possible due to assembler code
   hardeningDisable = [ "pic" "stackprotector" ];