diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/make-bootstrap-tools.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
index 49f884cd8b3d..9bbdcbf81d5a 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
@@ -351,7 +351,8 @@ in rec {
 
       tar xvf ${hello.src}
       cd hello-*
-      ./configure --prefix=$out
+      # stdenv bootstrap tools ship a broken libiconv.dylib https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/158331
+      am_cv_func_iconv=no ./configure --prefix=$out
       make
       make install