diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
index 9180e733f3a..e88099d44f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
@@ -228,12 +228,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     ++ (optional hostPlatform.isDarwin gnused)
     ;
 
-  preConfigure = stdenv.lib.optionalString (hostPlatform.isSunOS && hostPlatform.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 $CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET"
-    export CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="-Wl,-rpath,$prefix/lib/amd64 $CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET"
-  '';
+  preConfigure = import ../common/pre-configure.nix {
+    inherit (stdenv) lib;
+    inherit version hostPlatform langJava langGo;
+  };
 
   dontDisableStatic = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
index fbfb9f202c3..b3fc29c9b92 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
@@ -234,16 +234,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     ++ (optional hostPlatform.isDarwin gnused)
     ;
 
-  preConfigure = stdenv.lib.optionalString (hostPlatform.isSunOS && hostPlatform.is64bit) ''
-    sed -i -e "s/-lrt//g" libstdc++-v3/configure
-    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 $CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET"
-    export CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="-Wl,-rpath,$prefix/lib/amd64 $CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET"
-  ''
-  + stdenv.lib.optionalString (langJava || langGo) ''
-    export lib=$out;
-  '';
+  preConfigure = import ../common/pre-configure.nix {
+    inherit (stdenv) lib;
+    inherit version hostPlatform langJava langGo;
+  };
 
   dontDisableStatic = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/5/default.nix
index e034b0e0c54..9f8def26f2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/5/default.nix
@@ -242,12 +242,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
   NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString  hostPlatform.isSunOS "-lm -ldl";
 
-  preConfigure = stdenv.lib.optionalString (hostPlatform.isSunOS && hostPlatform.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 $CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET"
-    export CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="-Wl,-rpath,$prefix/lib/amd64 $CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET"
-  '';
+  preConfigure = import ../common/pre-configure.nix {
+    inherit (stdenv) lib;
+    inherit version hostPlatform langJava langGo;
+  };
 
   dontDisableStatic = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix
index 001a4a80c0b..f7b7c9e239c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix
@@ -244,15 +244,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
   NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString  hostPlatform.isSunOS "-lm -ldl";
 
-  preConfigure = stdenv.lib.optionalString (hostPlatform.isSunOS && hostPlatform.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 $CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET"
-    export CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="-Wl,-rpath,$prefix/lib/amd64 $CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET"
-  ''
-  + stdenv.lib.optionalString (langJava || langGo) ''
-    export lib=$out;
-  '';
+  preConfigure = import ../common/pre-configure.nix {
+    inherit (stdenv) lib;
+    inherit version hostPlatform langJava langGo;
+  };
 
   dontDisableStatic = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix
index 1212d17cb73..283eea7f5d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix
@@ -220,12 +220,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = stdenv.lib.optionalString (stdenv.cc.isClang && langFortran) "-Wno-unused-command-line-argument";
   NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString  hostPlatform.isSunOS "-lm -ldl";
 
-  preConfigure = stdenv.lib.optionalString (hostPlatform.isSunOS && hostPlatform.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 $CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET"
-    export CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="-Wl,-rpath,$prefix/lib/amd64 $CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET"
-  '';
+  preConfigure = import ../common/pre-configure.nix {
+    inherit (stdenv) lib;
+    inherit version hostPlatform langGo;
+  };
 
   dontDisableStatic = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix
index d62bdaad52d..a5cfd3308ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix
@@ -206,12 +206,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
   NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString  hostPlatform.isSunOS "-lm -ldl";
 
-  preConfigure = stdenv.lib.optionalString (hostPlatform.isSunOS && hostPlatform.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 $CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET"
-    export CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="-Wl,-rpath,$prefix/lib/amd64 $CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET"
-  '';
+  preConfigure = import ../common/pre-configure.nix {
+    inherit (stdenv) lib;
+    inherit version hostPlatform langGo;
+  };
 
   dontDisableStatic = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix
index dcf19dfb9e5..cb9b6ec324d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix
@@ -205,12 +205,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
   NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString  hostPlatform.isSunOS "-lm -ldl";
 
-  preConfigure = stdenv.lib.optionalString (hostPlatform.isSunOS && hostPlatform.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 $CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET"
-    export CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="-Wl,-rpath,$prefix/lib/amd64 $CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET"
-  '';
+  preConfigure = import ../common/pre-configure.nix {
+    inherit (stdenv) lib;
+    inherit version hostPlatform langGo;
+  };
 
   dontDisableStatic = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/pre-configure.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/pre-configure.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4c86d37e243
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/pre-configure.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{ lib, version, hostPlatform, langJava ? false, langGo }:
+
+assert langJava -> lib.versionOlder version "7";
+
+lib.optionalString (hostPlatform.isSunOS && hostPlatform.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 $CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET"
+  export CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="-Wl,-rpath,$prefix/lib/amd64 $CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET"
+'' + lib.optionalString (lib.versionOlder version "7" && (langJava || langGo)) ''
+  export lib=$out;
+''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/snapshot/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/snapshot/default.nix
index b04094a1a9b..a0e0fd83a39 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/snapshot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/snapshot/default.nix
@@ -177,12 +177,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
   NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString  hostPlatform.isSunOS "-lm -ldl";
 
-  preConfigure = stdenv.lib.optionalString (hostPlatform.isSunOS && hostPlatform.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 $CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET"
-    export CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="-Wl,-rpath,$prefix/lib/amd64 $CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET"
-  '';
+  preConfigure = import ../common/pre-configure.nix {
+    inherit (stdenv) lib;
+    inherit version hostPlatform langGo;
+  };
 
   dontDisableStatic = true;