diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/alternatives/blas/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/alternatives/blas/default.nix
index fec2d0526bb3..91001bc85377 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/alternatives/blas/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/alternatives/blas/default.nix
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   cp -L "$libblas" $out/lib/libblas${canonicalExtension}
   chmod +w $out/lib/libblas${canonicalExtension}
 
-'' + (if stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.kernel.execFormat.name == "elf" then ''
+'' + (if stdenv.hostPlatform.isElf then ''
   patchelf --set-soname libblas${canonicalExtension} $out/lib/libblas${canonicalExtension}
   patchelf --set-rpath "$(patchelf --print-rpath $out/lib/libblas${canonicalExtension}):${lib.getLib blasProvider'}/lib" $out/lib/libblas${canonicalExtension}
 '' else lib.optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) ''
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ EOF
   cp -L "$libcblas" $out/lib/libcblas${canonicalExtension}
   chmod +w $out/lib/libcblas${canonicalExtension}
 
-'' + (if stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.kernel.execFormat.name == "elf" then ''
+'' + (if stdenv.hostPlatform.isElf then ''
   patchelf --set-soname libcblas${canonicalExtension} $out/lib/libcblas${canonicalExtension}
   patchelf --set-rpath "$(patchelf --print-rpath $out/lib/libcblas${canonicalExtension}):${lib.getLib blasProvider'}/lib" $out/lib/libcblas${canonicalExtension}
 '' else lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/alternatives/lapack/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/alternatives/lapack/default.nix
index cbc7bf25c797..2d62855b258a 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/alternatives/lapack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/alternatives/lapack/default.nix
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   cp -L "$liblapack" $out/lib/liblapack${canonicalExtension}
   chmod +w $out/lib/liblapack${canonicalExtension}
 
-'' + (lib.optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.kernel.execFormat.name == "elf") ''
+'' + (lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isElf ''
   patchelf --set-soname liblapack${canonicalExtension} $out/lib/liblapack${canonicalExtension}
   patchelf --set-rpath "$(patchelf --print-rpath $out/lib/liblapack${canonicalExtension}):${lapackProvider'}/lib" $out/lib/liblapack${canonicalExtension}
 '') + ''
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ EOF
   cp -L "$liblapacke" $out/lib/liblapacke${canonicalExtension}
   chmod +w $out/lib/liblapacke${canonicalExtension}
 
-'' + (lib.optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.kernel.execFormat.name == "elf") ''
+'' + (lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isElf ''
   patchelf --set-soname liblapacke${canonicalExtension} $out/lib/liblapacke${canonicalExtension}
   patchelf --set-rpath "$(patchelf --print-rpath $out/lib/liblapacke${canonicalExtension}):${lib.getLib lapackProvider'}/lib" $out/lib/liblapacke${canonicalExtension}
 '') + ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix
index ff0ecf45fd23..1377cfad6c6c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage.override {
   # Disable check phase as there are failures (4 tests fail)
   doCheck = false;
 
-  doInstallCheck = !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic &&
-    stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.kernel.execFormat == lib.systems.parse.execFormats.elf;
+  doInstallCheck = !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic && stdenv.hostPlatform.isElf;
   installCheckPhase = ''
     runHook preInstallCheck
     readelf -a $out/bin/.cargo-wrapped | grep -F 'Shared library: [libcurl.so'
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
index 080c944c90f5..ad67806398f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ let
                     else if stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.cpu.name == "s390x" then "s390x"
                     else toString stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.cpu.family}"
     # env in host triplet for Mach-O is "macho", but boost binary format for Mach-O is "mach-o"
-    "binary-format=${if stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.kernel.execFormat == lib.systems.parse.execFormats.macho
-                     then "mach-o"
+    "binary-format=${if stdenv.hostPlatform.isMacho then "mach-o"
                      else toString stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.kernel.execFormat.name}"
     "target-os=${toString stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.kernel.name}"
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rs/default.nix
index ee467f965c81..708a735939af 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rs/default.nix
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   doInstallCheck = (lib.elem "webp" selectedPlugins) && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic &&
-    stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.kernel.execFormat == lib.systems.parse.execFormats.elf;
+    stdenv.hostPlatform.isElf;
   installCheckPhase = ''
     runHook preInstallCheck
     readelf -a $out/lib/gstreamer-1.0/libgstrswebp.so | grep -F 'Shared library: [libwebpdemux.so'
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openssl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openssl/default.nix
index a8e178c7e6d3..c7234c3da81e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/openssl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openssl/default.nix
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ let
         else if stdenv.hostPlatform.isBSD
           then if stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64 then "./Configure BSD-x86_64"
           else if stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_32
-            then "./Configure BSD-x86" + lib.optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.kernel.execFormat.name == "elf") "-elf"
+            then "./Configure BSD-x86" + lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isElf "-elf"
           else "./Configure BSD-generic${toString stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.cpu.bits}"
         else if stdenv.hostPlatform.isMinGW
           then "./Configure mingw${lib.optionalString
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/quictls/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/quictls/default.nix
index ab53b5cc9b6b..110ecb4907e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/quictls/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/quictls/default.nix
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     else if stdenv.hostPlatform.isBSD && stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64
     then "./Configure BSD-x86_64"
     else if stdenv.hostPlatform.isBSD && stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_32
-    then "./Configure BSD-x86" + lib.optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.kernel.execFormat.name == "elf") "-elf"
+    then "./Configure BSD-x86" + lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isElf "-elf"
     else if stdenv.hostPlatform.isBSD
     then "./Configure BSD-generic${toString stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.cpu.bits}"
     else if stdenv.hostPlatform.isMinGW
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/glean-sdk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/glean-sdk/default.nix
index 54ea8c5f8ce0..83abb1089e30 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/glean-sdk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/glean-sdk/default.nix
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "test_flipping_upload_enabled_respects_order_of_events"
   ];
 
-  postInstallCheck = lib.optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.kernel.execFormat == lib.systems.parse.execFormats.elf) ''
+  postInstallCheck = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isElf ''
     readelf -a $out/${python.sitePackages}/glean/libglean_ffi.so | grep -F 'Shared library: [liblmdb.so'
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/2.38/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/2.38/default.nix
index 1194cbeb2453..fd9a3277532e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/2.38/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/2.38/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-let
-  execFormatIsELF = platform: platform.parsed.kernel.execFormat.name == "elf";
-in
-
 { stdenv
 , autoreconfHook
 , autoconf269, automake, libtool
@@ -18,7 +14,7 @@ in
 , texinfo
 , zlib
 
-, enableGold ? execFormatIsELF stdenv.targetPlatform
+, enableGold ? stdenv.targetPlatform.isElf
 , enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
   # WARN: Enabling all targets increases output size to a multiple.
 , withAllTargets ? false
@@ -26,7 +22,7 @@ in
 
 # WARN: configure silently disables ld.gold if it's unsupported, so we need to
 # make sure that intent matches result ourselves.
-assert enableGold -> execFormatIsELF stdenv.targetPlatform;
+assert enableGold -> stdenv.targetPlatform.isElf;
 
 
 let
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
index fe9ec6a865f9..2183d45b6f0d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 let
-  withGold = platform: platform.parsed.kernel.execFormat.name == "elf" && !platform.isRiscV && !platform.isLoongArch64;
+  withGold = platform: platform.isElf && !platform.isRiscV && !platform.isLoongArch64;
 in
 
 { stdenv
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/catppuccin-catwalk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/catppuccin-catwalk/default.nix
index 2abf3823269b..848ead3d7ed4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/catppuccin-catwalk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/catppuccin-catwalk/default.nix
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
       --fish <("$out/bin/catwalk" completion fish)
   '';
 
-  doInstallCheck = !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic &&
-    stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.kernel.execFormat == lib.systems.parse.execFormats.elf;
+  doInstallCheck = !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic && stdenv.hostPlatform.isElf;
   installCheckPhase = ''
     runHook preInstallCheck
     readelf -a $out/bin/catwalk | grep -F 'Shared library: [libwebp.so'
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix
index cf194be92bd7..e764571869db 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ let
       # there (yet?) so it goes here until then.
       preHook = preHook + lib.optionalString buildPlatform.isDarwin ''
         export NIX_DONT_SET_RPATH_FOR_BUILD=1
-      '' + lib.optionalString (hostPlatform.isDarwin || (hostPlatform.parsed.kernel.execFormat != lib.systems.parse.execFormats.elf && hostPlatform.parsed.kernel.execFormat != lib.systems.parse.execFormats.macho)) ''
+      '' + lib.optionalString (hostPlatform.isDarwin || (!hostPlatform.isElf && !hostPlatform.isMacho)) ''
         export NIX_DONT_SET_RPATH=1
         export NIX_NO_SELF_RPATH=1
       '' + lib.optionalString (hostPlatform.isDarwin && hostPlatform.isMacOS) ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 75130bb4d03c..68c00c38db30 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21575,10 +21575,7 @@ with pkgs;
   mtrace = callPackage ../development/libraries/glibc/mtrace.nix { };
 
   # Provided by libc on Operating Systems that use the Extensible Linker Format.
-  elf-header =
-    if stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.kernel.execFormat.name == "elf"
-    then null
-    else elf-header-real;
+  elf-header = if stdenv.hostPlatform.isElf then null else elf-header-real;
 
   elf-header-real = callPackage ../development/libraries/elf-header { };