diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
index ac9ab1413322..04911e4cc56d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
@@ -45,6 +45,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # there) and causes a cycle between the lib and bin outputs, so
     # get rid of it.
     ./no-plugins.patch
+
+    # remove after 2.29.1/2.30
+    (fetchurl {
+      url = "https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=patch;h=c6b78c965a96fb152fbd58926edccb5dee2707a5";
+      sha256 = "0rkbq5pf7ffgcggfk4czkxin1091bqjj92an9wxnqkgqwq6cx5yr";
+      name = "readelf-empty-sections.patch";
+    })
+    ./elf-check-orphan-input.patch
+    ./elf-check-orphan-placement.patch
   ];
 
   # TODO: all outputs on all platform