diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rustc/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rustc/generic.nix
index 177d403b451..734e43f502b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rustc/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rustc/generic.nix
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ with stdenv.lib; stdenv.mkDerivation {
   configureFlags = configureFlags
                 ++ [ "--enable-local-rust" "--local-rust-root=$snapshot" "--enable-rpath" ]
                 # ++ [ "--jemalloc-root=${jemalloc}/lib"
-                ++ [ "--default-linker=${stdenv.cc}/bin/cc" "--default-ar=${binutils}/bin/ar" ]
+                ++ [ "--default-linker=${stdenv.cc}/bin/cc" "--default-ar=${binutils.out}/bin/ar" ]
                 ++ optional (stdenv.cc.cc ? isClang) "--enable-clang"
                 ++ optional (!forceBundledLLVM) "--llvm-root=${llvmShared}";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/checksec/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/checksec/default.nix
index 60468538be2..e698c11ad0f 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/checksec/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/checksec/default.nix
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     substituteInPlace $out/bin/checksec --replace find ${findutils}/bin/find
     substituteInPlace $out/bin/checksec --replace "file $" "${file}/bin/file $"
     substituteInPlace $out/bin/checksec --replace "xargs file" "xargs ${file}/bin/file"
-    substituteInPlace $out/bin/checksec --replace " readelf -" " ${binutils}/bin/readelf -"
-    substituteInPlace $out/bin/checksec --replace "(readelf -" "(${binutils}/bin/readelf -"
-    substituteInPlace $out/bin/checksec --replace "command_exists readelf" "command_exists ${binutils}/bin/readelf"
+    substituteInPlace $out/bin/checksec --replace " readelf -" " ${binutils.out}/bin/readelf -"
+    substituteInPlace $out/bin/checksec --replace "(readelf -" "(${binutils.out}/bin/readelf -"
+    substituteInPlace $out/bin/checksec --replace "command_exists readelf" "command_exists ${binutils.out}/bin/readelf"
     substituteInPlace $out/bin/checksec --replace "/sbin/sysctl -" "${procps}/sbin/sysctl -"
     substituteInPlace $out/bin/checksec --replace "/usr/bin/id -" "${coreutils}/bin/id -"
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/gradm/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/gradm/default.nix
index 1500cf2f394..121b6db5400 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/gradm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/gradm/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       "FLEX=${flex}/bin/flex"
       "BISON=${bison}/bin/bison"
       "FIND=${findutils}/bin/find"
-      "STRIP=${binutils}/bin/strip"
+      "STRIP=${binutils.out}/bin/strip"
       "INSTALL=${coreutils}/bin/install"
       "MANDIR=/share/man"
       "MKNOD=true"