diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
index 8042655a859d..a4233886a854 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
        # indeed GHC will refuse to compile with a binutils suffering from it. See
        # this comment for more information:
        # https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/issues/4210#note_78333
-       lib.optional stdenv.targetPlatform.isAarch32 ./R_ARM_COPY.patch;
+       lib.optional (stdenv.targetPlatform.isAarch32 && stdenv.hostPlatform.system != stdenv.targetPlatform.system) ./R_ARM_COPY.patch;
 
   outputs = [ "out" "info" "man" ];