diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
index 7985b445ae0..f56ee003f50 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man); required for Java
 , gmp, mpfr, mpc, gettext, which
 , libelf                      # optional, for link-time optimizations (LTO)
-, ppl ? null, cloog ? null, isl ? null # optional, for the Graphite optimization framework.
+, cloog ? null, isl ? null # optional, for the Graphite optimization framework.
 , zlib ? null, boehmgc ? null
 , zip ? null, unzip ? null, pkgconfig ? null, gtk ? null, libart_lgpl ? null
 , libX11 ? null, libXt ? null, libSM ? null, libICE ? null, libXtst ? null
@@ -276,7 +276,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     ++ (optional javaAwtGtk pkgconfig);
 
   buildInputs = [ gmp mpfr mpc libelf ]
-    ++ (optional (ppl != null) ppl)
     ++ (optional (cloog != null) cloog)
     ++ (optional (isl != null) isl)
     ++ (optional (zlib != null) zlib)
@@ -293,15 +292,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
   NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString  stdenv.isSunOS "-lm -ldl";
 
-  preConfigure = ''
-    configureFlagsArray=(
-      ${stdenv.lib.optionalString (ppl != null && ppl ? dontDisableStatic && ppl.dontDisableStatic)
-        "'--with-host-libstdcxx=-lstdc++ -lgcc_s'"}
-      ${stdenv.lib.optionalString (ppl != null && stdenv.isSunOS)
-        "\"--with-host-libstdcxx=-Wl,-rpath,\$prefix/lib/amd64 -lstdc++\"
-         \"--with-boot-ldflags=-L../prev-x86_64-pc-solaris2.11/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs\""}
-    );
-  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString (stdenv.isSunOS && stdenv.is64bit) ''
+  preConfigure = stdenv.lib.optionalString (stdenv.isSunOS && stdenv.is64bit) ''
     export NIX_LDFLAGS=`echo $NIX_LDFLAGS | sed -e s~$prefix/lib~$prefix/lib/amd64~g`
     export LDFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="-Wl,-rpath,$prefix/lib/amd64 $LDFLAGS_FOR_TARGET"
     export CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="-Wl,-rpath,$prefix/lib/amd64 $CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET"
@@ -329,7 +320,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     ${if enableMultilib then "--disable-libquadmath" else "--disable-multilib"}
     ${if enableShared then "" else "--disable-shared"}
     ${if enablePlugin then "--enable-plugin" else "--disable-plugin"}
-    ${if ppl != null then "--with-ppl=${ppl} --disable-ppl-version-check" else ""}
     ${optionalString (isl != null) "--with-isl=${isl}"}
     ${optionalString (cloog != null) "--with-cloog=${cloog} --disable-cloog-version-check --enable-cloog-backend=isl"}
     ${if langJava then
@@ -412,7 +402,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     configureFlags = ''
       ${if enableMultilib then "" else "--disable-multilib"}
       ${if enableShared then "" else "--disable-shared"}
-      ${if ppl != null then "--with-ppl=${ppl.crossDrv}" else ""}
       ${if cloog != null then "--with-cloog=${cloog.crossDrv} --enable-cloog-backend=isl" else ""}
       ${if langJava then "--with-ecj-jar=${javaEcj.crossDrv}" else ""}
       ${if javaAwtGtk then "--enable-java-awt=gtk" else ""}
@@ -521,7 +510,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
     maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ ludo viric shlevy simons ];
 
-    # Volunteers needed for the {Cyg,Dar}win ports of *PPL.
     # gnatboot is not available out of linux platforms, so we disable the darwin build
     # for the gnat (ada compiler).
     platforms =
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
index f61e6b4445a..d38040a48b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man); required for Java
 , gmp, mpfr, mpc, gettext, which
 , libelf                      # optional, for link-time optimizations (LTO)
-, ppl ? null, cloog ? null, isl ? null # optional, for the Graphite optimization framework.
+, cloog ? null, isl ? null # optional, for the Graphite optimization framework.
 , zlib ? null, boehmgc ? null
 , zip ? null, unzip ? null, pkgconfig ? null, gtk ? null, libart_lgpl ? null
 , libX11 ? null, libXt ? null, libSM ? null, libICE ? null, libXtst ? null
@@ -273,7 +273,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     ++ (optional javaAwtGtk pkgconfig);
 
   buildInputs = [ gmp mpfr mpc libelf ]
-    ++ (optional (ppl != null) ppl)
     ++ (optional (cloog != null) cloog)
     ++ (optional (isl != null) isl)
     ++ (optional (zlib != null) zlib)
@@ -291,13 +290,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
   NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString  stdenv.isSunOS "-lm -ldl";
 
   preConfigure = ''
-    configureFlagsArray=(
-      ${stdenv.lib.optionalString (ppl != null && ppl ? dontDisableStatic && ppl.dontDisableStatic)
-        "'--with-host-libstdcxx=-lstdc++ -lgcc_s'"}
-      ${stdenv.lib.optionalString (ppl != null && stdenv.isSunOS)
-        "\"--with-host-libstdcxx=-Wl,-rpath,\$prefix/lib/amd64 -lstdc++\"
-         \"--with-boot-ldflags=-L../prev-x86_64-pc-solaris2.11/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs\""}
-    );
     ${stdenv.lib.optionalString (stdenv.isSunOS && stdenv.is64bit)
       ''
         export NIX_LDFLAGS=`echo $NIX_LDFLAGS | sed -e s~$prefix/lib~$prefix/lib/amd64~g`
@@ -319,7 +311,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     ${if enableMultilib then "--disable-libquadmath" else "--disable-multilib"}
     ${if enableShared then "" else "--disable-shared"}
     ${if enablePlugin then "--enable-plugin" else "--disable-plugin"}
-    ${if ppl != null then "--with-ppl=${ppl} --disable-ppl-version-check" else ""}
     ${optionalString (isl != null) "--with-isl=${isl}"}
     ${optionalString (cloog != null) "--with-cloog=${cloog} --disable-cloog-version-check --enable-cloog-backend=isl"}
     ${if langJava then
@@ -400,7 +391,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     configureFlags = ''
       ${if enableMultilib then "" else "--disable-multilib"}
       ${if enableShared then "" else "--disable-shared"}
-      ${if ppl != null then "--with-ppl=${ppl.crossDrv}" else ""}
       ${if cloog != null then "--with-cloog=${cloog.crossDrv} --enable-cloog-backend=isl" else ""}
       ${if langJava then "--with-ecj-jar=${javaEcj.crossDrv}" else ""}
       ${if javaAwtGtk then "--enable-java-awt=gtk" else ""}
@@ -507,7 +497,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
     maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ ludo viric shlevy simons ];
 
-    # Volunteers needed for the {Cyg,Dar}win ports of *PPL.
     # gnatboot is not available out of linux platforms, so we disable the darwin build
     # for the gnat (ada compiler).
     platforms =