diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix
index 91f9e7c71e3..2048220361a 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -43,10 +43,8 @@ let
   # The wrapper scripts use 'cat' and 'grep', so we may need coreutils.
   coreutils_bin = if nativeTools then "" else getBin coreutils;
 
-  dashlessTarget = stdenv.lib.replaceStrings ["-"] ["_"] targetPlatform.config;
-
   # See description in cc-wrapper.
-  infixSalt = dashlessTarget;
+  infixSalt = replaceStrings ["-" "."] ["_" "_"] targetPlatform.config;
 
   # The dynamic linker has different names on different platforms. This is a
   # shell glob that ought to match it.
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
index aca96f58ed9..a981ffea708 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -45,14 +45,12 @@ let
   default_cxx_stdlib_compile = optionalString (targetPlatform.isLinux && !(cc.isGNU or false) && !nativeTools && cc ? gcc)
     "-isystem $(echo -n ${cc.gcc}/include/c++/*) -isystem $(echo -n ${cc.gcc}/include/c++/*)/$(${cc.gcc}/bin/gcc -dumpmachine)";
 
-  dashlessTarget = stdenv.lib.replaceStrings ["-"] ["_"] targetPlatform.config;
-
   # The "infix salt" is a arbitrary string added in the middle of env vars
   # defined by cc-wrapper's hooks so that multiple cc-wrappers can be used
   # without interfering. For the moment, it is defined as the target triple,
   # adjusted to be a valid bash identifier. This should be considered an
   # unstable implementation detail, however.
-  infixSalt = dashlessTarget;
+  infixSalt = replaceStrings ["-" "."] ["_" "_"] targetPlatform.config;
 
   expand-response-params =
     if buildPackages.stdenv.cc or null != null && buildPackages.stdenv.cc != "/dev/null"