diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/snapshot.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/snapshot.nix
index 79f01cad4ef..1a02eba7579 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/snapshot.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/snapshot.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, noSysDirs, cross ? null}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, noSysDirs, zlib, cross ? null}:
 
 let
     basename = "binutils-2.20.51";
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ./new-dtags.patch
   ];
 
+  buildInputs = [ zlib ];
+
   inherit noSysDirs;
 
   preConfigure = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
index af98fd98b74..2203601f836 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ rec {
   # 6) Construct a third stdenv identical to the 2nd, except that
   #    this one uses the Glibc built in step 3.  It still uses
   #    the recent binutils and rest of the bootstrap tools, including GCC.
-  stdenvLinuxBoot3 = removeAttrs (stdenvBootFun {
+  stdenvLinuxBoot3 = stdenvBootFun {
     gcc = wrapGCC {
       binutils = stdenvLinuxBoot1Pkgs.binutils;
       coreutils = bootstrapTools;
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ rec {
       inherit (stdenvLinuxBoot1Pkgs) perl;
     };
     inherit fetchurl;
-  }) ["gcc" "binutils"];
+  };
 
   
   # 7) The packages that can be built using the third stdenv.