diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/bash/static.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/bash/static.nix
index 31ec4ebc5836..5418d73e352a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/bash/static.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/bash/static.nix
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
   hostPlatform,
   fetchurl,
   bash,
+  gcc-buildbuild,
   gcc,
-  musl,
   binutils,
   gnumake,
   gnused,
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ let
     url = "mirror://gnu/bash/bash-${version}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "sha256-DVzYaWX4aaJs9k9Lcb57lvkKO6iz104n6OnZ1VUPMbo=";
   };
+
+  binutilsTargetPrefix = lib.optionalString (
+    hostPlatform.config != buildPlatform.config
+  ) "${hostPlatform.config}-";
 in
 bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
   {
@@ -32,7 +36,6 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [
       gcc
-      musl
       binutils
       gnumake
       gnused
@@ -56,6 +59,10 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
     tar xf ${src}
     cd bash-${version}
 
+    export AR="${binutilsTargetPrefix}ar"
+    export STRIP="${binutilsTargetPrefix}strip"
+    export STRIPPROG="$STRIP"
+
     # Configure
     bash ./configure \
       --prefix=$out \
@@ -65,7 +72,7 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
       --disable-dependency-tracking \
       --disable-nls \
       --enable-static-link \
-      CC=musl-gcc
+      CC_FOR_BUILD=${gcc-buildbuild}/bin/gcc
 
     # Build
     make -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/binutils/static.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/binutils/static.nix
index 6461f6523c0b..e29e884a2dfd 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/binutils/static.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/binutils/static.nix
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
   hostPlatform,
   fetchurl,
   bash,
+  gcc-buildbuild,
   gcc,
-  musl,
   binutils,
   gnumake,
   gnupatch,
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ let
   ];
 
   configureFlags = [
-    "CC=musl-gcc"
-    "LDFLAGS=--static"
     "--prefix=${placeholder "out"}"
     "--build=${buildPlatform.config}"
     "--host=${hostPlatform.config}"
@@ -42,7 +40,6 @@ let
     "--disable-dependency-tracking"
     "--disable-nls"
 
-    "--with-sysroot=/"
     "--enable-deterministic-archives"
     # depends on bison
     "--disable-gprofng"
@@ -70,7 +67,7 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [
       gcc
-      musl
+      gcc-buildbuild
       binutils
       gnumake
       gnupatch
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/bison/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/bison/default.nix
index 80b488a800dd..fc588600d5d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/bison/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/bison/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   fetchurl,
   bash,
   gcc,
-  musl,
   binutils,
   gnumake,
   gnused,
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [
       gcc
-      musl
       binutils
       gnumake
       gnused
@@ -70,8 +68,7 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
       --prefix=$out \
       --build=${buildPlatform.config} \
       --host=${hostPlatform.config} \
-      --disable-dependency-tracking \
-      CC=musl-gcc
+      --disable-dependency-tracking
 
     # Build
     make -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/bzip2/static.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/bzip2/static.nix
index 540f86112aa4..5a1b0187857f 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/bzip2/static.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/bzip2/static.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 {
   lib,
   fetchurl,
+  buildPlatform,
+  hostPlatform,
   bash,
   gcc,
-  musl,
   binutils,
   findutils,
   gnumake,
@@ -18,6 +19,10 @@ let
     url = "https://sourceware.org/pub/bzip2/bzip2-${version}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "0s92986cv0p692icqlw1j42y9nld8zd83qwhzbqd61p1dqbh6nmb";
   };
+
+  binutilsTargetPrefix = lib.optionalString (
+    hostPlatform.config != buildPlatform.config
+  ) "${hostPlatform.config}-";
 in
 bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
   {
@@ -25,7 +30,6 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [
       gcc
-      musl
       binutils
       findutils
       gnumake
@@ -72,9 +76,10 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
     # Build
     make \
       -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES \
-      CC=musl-gcc \
-      CFLAGS=-static \
-      bzip2
+      bzip2 \
+      CC=${hostPlatform.config}-gcc \
+      AR=${binutilsTargetPrefix}ar \
+      RANLIB=${binutilsTargetPrefix}ranlib
 
     # Install
     mkdir -p $out/bin
@@ -84,5 +89,5 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
 
     # Strip
     # Ignore failures, because strip may fail on non-elf files.
-    strip --strip-debug $out/bin/bzip2 || true
+    ${binutilsTargetPrefix}strip --strip-debug $out/bin/bzip2 || true
   ''
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/coreutils/static.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/coreutils/static.nix
index 2291a5dedba3..6c92f12bf58b 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/coreutils/static.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/coreutils/static.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   fetchurl,
   bash,
   gcc,
-  musl,
   binutils,
   gnumake,
   gnused,
@@ -36,8 +35,7 @@ let
     # libstdbuf.so fails in static builds
     "--enable-no-install-program=stdbuf"
     "--enable-single-binary=symlinks"
-    "CC=musl-gcc"
-    "CFLAGS=\"-static -I${linux-headers}/include\""
+    "CFLAGS=\"-I${linux-headers}/include\""
   ];
 in
 bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
@@ -46,7 +44,6 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [
       gcc
-      musl
       binutils
       gnumake
       gnused
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/default.nix
index 5418c6507b4b..ac31f89dfa66 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/default.nix
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ lib.makeScope
         };
 
         bash-static = callPackage ./bash/static.nix {
+          gcc-buildbuild = gcc-latest;
           gcc = gcc-latest;
           gnumake = gnumake-musl;
           gnutar = gnutar-latest;
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ lib.makeScope
         };
 
         binutils-static = callPackage ./binutils/static.nix {
+          gcc-buildbuild = gcc-latest;
           gcc = gcc-latest;
           gnumake = gnumake-musl;
           gnutar = gnutar-latest;
@@ -154,11 +156,19 @@ lib.makeScope
           gnutar = gnutar-latest;
         };
 
-        gcc-latest = callPackage ./gcc/latest.nix {
+        gcc-latest-unwrapped = callPackage ./gcc/latest.nix {
           gcc = gcc10;
           gnumake = gnumake-musl;
           gnutar = gnutar-latest;
         };
+        gcc-latest = callPackage ./gcc/wrapper.nix {
+          bash-build = bash;
+          gcc-unwrapped = gcc-latest-unwrapped;
+          targetPlatform = hostPlatform;
+          libc = musl;
+          libgcc = gcc-latest-unwrapped;
+          libstdcxx = gcc-latest-unwrapped;
+        };
 
         gnugrep = callPackage ./gnugrep {
           bash = bash_2_05;
@@ -294,6 +304,7 @@ lib.makeScope
         };
 
         musl-static = callPackage ./musl/static.nix {
+          libgcc = gcc-latest-unwrapped;
           gcc = gcc-latest;
           gnumake = gnumake-musl;
         };
@@ -426,7 +437,7 @@ lib.makeScope
               echo ${gcc46.tests.get-version}
               echo ${gcc46-cxx.tests.hello-world}
               echo ${gcc10.tests.hello-world}
-              echo ${gcc-latest.tests.hello-world}
+              echo ${gcc-latest-unwrapped.tests.hello-world}
             ''
             + (lib.strings.optionalString (hostPlatform.libc == "glibc") ''
               echo ${gcc-glibc.tests.hello-world}
@@ -455,7 +466,7 @@ lib.makeScope
         };
 
         glibc = callPackage ./glibc {
-          gcc = gcc-latest;
+          gcc = gcc-latest-unwrapped;
           gnumake = gnumake-musl;
           gnutar = gnutar-latest;
           gnugrep = gnugrep-static;
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/diffutils/static.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/diffutils/static.nix
index f46805411c61..3ab214a9b179 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/diffutils/static.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/diffutils/static.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   fetchurl,
   bash,
   gcc,
-  musl,
   binutils,
   gnumake,
   gnused,
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [
       gcc
-      musl
       binutils
       gnumake
       gnused
@@ -64,15 +62,15 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
     cd diffutils-${version}
 
     # Configure
+    # Manually set strcasecmp_works, because we might be cross-compiling
     bash ./configure \
       --prefix=$out \
       --build=${buildPlatform.config} \
       --host=${hostPlatform.config} \
       --disable-dependency-tracking \
       --disable-nls \
-      CC=musl-gcc \
-      CFLAGS=-static \
-      ac_cv_path_PR_PROGRAM=pr
+      ac_cv_path_PR_PROGRAM=pr \
+      gl_cv_func_strcasecmp_works=y
 
     # Build
     make -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/findutils/static.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/findutils/static.nix
index c6b1c6e2ba0c..b183888ce033 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/findutils/static.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/findutils/static.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   fetchurl,
   bash,
   gcc,
-  musl,
   binutils,
   gnumake,
   gnused,
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [
       gcc
-      musl
       binutils
       gnumake
       gnused
@@ -70,9 +68,7 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
       --build=${buildPlatform.config} \
       --host=${hostPlatform.config} \
       --disable-dependency-tracking \
-      --disable-nls \
-      CC=musl-gcc \
-      CFLAGS=-static
+      --disable-nls
 
     # Build
     make -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gawk/static.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gawk/static.nix
index c6175308d59d..d35bb47674d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gawk/static.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gawk/static.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   fetchurl,
   bash,
   gcc,
-  musl,
   binutils,
   gnumake,
   gnused,
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [
       gcc
-      musl
       binutils
       gnumake
       gnused
@@ -66,9 +64,7 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
       --disable-extensions \
       --disable-mpfr \
       --disable-nls \
-      --disable-pma \
-      CC=musl-gcc \
-      CFLAGS=-static
+      --disable-pma
 
     # Build
     make -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gcc/latest.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gcc/latest.nix
index d003f164abad..8abf382e17d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gcc/latest.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gcc/latest.nix
@@ -126,10 +126,12 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
       --prefix=$out \
       --build=${buildPlatform.config} \
       --host=${hostPlatform.config} \
-      --with-native-system-header-dir=/include \
-      --with-sysroot=${musl} \
+      --with-native-system-header-dir=${musl}/include \
+      --with-sysroot=/ \
       --enable-languages=c,c++ \
       --enable-checking=release \
+      --enable-static \
+      --disable-shared \
       --disable-bootstrap \
       --disable-dependency-tracking \
       --disable-libsanitizer \
@@ -144,8 +146,7 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
       --disable-multilib \
       --disable-nls \
       --disable-plugin \
-      --without-isl \
-      --disable-shared
+      --without-isl
 
     # Build
     make -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES
@@ -155,4 +156,14 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
 
     # libstdc++ gdb pretty-printers + man pages are unused downstream.
     rm -rf $out/share/gcc-*/python $out/share/man $out/share/info
+
+    if [ -d "$out/lib64" ]; then
+      shopt -s dotglob
+      for lib in $out/lib64/*; do
+        mv --no-clobber "$lib" "$out/lib/"
+      done
+      shopt -u dotglob
+      rm -rf "$out/lib64"
+      ln -s lib "$out/lib64"
+    fi
   ''
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gcc/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gcc/wrapper.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..69c0d0f93add
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gcc/wrapper.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+{
+  fetchurl,
+  lib,
+  gnutar,
+  xz,
+  bash-build,
+  gnused,
+  targetPlatform,
+  libc,
+  libgcc,
+  libstdcxx,
+  gcc-unwrapped,
+  binutils,
+  bash,
+}:
+let
+  pname = "gcc-wrapper";
+  extraFlags = "-static-libgcc ";
+  # only supports musl for now
+  dynamicLinkerGlob = "${libc}/lib/libc.so";
+in
+bash-build.runCommand "${pname}-${gcc-unwrapped.version}"
+  {
+    inherit pname;
+    version = gcc-unwrapped.version;
+    meta = gcc-unwrapped.meta;
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ gnused ];
+    passthru.unwrapped = gcc-unwrapped;
+  }
+  ''
+    if [[ -z '${dynamicLinkerGlob}' ]]; then
+      echo "Don't know the name of the dynamic linker for platform '${targetPlatform.config}', so guessing instead."
+      dynamicLinker="${libc}/lib/ld*.so.?"
+    else
+      dynamicLinker='${dynamicLinkerGlob}'
+    fi
+    dynamicLinker=($dynamicLinker)
+    case ''${#dynamicLinker[@]} in
+      0) echo "No dynamic linker found for platform '${targetPlatform.config}'.";;
+      1) echo "Using dynamic linker: '$dynamicLinker'";;
+      *) echo "Multiple dynamic linkers found for platform '${targetPlatform.config}'.";;
+    esac
+
+    mkdir -p "$out/bin"
+    for orig in ${gcc-unwrapped}/bin/*gcc ${gcc-unwrapped}/bin/*gcc-${gcc-unwrapped.version}; do
+      sed \
+        -e 's,@bash@,${lib.getExe bash},' \
+        -e "s,@gcc@,$orig," \
+        -e "s,@origname@,$(basename "$orig")," \
+        -e "s,@origdir@,${gcc-unwrapped}/libexec/gcc," \
+        -e "s,@dynlinker@,$dynamicLinker," \
+        -e 's,@libgcc@,${libgcc}/lib/gcc/${targetPlatform.config}/${libgcc.version},' \
+        -e 's,@libc@,${libc}/lib,' \
+        -e 's,@gccinc@,${gcc-unwrapped}/lib/gcc/${targetPlatform.config}/${libgcc.version}/include,' \
+        -e 's,@binutils@,${binutils}/bin,' \
+        -e 's,@extraflags@,${extraFlags},' \
+        '${./wrapper.sh}' > "$out/bin/$(basename "$orig")"
+        chmod +x "$out/bin/$(basename "$orig")"
+    done
+    for orig in ${gcc-unwrapped}/bin/*++; do
+      sed \
+        -e 's,@bash@,${lib.getExe bash},' \
+        -e "s,@gcc@,$orig," \
+        -e "s,@origname@,$(basename "$orig")," \
+        -e "s,@origdir@,${gcc-unwrapped}/libexec/gcc," \
+        -e "s,@dynlinker@,$dynamicLinker," \
+        -e 's,@libgcc@,${libgcc}/lib/gcc/${targetPlatform.config}/${libgcc.version},' \
+        -e 's,@libc@,${libc}/lib,' \
+        -e 's,@libstdcxx@,${libstdcxx}/lib,' \
+        -e 's,@libstdcxxinc@,${libstdcxx}/include/c++/${libstdcxx.version},' \
+        -e 's,@libstdcxxarchinc@,${libstdcxx}/include/c++/${libstdcxx.version}/${targetPlatform.config},' \
+        -e 's,@gccinc@,${gcc-unwrapped}/lib/gcc/${targetPlatform.config}/${libgcc.version}/include,' \
+        -e 's,@binutils@,${binutils}/bin,' \
+        -e 's,@extraflags@,${extraFlags},' \
+        '${./wrappercxx.sh}' > "$out/bin/$(basename "$orig")"
+        chmod +x "$out/bin/$(basename "$orig")"
+    done
+    for orig in ${gcc-unwrapped}/bin/*cpp ${gcc-unwrapped}/bin/*-ar ${gcc-unwrapped}/bin/*-nm ${gcc-unwrapped}/bin/*-ranlib; do
+      ln -s "$orig" "$out/bin/$(basename "$orig")"
+    done
+  ''
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gcc/wrapper.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gcc/wrapper.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..45720ce02d4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gcc/wrapper.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!@bash@
+
+if [ 1 = "$#" ] && [ "x-v" = "x$1" ]; then
+  # HACK! should not pass -Wl if there are no input files, otherwise libtool breaks
+  exec -a "@origname@" @gcc@ -v
+fi
+
+# logic based on pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/ld-wrapper.sh
+# very hacky
+extraRpath=""
+prev=""
+for param in "$@"; do
+  case "$prev" in
+    -L | -B)
+      case "$param" in
+        "$NIX_STORE"/*)
+          extraRpath="$extraRpath -Wl,-rpath,${param}"
+          ;;
+        *)
+          ;;
+      esac
+      ;;
+    *)
+      case "$param" in
+        -L"$NIX_STORE"/* | -B"$NIX_STORE"/*)
+          extraRpath="$extraRpath -Wl,-rpath,${param:2}"
+          ;;
+        "$NIX_STORE"/*.so | "$NIX_STORE"/*.so.*)
+          extraRpath="$extraRpath -Wl,-rpath,${param%/*}"
+          ;;
+        *)
+          ;;
+      esac
+      ;;
+  esac
+  prev="$param"
+done
+
+# Order of -B is very particular. musl detection in gnulib requires that
+# libc/.. comes before libgcc, otherwise libc is assumed to be glibc.
+exec -a "@origname@" @gcc@ -Wl,-dynamic-linker=@dynlinker@ \
+  @extraflags@ \
+  $extraRpath \
+  -Wl,-rpath,@libc@,-rpath,@libgcc@ \
+  -B@libc@/.. \
+  -B@libgcc@ \
+  -B@libc@ \
+  -B@origdir@ \
+  -B@binutils@ \
+  -isystem @gccinc@ \
+  "$@"
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gcc/wrappercxx.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gcc/wrappercxx.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c567b0313f08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gcc/wrappercxx.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#!@bash@
+
+if [ 1 = "$#" ] && [ "x-v" = "x$1" ]; then
+  # HACK! should not pass -Wl if there are no input files, otherwise libtool breaks
+  exec -a "@origname@" @gcc@ -v
+fi
+
+# logic based on pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/ld-wrapper.sh
+# very hacky
+extraRpath=""
+prev=""
+for param in "$@"; do
+  case "$prev" in
+    -L | -B)
+      case "$param" in
+        "$NIX_STORE"*)
+          extraRpath="$extraRpath -Wl,-rpath,${param}"
+          ;;
+        *)
+          ;;
+      esac
+      ;;
+    *)
+      case "$param" in
+        -L"$NIX_STORE"/* | -B"$NIX_STORE"/*)
+          extraRpath="$extraRpath -Wl,-rpath,${param:2}"
+          ;;
+        "$NIX_STORE"/*.so | "$NIX_STORE"/*.so.*)
+          extraRpath="$extraRpath -Wl,-rpath,${param%/*}"
+          ;;
+        *)
+          ;;
+      esac
+      ;;
+  esac
+  prev="$param"
+done
+
+# Order of -B is very particular. musl detection in gnulib requires that
+# libc/.. comes before libgcc, otherwise libc is assumed to be glibc.
+# Also, libstdcxxinc uses #include_next directives that depend on
+# libc headers, so libstdcxx must come before libc.
+exec -a "@origname@" @gcc@ -Wl,-dynamic-linker=@dynlinker@ \
+  @extraflags@ \
+  $extraRpath \
+  -Wl,-rpath,@libc@,-rpath,@libgcc@,-rpath,@libstdcxx@ \
+  -I @libstdcxxarchinc@ \
+  -I @libstdcxxinc@ \
+  -B@libc@/.. \
+  -B@libc@ \
+  -B@libgcc@ \
+  -B@origdir@ \
+  -B@binutils@ \
+  -B@libstdcxx@ \
+  -isystem @gccinc@ \
+  "$@"
+
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gnugrep/static.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gnugrep/static.nix
index 18e71d833461..7680ce122fa4 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gnugrep/static.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gnugrep/static.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   fetchurl,
   bash,
   gcc,
-  musl,
   binutils,
   gnumake,
   gnused,
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [
       gcc
-      musl
       binutils
       gnumake
       gnused
@@ -70,9 +68,7 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
       --build=${buildPlatform.config} \
       --host=${hostPlatform.config} \
       --disable-dependency-tracking \
-      --disable-nls \
-      CC=musl-gcc \
-      CFLAGS=-static
+      --disable-nls
 
     # Build
     make -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gnum4/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gnum4/default.nix
index 71ff15627feb..1f3edd005952 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gnum4/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gnum4/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   fetchurl,
   bash,
   gcc,
-  musl,
   binutils,
   gnumake,
   gnused,
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [
       gcc
-      musl
       binutils
       gnumake
       gnused
@@ -71,7 +69,6 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
       --build=${buildPlatform.config} \
       --host=${hostPlatform.config} \
       --disable-dependency-tracking \
-      CC=musl-gcc \
       CFLAGS=-I${linux-headers}/include
 
     # Build
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gnumake/static.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gnumake/static.nix
index d24f0e6d12ce..65369e28fb64 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gnumake/static.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gnumake/static.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   fetchurl,
   bash,
   gcc,
-  musl,
   binutils,
   gnumake,
   gnupatch,
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [
       gcc
-      musl
       binutils
       gnumake
       gnupatch
@@ -80,8 +78,7 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
       --host=${hostPlatform.config} \
       --disable-dependency-tracking \
       --disable-nls \
-      CC=musl-gcc \
-      CFLAGS="-static -std=gnu17"
+      CFLAGS="-std=gnu17"
 
     # Build
     make -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gnupatch/static.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gnupatch/static.nix
index ee25341e0b3b..287776101e8f 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gnupatch/static.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gnupatch/static.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   fetchurl,
   bash,
   gcc,
-  musl,
   binutils,
   gnumake,
   gnused,
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [
       gcc
-      musl
       binutils
       gnumake
       gnused
@@ -69,9 +67,7 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
       --prefix=$out \
       --build=${buildPlatform.config} \
       --host=${hostPlatform.config} \
-      --disable-dependency-tracking \
-      CC=musl-gcc \
-      CFLAGS=-static
+      --disable-dependency-tracking
 
     # Build
     make -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gnused/static.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gnused/static.nix
index 8ebb1791e55c..90346ee634ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gnused/static.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gnused/static.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   fetchurl,
   bash,
   gcc,
-  musl,
   binutils,
   gnumake,
   gnused,
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [
       gcc
-      musl
       binutils
       gnumake
       gnused
@@ -62,9 +60,7 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
       --build=${buildPlatform.config} \
       --host=${hostPlatform.config} \
       --disable-dependency-tracking \
-      --disable-nls \
-      CC=musl-gcc \
-      CFLAGS=-static
+      --disable-nls
 
     # Build
     make -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gnutar/static.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gnutar/static.nix
index 07eba0ef2fe4..fb6f5ea5ba41 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gnutar/static.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gnutar/static.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   fetchurl,
   bash,
   gcc,
-  musl,
   binutils,
   gnumake,
   gnused,
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [
       gcc
-      musl
       binutils
       gnumake
       gnused
@@ -62,9 +60,7 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
       --build=${buildPlatform.config} \
       --host=${hostPlatform.config} \
       --disable-dependency-tracking \
-      --disable-nls \
-      CC=musl-gcc \
-      CFLAGS=-static
+      --disable-nls
 
     # Build
     make -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gzip/static.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gzip/static.nix
index f449fdcd3609..76d1ef9474a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gzip/static.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gzip/static.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   fetchurl,
   bash,
   gcc,
-  musl,
   binutils,
   gnumake,
   gnused,
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [
       gcc
-      musl
       binutils
       gnumake
       gnused
@@ -69,7 +67,6 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
       --build=${buildPlatform.config} \
       --host=${hostPlatform.config} \
       --disable-dependency-tracking \
-      CC=musl-gcc \
       CFLAGS=-static
 
     # Build
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/musl/static.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/musl/static.nix
index e85e86d8de98..27bfc63aa75f 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/musl/static.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/musl/static.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
   gnutar,
   gzip,
   linux-headers,
+  libgcc,
 }:
 let
   inherit (import ./common.nix { inherit lib; }) pname meta;
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@ let
     url = "https://musl.libc.org/releases/musl-${version}.tar.gz";
     hash = "sha256-1YX9O2E8ZhUfwySejtRPdwIMtebB5jWmFtP5+CRgUSo=";
   };
+
+  binutilsTargetPrefix = lib.optionalString (
+    hostPlatform.config != buildPlatform.config
+  ) "${hostPlatform.config}-";
 in
 bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
   {
@@ -77,23 +82,23 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
       src/misc/wordexp.c
 
     # Configure
+    export CC="${binutilsTargetPrefix}gcc -B${libgcc}/lib/gcc/${hostPlatform.config}/${libgcc.version} -Wl,-rpath,${libgcc}/lib/gcc/${hostPlatform.config}/${libgcc.version}"
     bash ./configure \
       --prefix=$out \
       --build=${buildPlatform.config} \
       --host=${hostPlatform.config} \
-      --syslibdir=$out/lib \
-      --enable-wrapper
+      --syslibdir=$out/lib
 
     # Build
     make -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES
 
     # Install
     make -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES install
-    sed -i 's|/bin/sh|${lib.getExe bash}|' $out/bin/*
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
     ln -s ../lib/libc.so $out/bin/ldd
     ln -s $(ls -d ${linux-headers}/include/* | grep -v scsi\$) $out/include/
 
     # Strip
     # Ignore failures, because strip may fail on non-elf files.
-    find $out/{bin,lib} -type f -exec strip --strip-debug {} + || true
+    find $out/{bin,lib} -type f -exec ${binutilsTargetPrefix}strip --strip-debug {} + || true
   ''
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/patchelf/static.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/patchelf/static.nix
index 1bec275f7b2a..622dc2846468 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/patchelf/static.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/patchelf/static.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   fetchurl,
   bash,
   gcc,
-  musl,
   binutils,
   gnumake,
   gnused,
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [
       gcc
-      musl
       binutils
       gnumake
       gnused
@@ -71,8 +69,7 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
       --build=${buildPlatform.config} \
       --host=${hostPlatform.config} \
       --disable-dependency-tracking \
-      CC=musl-gcc \
-      CXXFLAGS="-static -g0 -O2 -DNDEBUG -ffile-prefix-map=${gcc}=. -fmacro-prefix-map=${gcc}=."
+      CXXFLAGS="-g0 -O2 -DNDEBUG -ffile-prefix-map=${gcc}=. -fmacro-prefix-map=${gcc}=."
 
     # Build
     make -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/python/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/python/default.nix
index bc12245fd9db..ff04626a6336 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/python/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/python/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   fetchurl,
   bash,
   gcc,
-  musl,
   binutils,
   gnumake,
   gnupatch,
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [
       gcc
-      musl
       binutils
       gnumake
       gnupatch
@@ -80,11 +78,9 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
     ${lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (f: "patch -Np1 -i ${f}") patches}
 
     # Configure
-    export CC=musl-gcc
     export C_INCLUDE_PATH="${zlib}/include"
     export LIBRARY_PATH="${zlib}/lib"
-    export LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath,${zlib}/lib -L${zlib}/lib"
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LIBRARY_PATH"
+    export LDFLAGS="-L${zlib}/lib"
     bash ./configure \
       --prefix=$out \
       --build=${buildPlatform.config} \
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/xz/static.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/xz/static.nix
index c663c4cf04f8..cc224fdaeab9 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/xz/static.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/xz/static.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
   gawk,
   gnutar,
   gzip,
-  musl,
 }:
 let
   pname = "xz";
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
     nativeBuildInputs = [
       binutils
       gcc
-      musl
       gnumake
       gnused
       gnugrep
@@ -39,7 +37,7 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
       gzip
     ];
 
-    disallowedReferences = [ musl ];
+    disallowedReferences = [ gcc ];
 
     passthru.tests.get-version =
       result:
@@ -66,10 +64,8 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
     cd xz-${version}
 
     # Configure
-    export CC=musl-gcc
     export CFLAGS="-g0 -O2 -DNDEBUG"
     export CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-    export LDFLAGS=-static
     bash ./configure \
       --prefix=$out \
       --build=${buildPlatform.config} \
@@ -87,7 +83,7 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
       --disable-assembler
 
     # Build
-    make -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES LDFLAGS=-all-static
+    make -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES
 
     # Install
     make -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES install-strip
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/zlib/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/zlib/default.nix
index 845f49a48157..79a87e210934 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/zlib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/zlib/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   fetchurl,
   bash,
   gcc,
-  musl,
   binutils,
   gnumake,
   gnused,
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [
       gcc
-      musl
       binutils
       gnumake
       gnused
@@ -49,7 +47,6 @@ bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}"
     cd zlib-${version}
 
     # Configure
-    export CC=musl-gcc
     bash ./configure --prefix=$out
 
     # Build