diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/10/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/10/default.nix
index 4493fd936ec..a26aaf771af 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/10/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/10/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   # we can't rebuild those without also rebuilding the compiler itself,
   # we opt to always build everything unlike our usual policy.
   enableShared ? true
-, enableLTO ? true
+, enableLTO ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man)
 , gmp, mpfr, libmpc, gettext, which, patchelf
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/11/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/11/default.nix
index a9498b1060d..b78ca339fb8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/11/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/11/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   # we can't rebuild those without also rebuilding the compiler itself,
   # we opt to always build everything unlike our usual policy.
   enableShared ? true
-, enableLTO ? true
+, enableLTO ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man)
 , gmp, mpfr, libmpc, gettext, which, patchelf
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
index c192c603c88..bc7868cc460 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   # we can't rebuild those without also rebuilding the compiler itself,
   # we opt to always build everything unlike our usual policy.
   enableShared ? true
-, enableLTO ? true
+, enableLTO ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man); required for Java
 , gmp, mpfr, libmpc, gettext, which, patchelf
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
index 70278c237d4..bb1a3dd7d63 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   # we can't rebuild those without also rebuilding the compiler itself,
   # we opt to always build everything unlike our usual policy.
   enableShared ? true
-, enableLTO ? true
+, enableLTO ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man); required for Java
 , gmp, mpfr, libmpc, gettext, which, patchelf
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix
index 1809d7ae42e..7548ec56c75 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   # we can't rebuild those without also rebuilding the compiler itself,
   # we opt to always build everything unlike our usual policy.
   enableShared ? true
-, enableLTO ? true
+, enableLTO ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 , texinfo ? null
 , flex
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man); required for Java
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix
index dcb7d0b91f6..dfac97104eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   # we can't rebuild those without also rebuilding the compiler itself,
   # we opt to always build everything unlike our usual policy.
   enableShared ? true
-, enableLTO ? true
+, enableLTO ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man)
 , gmp, mpfr, libmpc, gettext, which, patchelf
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix
index 01deb2727b8..609dfa722a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   # we can't rebuild those without also rebuilding the compiler itself,
   # we opt to always build everything unlike our usual policy.
   enableShared ? true
-, enableLTO ? true
+, enableLTO ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man)
 , gmp, mpfr, libmpc, gettext, which, patchelf
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix
index 9d21ed667f6..ea429682666 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   # we can't rebuild those without also rebuilding the compiler itself,
   # we opt to always build everything unlike our usual policy.
   enableShared ? true
-, enableLTO ? true
+, enableLTO ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man)
 , gmp, mpfr, libmpc, gettext, which, patchelf