diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.5/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.5/builder.sh
index fd9b4bd4534..5d66cc09532 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.5/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.5/builder.sh
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ if test -n "$targetConfig"; then
     dontStrip=1
 fi
 
+
 preConfigure() {
     if test -n "$newlibSrc"; then
         tar xvf "$newlibSrc" -C ..
@@ -172,6 +173,12 @@ preConfigure() {
 }
 
 
+postConfigure() {
+    # Don't store the configure flags in the resulting executables.
+    sed -e '/TOPLEVEL_CONFIGURE_ARGUMENTS=/d' -i Makefile
+}
+
+
 postInstall() {
     # Remove precompiled headers for now.  They are very big and
     # probably not very useful yet.
@@ -200,7 +207,7 @@ postInstall() {
         fi
     done
 
-    for i in $out/bin/*-c++* $out/bin/*-g++*; do
+    for i in $out/bin/c++ $out/bin/*-c++* $out/bin/*-g++*; do
         if cmp -s $out/bin/g++ $i; then
             ln -sfn g++ $i
         fi