diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix b/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix
index 2ec56c94763a..73da775f7f56 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix
@@ -157,14 +157,14 @@ rec {
       hash = if sha256 != null then sha256 else sha1;
       name_ = if name == null then baseNameOf (toString url) else name;
     in
-    stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
       name = name_;
       outputHashMode = hashMode;
       outputHashAlgo = hashAlgo;
       outputHash = hash;
       preferLocalBuild = true;
       builder = writeScript "restrict-message" ''
-        source ${stdenv}/setup
+        source ${stdenvNoCC}/setup
         cat <<_EOF_
 
         ***