diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/vlang/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/vlang/default.nix
index c0e6bf1e129..bfc90c76fe0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/vlang/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/vlang/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, glfw, freetype, openssl, makeWrapper, upx, pkgsStatic, xorg, binaryen }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, glfw, freetype, openssl, makeWrapper, upx, boehmgc, xorg, binaryen, darwin }:
 
 let
   version = "weekly.2023.19";
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ let
     rev = "6e970bd0a7459ad7798588f1ace4aa46c5e789a2";
     hash = "sha256-hFf7c8ZNMU1j7fgmDakuO7tBVr12Wq0dgQddJnkMajE=";
   };
+  boehmgcStatic = boehmgc.override {
+    enableStatic = true;
+  };
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "vlang";
@@ -50,41 +53,32 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 
+  buildInputs = [
+    binaryen
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Cocoa
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [
+    xorg.libX11
+    xorg.libXau
+    xorg.libXdmcp
+    xorg.xorgproto
+  ];
+
   makeFlags = [
     "local=1"
   ];
 
   env.VC = vc;
-  env.VFLAGS = if stdenv.isDarwin then
-    # on darwin we need to add a manual link to libgc since it doesn't have a libgc.a
-    "-cg -cc ${pkgsStatic.clang}/bin/clang -no-retry-compilation -ldflags -L${pkgsStatic.boehmgc}/lib -ldflags -lgc -ldflags -L${binaryen}/lib"
-  else
-    # libX11.dev and xorg.xorgproto are needed because of
-    # builder error: Header file <X11/Xlib.h>, needed for module `clipboard.x11` was not found. Please install a package with the X11 development headers, for example: `apt-get install libx11-dev`.
-    # libXau, libxcb, libXdmcp need to be static if you use static gcc otherwise
-    # /nix/store/xnk2z26fqy86xahiz3q797dzqx96sidk-glibc-2.37-8/lib/libc.so.6: undefined reference to `_rtld_glob al_ro@GLIBC_PRIVATE'
-    "-cc ${pkgsStatic.gcc}/bin/gcc -no-retry-compilation -cflags -I${xorg.libX11.dev}/include -cflags -I${xorg.xorgproto}/include -ldflags -L${binaryen}/lib -ldflags -L${pkgsStatic.xorg.libX11}/lib -ldflags -L${pkgsStatic.xorg.libxcb}/lib -ldflags -lxcb -ldflags -L${pkgsStatic.xorg.libXau}/lib -ldflags -lXau -ldflags -L${pkgsStatic.xorg.libXdmcp}/lib -ldflags -lXdmcp";
 
   preBuild = ''
     export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
     mkdir -p ./thirdparty/tcc/lib
-    # this step is not needed it's just to silence a warning
-    # we don't use tcc at all since it fails on a missing libatomic
-    ln -s ${pkgsStatic.tinycc}/bin/tcc ./thirdparty/tcc/tcc.exe
-    cp -r ${pkgsStatic.boehmgc}/lib/* ./thirdparty/tcc/lib
-  '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    # this file isn't used by clang, but it's just to silence a warning
-    # the compiler complains on an empty file, so this makes it "close" to real
-    substituteInPlace vlib/builtin/builtin_d_gcboehm.c.v \
-        --replace "libgc.a" "libgc.la"
+    cp -r ${boehmgcStatic}/lib/* ./thirdparty/tcc/lib
   '';
 
   # vcreate_test.v requires git, so we must remove it when building the tools.
-  # vtest.v fails on Darwin, so let's just disable it for now.
   preInstall = ''
     mv cmd/tools/vcreate/vcreate_test.v $HOME/vcreate_test.v
-  '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    mv cmd/tools/vtest.v $HOME/vtest.v
   '';
 
   installPhase = ''
@@ -110,8 +104,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   # Return vcreate_test.v and vtest.v, so the user can use it.
   postInstall = ''
     cp $HOME/vcreate_test.v $out/lib/cmd/tools/vcreate_test.v
-  '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    cp $HOME/vtest.v $out/lib/cmd/tools/vtest.v
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boehm-gc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boehm-gc/default.nix
index de5aff6c3b6..e37eb26deb3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boehm-gc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boehm-gc/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # doc: https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc/blob/v8.2.2/doc/README.macros (LARGE_CONFIG)
 , enableLargeConfig ? false
 , enableMmap ? true
+, enableStatic ? false
 , nixVersions
 }:
 
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     "--enable-cplusplus"
     "--with-libatomic-ops=none"
   ]
+  ++ lib.optional enableStatic "--enable-static"
   ++ lib.optional enableMmap "--enable-mmap"
   ++ lib.optional enableLargeConfig "--enable-large-config";