diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gcc/glibc.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gcc/glibc.nix
index 84429548ef45..d9d538af5ce1 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gcc/glibc.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gcc/glibc.nix
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
     # Install
     make -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES install-strip
 
+    # Header installation tools retain build-time bash and sed unnecessarily.
+    rm -rf $out/libexec/gcc/*/*/install-tools $out/lib/gcc/*/*/install-tools
+
     # libstdc++ gdb pretty-printers + man pages are unused downstream.
     rm -rf $out/share/gcc-*/python $out/share/man $out/share/info
   ''
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gcc/latest.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gcc/latest.nix
index 0489f9ceb125..54416459f508 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gcc/latest.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gcc/latest.nix
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
     # Install
     make -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES install-strip
 
+    # Header installation tools retain build-time bash and sed unnecessarily.
+    rm -rf $out/libexec/gcc/*/*/install-tools $out/lib/gcc/*/*/install-tools
+
     # libstdc++ gdb pretty-printers + man pages are unused downstream.
     rm -rf $out/share/gcc-*/python $out/share/man $out/share/info