diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/koka/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/koka/default.nix
index 087b0ad1153..6523dcca2f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/koka/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/koka/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPackages, cmake, gnumake, makeWrapper, mkDerivation, fetchFromGitHub
+{ stdenv, pkgsHostTarget, cmake, makeWrapper, mkDerivation, fetchFromGitHub
 , alex, array, base, bytestring, cond, containers, directory, extra
 , filepath, haskeline, hpack, hspec, hspec-core, json, lib, mtl
 , parsec, process, regex-compat, text, time }:
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@ let
     src = "${src}/kklib";
     nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   };
+  inherit (pkgsHostTarget.targetPackages.stdenv) cc;
   runtimeDeps = [
-    buildPackages.stdenv.cc
-    buildPackages.stdenv.cc.bintools.bintools
-    gnumake
-    cmake
+    cc
+    cc.bintools.bintools
+    pkgsHostTarget.gnumake
+    pkgsHostTarget.cmake
   ];
 in
 mkDerivation rec {
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     cp -a contrib $out/share/koka/v${version}
     cp -a kklib $out/share/koka/v${version}
     wrapProgram "$out/bin/koka" \
-      --set CC "${lib.getBin buildPackages.stdenv.cc}/bin/${buildPackages.stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc" \
+      --set CC "${lib.getBin cc}/bin/${cc.targetPrefix}cc" \
       --prefix PATH : "${lib.makeSearchPath "bin" runtimeDeps}"
   '';
   doCheck = false;