diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/xulrunner/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/xulrunner/default.nix
index 68ee5240220..4dd1095c0ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/xulrunner/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/xulrunner/default.nix
@@ -55,9 +55,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       "--disable-updater"
       "--disable-pulseaudio"
     ]
-    ++ (if debugBuild then [ "--enable-debug" "--enable-profiling"]
-                      else [ "--disable-debug" "--enable-release"
-                             "--enable-optimize" "--enable-strip" ]);
+    ++ (if debugBuild
+        then [ "--enable-debug" "--enable-profiling"]
+        else [ "--disable-debug" "--enable-release" "--enable-strip"
+               "--enable-optimize${lib.optionalString (stdenv.system == "i686-linux") "=-O1"}" ]);
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 15a34995602..1d621dd19cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4070,6 +4070,7 @@ let
   tcl = callPackage ../development/interpreters/tcl { };
 
   xulrunner = callPackage ../development/interpreters/xulrunner {
+    stdenv = if stdenv.isLinux then useGoldLinker stdenv else stdenv;
     inherit (gnome) libIDL;
     inherit (pythonPackages) pysqlite;
   };