diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-static-3.4/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-static-3.4/default.nix
index f5783555d66d..1b3c473d1e88 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-static-3.4/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-static-3.4/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, noSysDirs}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "gcc-static-3.4.6";
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
   # !!! apply only if noSysDirs is set
   patches = [./no-sys-dirs.patch];
-  noSysDirs = 1;
+  inherit noSysDirs;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6a26c4e897cb..0d6252ba53ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ rec {
   gcc = useFromStdenv (stdenv ? gcc) stdenv.gcc gcc41;
 
   gcc_static = (import ../development/compilers/gcc-static-3.4) {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv noSysDirs;
   };
 
   dietgcc = (import ../build-support/gcc-wrapper) {