diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
index ab6f4165e72..2868e1de4f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
@@ -81,9 +81,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   inherit doCheck;
   preCheck = optionalString doCheck
-    # libgcc_s.so.1 must be installed for pthread_cancel to work
-    # also point to the glib/.libs path
-    '' export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${stdenv.cc.gcc}/lib:$NIX_BUILD_TOP/${name}/glib/.libs:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+    '' export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$NIX_BUILD_TOP/${name}/glib/.libs:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
        export TZDIR="${tzdata}/share/zoneinfo"
        export XDG_CACHE_HOME="$TMP"
        export XDG_RUNTIME_HOME="$TMP"