diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
index 734119491a0b..18a9c7f38098 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ rec {
                  (hostPlatform.isAarch64 || hostPlatform.isMips || hostPlatform.libc == "musl")
                  pkgs.updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook
             ;
-
-          crossConfig = hostPlatform.config;
         } // args.crossAttrs or {});
   };