diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools-cross.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools-cross.nix
index 90c9d2cef67..95d5a210ec5 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools-cross.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools-cross.nix
@@ -177,9 +177,9 @@ rec {
 
         # Copy binutils.
         for i in as ld ar ranlib nm strip readelf objdump; do
-          cp ${binutils.out}/bin/$i $out/bin
+          cp ${binutils.binutils.out}/bin/$i $out/bin
         done
-        cp -d ${binutils.lib}/lib/lib*.so* $out/lib
+        cp -d ${binutils.binutils.lib}/lib/lib*.so* $out/lib
 
         chmod -R u+w $out
 
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
index c8cddf248ab..702fef4c75b 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
@@ -126,9 +126,9 @@ rec {
 
         # Copy binutils.
         for i in as ld ar ranlib nm strip readelf objdump; do
-          cp ${binutils.out}/bin/$i $out/bin
+          cp ${binutils.binutils.out}/bin/$i $out/bin
         done
-        cp -d ${binutils.lib}/lib/lib*.so* $out/lib
+        cp -d ${binutils.binutils.lib}/lib/lib*.so* $out/lib
 
         chmod -R u+w $out
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 044c3c92bce..a4acc2741ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11910,7 +11910,11 @@ with pkgs;
   crda = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/crda { };
 
   # Darwin package set
-  darwin = callPackages ./darwin-packages.nix { };
+  #
+  # Even though this is a set of packages not single package, use `callPackage`
+  # not `callPackages` so the per-package callPackages don't have their
+  # `.override` clobbered. C.F. `llvmPackages` which does the same.
+  darwin = callPackage ./darwin-packages.nix { };
 
   devicemapper = lvm2;