diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
index 114c743b3f8f..84043a583da6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ in
 , perl
 , texinfo
 , zlib
-, gold ? execFormatIsELF stdenv.targetPlatform
+, enableGold ? execFormatIsELF stdenv.targetPlatform
 , enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 # Enabling all targets increases output size to a multiple.
 , withAllTargets ? false, libbfd, libopcodes
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ in
 
 # configure silently disables ld.gold if it's unsupported,
 # so we need to make sure that intent matches result ourselves.
-assert gold -> execFormatIsELF stdenv.targetPlatform;
+assert enableGold -> execFormatIsELF stdenv.targetPlatform;
 
 # Note: this package is used for bootstrapping fetchurl, and thus
 # cannot use fetchpatch! All mutable patches (generated by GitHub or
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     # The easiest thing for us to do is not leave it to chance, and force
     # the program prefix to be what we want it to be.
     "--program-prefix=${targetPrefix}"
-  ] ++ lib.optionals gold [
+  ] ++ lib.optionals enableGold [
     "--enable-gold"
     "--enable-plugins"
   ];
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   passthru = {
     inherit targetPrefix;
-    hasGold = gold;
+    hasGold = enableGold;
     isGNU = true;
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
index d2c28b97ff93..2b613d118c5a 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ in
     # Rebuild binutils to use from stage2 onwards.
     overrides = self: super: {
       binutils-unwrapped = super.binutils-unwrapped.override {
-        gold = false;
+        enableGold = false;
       };
       inherit (prevStage)
         ccWrapperStdenv
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
index e1ddfcf28d55..6384107ec471 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ in with pkgs; rec {
   bootBinutils = binutils.bintools.override {
     withAllTargets = false;
     # Don't need two linkers, disable whatever's not primary/default.
-    gold = false;
+    enableGold = false;
     # bootstrap is easier w/static
     enableShared = false;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7fa2d5eb471a..923635b7be70 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14644,7 +14644,7 @@ with pkgs;
   };
   binutils_nogold = lowPrio (wrapBintoolsWith {
     bintools = binutils-unwrapped.override {
-      gold = false;
+      enableGold = false;
     };
   });
   binutilsNoLibc = wrapBintoolsWith {