diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix
index b2545d0ad0e5..3c553f181f0d 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ let
     replaceStrings
     ;
 
-  stdenv = stdenvNoCC;
-  inherit (stdenv) hostPlatform targetPlatform;
+  inherit (stdenvNoCC) hostPlatform targetPlatform;
 
   # Prefix for binaries. Customarily ends with a dash separator.
   #
@@ -138,7 +137,7 @@ let
 
 in
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
   pname = targetPrefix
     + (if name != "" then name else "${bintoolsName}-wrapper");
   version = optionalString (bintools != null) bintoolsVersion;
@@ -346,7 +345,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       done
     ''
 
-    + optionalString stdenv.targetPlatform.isDarwin ''
+    + optionalString targetPlatform.isDarwin ''
       echo "-arch ${targetPlatform.darwinArch}" >> $out/nix-support/libc-ldflags
     ''
 
@@ -363,7 +362,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     ###
     ### Remove certain timestamps from final binaries
     ###
-    + optionalString (stdenv.targetPlatform.isDarwin && !(bintools.isGNU or false)) ''
+    + optionalString (targetPlatform.isDarwin && !(bintools.isGNU or false)) ''
       echo "export ZERO_AR_DATE=1" >> $out/nix-support/setup-hook
     ''
 
@@ -380,9 +379,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     ###
     ### Ensure consistent LC_VERSION_MIN_MACOSX
     ###
-    + optionalString stdenv.targetPlatform.isDarwin (
+    + optionalString targetPlatform.isDarwin (
       let
-        inherit (stdenv.targetPlatform)
+        inherit (targetPlatform)
           darwinPlatform darwinSdkVersion
           darwinMinVersion darwinMinVersionVariable;
       in ''
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
index fa32108963f3..11ae9868ce01 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -82,9 +82,7 @@ let
     versionAtLeast
     ;
 
-  inherit (stdenv) hostPlatform targetPlatform;
-
-  stdenv = stdenvNoCC;
+  inherit (stdenvNoCC) hostPlatform targetPlatform;
 
   includeFortifyHeaders' = if includeFortifyHeaders != null
     then includeFortifyHeaders
@@ -119,10 +117,10 @@ let
 
   useGccForLibs = useCcForLibs
     && libcxx == null
-    && !stdenv.targetPlatform.isDarwin
-    && !(stdenv.targetPlatform.useLLVM or false)
-    && !(stdenv.targetPlatform.useAndroidPrebuilt or false)
-    && !(stdenv.targetPlatform.isiOS or false)
+    && !targetPlatform.isDarwin
+    && !(targetPlatform.useLLVM or false)
+    && !(targetPlatform.useAndroidPrebuilt or false)
+    && !(targetPlatform.isiOS or false)
     && gccForLibs != null;
   gccForLibs_solib = getLib gccForLibs
     + optionalString (targetPlatform != hostPlatform) "/${targetPlatform.config}";
@@ -249,17 +247,17 @@ let
     then cc.hardeningUnsupportedFlagsByTargetPlatform targetPlatform
     else (cc.hardeningUnsupportedFlags or []);
 
-  darwinPlatformForCC = optionalString stdenv.targetPlatform.isDarwin (
+  darwinPlatformForCC = optionalString targetPlatform.isDarwin (
     if (targetPlatform.darwinPlatform == "macos" && isGNU) then "macosx"
     else targetPlatform.darwinPlatform
   );
 
-  darwinMinVersion = optionalString stdenv.targetPlatform.isDarwin (
-    stdenv.targetPlatform.darwinMinVersion
+  darwinMinVersion = optionalString targetPlatform.isDarwin (
+    targetPlatform.darwinMinVersion
   );
 
-  darwinMinVersionVariable = optionalString stdenv.targetPlatform.isDarwin
-    stdenv.targetPlatform.darwinMinVersionVariable;
+  darwinMinVersionVariable = optionalString targetPlatform.isDarwin
+    targetPlatform.darwinMinVersionVariable;
 in
 
 assert includeFortifyHeaders' -> fortify-headers != null;
@@ -272,7 +270,7 @@ assert nativeTools == bintools.nativeTools;
 assert nativeLibc == bintools.nativeLibc;
 assert nativePrefix == bintools.nativePrefix;
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
   pname = targetPrefix
     + (if name != "" then name else "${ccName}-wrapper");
   version = optionalString (cc != null) ccVersion;
@@ -426,7 +424,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     ../setup-hooks/role.bash
   ] ++ optional (cc.langC or true) ./setup-hook.sh
     ++ optional (cc.langFortran or false) ./fortran-hook.sh
-    ++ optional (targetPlatform.isWindows) (stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    ++ optional (targetPlatform.isWindows) (stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
       name = "win-dll-hook.sh";
       dontUnpack = true;
       installPhase = ''
@@ -479,8 +477,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     # break `useLLVM` into.)
     + optionalString (isClang
                       && targetPlatform.isLinux
-                      && !(stdenv.targetPlatform.useAndroidPrebuilt or false)
-                      && !(stdenv.targetPlatform.useLLVM or false)
+                      && !(targetPlatform.useAndroidPrebuilt or false)
+                      && !(targetPlatform.useLLVM or false)
                       && gccForLibs != null) (''
       echo "--gcc-toolchain=${gccForLibs}" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags
 
@@ -689,7 +687,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       done
     ''
 
-    + optionalString stdenv.targetPlatform.isDarwin ''
+    + optionalString targetPlatform.isDarwin ''
         echo "-arch ${targetPlatform.darwinArch}" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags
     ''
 
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
index 9d13eb0b8e17..0e1852805cfd 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
@@ -328,12 +328,12 @@ in
     assert isBuiltByBootstrapFilesCompiler prevStage.patchelf;
     stageFun prevStage {
       name = "bootstrap-stage-xgcc";
-      overrides = final: prev: {
+      overrides = self: super: {
         inherit (prevStage) ccWrapperStdenv coreutils gnugrep gettext bison texinfo zlib gnum4 perl patchelf;
         ${localSystem.libc} = getLibc prevStage;
-        gmp      = prev.gmp.override { cxx = false; };
+        gmp = super.gmp.override { cxx = false; };
         gcc-unwrapped =
-          (prev.gcc-unwrapped.override (commonGccOverrides // {
+          (super.gcc-unwrapped.override (commonGccOverrides // {
             # The most logical name for this package would be something like
             # "gcc-stage1".  Unfortunately "stage" is already reserved for the
             # layers of stdenv, so using "stage" in the name of this package
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ in
             #
             configureFlags = (a.configureFlags or []) ++ [
               "--with-native-system-header-dir=/include"
-              "--with-build-sysroot=${lib.getDev final.stdenv.cc.libc}"
+              "--with-build-sysroot=${lib.getDev self.stdenv.cc.libc}"
             ];
 
             # This is a separate phase because gcc assembles its phase scripts
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/native/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/native/default.nix
index de447f4e7567..242bf9d1b3f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/native/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/native/default.nix
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ in
     inherit config overlays;
     stdenv = makeStdenv {
       inherit (prevStage) cc fetchurl;
-      overrides = prev: final: { inherit (prevStage) fetchurl; };
+      overrides = self: super: { inherit (prevStage) fetchurl; };
     } // {
       inherit (prevStage) fetchurl;
     };