diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/armv5tel/bzip2 b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/armv5tel/bzip2
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diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/armv5tel/cpio b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/armv5tel/cpio
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diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/armv5tel/curl.bz2 b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/armv5tel/curl.bz2
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diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/armv5tel/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/armv5tel/default.nix
index e8f04497bd9..6d18b3bd8cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/armv5tel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/armv5tel/default.nix
@@ -1,35 +1,11 @@
-let fetch = { file, sha256 }:
-    let
-      nixFetchurl = import <nix/fetchurl.nix>;
-      args = {
-        url = "file://${builtins.toString ./.}/${file}";
-        inherit sha256;
-        executable = true;
-      };
-    in if (builtins.functionArgs nixFetchurl) ? executable
-      then nixFetchurl args
-      else derivation {
-        name = file;
-        builder = "/bin/sh";
+let
 
-        system = builtins.currentSystem;
+  fetch = { file, sha256 }: import <nix/fetchurl.nix> {
+    url = "http://tarballs.nixos.org/stdenv-linux/armv5tel/r18744/${file}";
+    inherit sha256;
+    executable = true;
+  };
 
-        args = [ "-c" "echo $message; exit 1" ];
-
-        message = ''
-          Sorry, this version of nix cannot download all of the bootstrap tools.
-          Please download ${args.url}, make it executable, add it to the store
-          with `nix-store --add', and try again.
-        '';
-
-        outputHashAlgo = "sha256";
-
-        outputHash = args.sha256;
-
-        outputHashMode = "recursive";
-
-        preferLocalBuild = true;
-      };
 in {
   sh = fetch {
     file = "sh";
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/armv5tel/ln b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/armv5tel/ln
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diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/armv5tel/mkdir b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/armv5tel/mkdir
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diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/armv5tel/sh b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/armv5tel/sh
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diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/i686/bzip2 b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/i686/bzip2
deleted file mode 100755
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diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/i686/cpio b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/i686/cpio
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diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/i686/curl.bz2 b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/i686/curl.bz2
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diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/i686/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/i686/default.nix
index 9c78dcc7b2f..7b6b3ee8034 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/i686/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/i686/default.nix
@@ -1,36 +1,11 @@
 let
-  fetch = { file, sha256 }:
-    let
-      nixFetchurl = import <nix/fetchurl.nix>;
-      args = {
-        url = "file://${builtins.toString ./.}/${file}";
-        inherit sha256;
-        executable = true;
-      };
-    in if (builtins.functionArgs nixFetchurl) ? executable
-      then nixFetchurl args
-      else derivation {
-        name = file;
-        builder = "/bin/sh";
 
-        system = builtins.currentSystem;
+  fetch = { file, sha256 }: import <nix/fetchurl.nix> {
+    url = "http://tarballs.nixos.org/stdenv-linux/i686/r24519/${file}";
+    inherit sha256;
+    executable = true;
+  };
 
-        args = [ "-c" "echo $message; exit 1" ];
-
-        message = ''
-          Sorry, this version of nix cannot download all of the bootstrap tools.
-          Please download ${args.url}, make it executable, add it to the store
-          with `nix-store --add', and try again.
-        '';
-
-        outputHashAlgo = "sha256";
-
-        outputHash = args.sha256;
-
-        outputHashMode = "recursive";
-
-        preferLocalBuild = true;
-      };
 in {
   sh = fetch {
     file = "sh";
@@ -52,11 +27,6 @@ in {
     sha256 = "046if3aqqramyhrn2yxrjf4bfkl8x1bcqxhvi7ml9nrv9smx8irg";
   };
 
-  ln = fetch {
-    file = "ln";
-    sha256 = "06vr474i3x55p0rnqa87yx7dzf4qdfpfg201mks39id43cjm9f8j";
-  };
-
   curl = fetch {
     file = "curl.bz2";
     sha256 = "1v0yfb4gcdyqpl2fxlxjh337r28c23iqm7vwck4p4643xd55di7q";
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/i686/ln b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/i686/ln
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diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/i686/sh b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/i686/sh
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diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/loongson2f/bzip2 b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/loongson2f/bzip2
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diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/loongson2f/cpio b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/loongson2f/cpio
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diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/loongson2f/curl.bz2 b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/loongson2f/curl.bz2
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diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/loongson2f/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/loongson2f/default.nix
index e49b09eb23c..8e22a274974 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/loongson2f/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/loongson2f/default.nix
@@ -1,36 +1,11 @@
 let
-  fetch = { file, sha256 }:
-    let
-      nixFetchurl = import <nix/fetchurl.nix>;
-      args = {
-        url = "file://${builtins.toString ./.}/${file}";
-        inherit sha256;
-        executable = true;
-      };
-    in if (builtins.functionArgs nixFetchurl) ? executable
-      then nixFetchurl args
-      else derivation {
-        name = file;
-        builder = "/bin/sh";
 
-        system = builtins.currentSystem;
+  fetch = { file, sha256 }: import <nix/fetchurl.nix> {
+    url = "http://tarballs.nixos.org/stdenv-linux/loongson2f/r22849/${file}";
+    inherit sha256;
+    executable = true;
+  };
 
-        args = [ "-c" "echo $message; exit 1" ];
-
-        message = ''
-          Sorry, this version of nix cannot download all of the bootstrap tools.
-          Please download ${args.url}, make it executable, add it to the store
-          with `nix-store --add', and try again.
-        '';
-
-        outputHashAlgo = "sha256";
-
-        outputHash = args.sha256;
-
-        outputHashMode = "recursive";
-
-        preferLocalBuild = true;
-      };
 in {
   sh = fetch {
     file = "sh";
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/loongson2f/ln b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/loongson2f/ln
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diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/powerpc/bash b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/powerpc/bash
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diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/powerpc/cp b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/powerpc/cp
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diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/powerpc/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/powerpc/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ad8bc93e44..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/powerpc/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-let
-  fetch = { file, sha256 }:
-    let
-      nixFetchurl = import <nix/fetchurl.nix>;
-      args = {
-        url = "file://${builtins.toString ./.}/${file}";
-        inherit sha256;
-        executable = true;
-      };
-    in if (builtins.functionArgs nixFetchurl) ? executable
-      then nixFetchurl args
-      else derivation {
-        name = file;
-        builder = "/bin/sh";
-
-        system = builtins.currentSystem;
-
-        args = [ "-c" "echo $message; exit 1" ];
-
-        message = ''
-          Sorry, this version of nix cannot download all of the bootstrap tools.
-          Please download ${args.url}, make it executable, add it to the store
-          with `nix-store --add', and try again.
-        '';
-
-        outputHashAlgo = "sha256";
-
-        outputHash = args.sha256;
-
-        outputHashMode = "recursive";
-
-        preferLocalBuild = true;
-      };
-in {
-  bash = fetch {
-    file = "bash";
-    sha256 = "0zss8im6hbx6z2i2wxn1554kd7ggdqdli4xk39cy5fchlnz9bqpp";
-  };
-
-  bzip2 = fetch {
-    file = "bzip2";
-    sha256 = "01ylj8x7albv6k9sqx2h1prsazh4d8y22nga0pwai2bnns0q9qdg";
-  };
-
-  cp = fetch {
-    file = "cp";
-    sha256 = "0d7xbzrv22bxgw7w9b03rakirna5zfvr9gzwm7ichd2fh634hvgl";
-  };
-
-  curl = fetch {
-    file = "curl.bz2";
-    sha256 = "17c25dfslw3qkjlcmihpbhn3x4kj9pgkslizv89ggnki7iiy4jgh";
-  };
-
-  tar = fetch {
-    file = "tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "132ylqwz02hw5njqx7wvj4sxpcrllx8b8b3a00rlv6iad671ayyr";
-  };
-
-  staticToolsURL = {
-    url = http://tarballs.nixos.org/stdenv-linux/powerpc/r9828/static-tools.tar.bz2;
-    sha1 = "e4d1680e3dfa752e49a996a31140db53b10061cb";
-  };
-
-  binutilsURL = {
-    url = http://tarballs.nixos.org/stdenv-linux/powerpc/r9828/binutils.tar.bz2;
-    sha1 = "2609f4d9277a60fcd178395d3d49911190e08f36";
-  };
-
-  gccURL = {
-    url = http://tarballs.nixos.org/stdenv-linux/powerpc/r9828/gcc.tar.bz2;
-    sha1 = "71d79d736bfef6252208fe6239e528a591becbed";
-  };
-
-  glibcURL = {
-    url = http://tarballs.nixos.org/stdenv-linux/powerpc/r9828/glibc.tar.bz2;
-    sha1 = "bf0245e16235800c8aa9c6a5de6565583a66e46d";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/powerpc/tar.bz2 b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/powerpc/tar.bz2
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diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
index 0aa0a9a840b..02635bf1fd5 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ rec {
   bootstrapFiles =
     if system == "i686-linux" then import ./bootstrap/i686
     else if system == "x86_64-linux" then import ./bootstrap/x86_64
-    else if system == "powerpc-linux" then import ./bootstrap/powerpc
     else if system == "armv5tel-linux" then import ./bootstrap/armv5tel
     else if system == "armv6l-linux" then import ./bootstrap/armv6l
     else if system == "armv7l-linux" then import ./bootstrap/armv6l
@@ -52,6 +51,7 @@ rec {
       then [ ./scripts/unpack-bootstrap-tools-arm.sh ]
       else [ ./scripts/unpack-bootstrap-tools.sh ];
 
+    # FIXME: get rid of curl.
     inherit (bootstrapFiles) bzip2 mkdir curl cpio;
 
     tarball = import <nix/fetchurl.nix> {