diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
index 4463dc8e9ba0..1900296abb7f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ in with passthru; stdenv.mkDerivation {
   CPPFLAGS = concatStringsSep " " (map (p: "-I${getDev p}/include") buildInputs);
   LDFLAGS = concatStringsSep " " (map (p: "-L${getLib p}/lib") buildInputs);
   LIBS = "${optionalString (!stdenv.isDarwin) "-lcrypt"}";
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString stdenv.cc.isGNU ({
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString (stdenv.cc.isGNU && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic) ({
     "glibc" = "-lgcc_s";
     "musl" = "-lgcc_eh";
   }."${stdenv.hostPlatform.libc}" or "");