diff --git a/pkgs/servers/amqp/rabbitmq-server/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/amqp/rabbitmq-server/default.nix
index 3d4a8902c91..4cc187846d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/amqp/rabbitmq-server/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/amqp/rabbitmq-server/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, runCommand
 , erlang, python, libxml2, libxslt, xmlto
 , docbook_xml_dtd_45, docbook_xsl, zip, unzip, rsync
-
 , AppKit, Carbon, Cocoa
+, getconf
 }:
 
-let
-  # we only need that one glibc binary (28k instead of 2.7M)
-  getconf = runCommand "getconf" {} ''
-    install -D ${stdenv.lib.getBin stdenv.cc.libc}/bin/getconf $out/bin/getconf
-  '';
-
-in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "rabbitmq-server-${version}";
   version = "3.6.15";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 680aebd2028..1507dc1512e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13705,14 +13705,6 @@ with pkgs;
   musl-fts = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/musl/fts.nix { };
   musl-getconf = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/musl/getconf.nix { };
   musl-getent = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/musl/getent.nix { };
-  getent =
-    if hostPlatform.isMusl then musl-getent
-    # This may not be right on other platforms, but preserves existing behavior
-    else /* if hostPlatform.libc == "glibc" then */ glibc.bin;
-
-  getconf =
-    if hostPlatform.isMusl then musl-getconf
-    else lib.getBin stdenv.cc.libc;
 
   nettools = if stdenv.isLinux then callPackage ../os-specific/linux/net-tools { }
              else unixtools.nettools;
@@ -21233,5 +21225,6 @@ with pkgs;
   # Unix tools
   unixtools = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackages ./unix-tools.nix { });
   inherit (unixtools) hexdump ps logger eject modprobe umount
-                      mount wall hostname more sysctl;
+                      mount wall hostname more sysctl getconf
+                      getent;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/unix-tools.nix b/pkgs/top-level/unix-tools.nix
index 0d6e8d1c6c2..19e315f6f60 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/unix-tools.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/unix-tools.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ let
         exit 1
       fi
 
-      ln -s "${provider}" "$out/bin/${cmd}"
+      cp "${provider}" "$out/bin/${cmd}"
     '';
 
 in rec {
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ in rec {
   eject = singleBinary "eject" {
     linux = pkgs.utillinux;
   };
+  getconf = singleBinary "getconf" {
+    linux = pkgs.musl-getconf;
+    darwin = pkgs.darwin.system_cmds;
+  };
+  getent = singleBinary "getconf" {
+    linux = pkgs.musl-getent;
+  };
   getopt = singleBinary "getopt" {
     linux = pkgs.utillinux;
     darwin = pkgs.getopt;