diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix
index ee020fbeea8b..46918b1f0a1c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix
@@ -245,12 +245,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
   inherit (stdenv) is64bit;
 
-  # In this particular combination it stopped creating lib output at all.
-  # TODO: perhaps find a better fix?  (ideally understand what's going on)
-  postFixup = if crossStageStatic && targetPlatform.isMusl && targetPlatform.is32bit
-    then ''mkdir "$lib"''
-    else null;
-
   meta = {
     homepage = https://gcc.gnu.org/;
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;  # runtime support libraries are typically LGPLv3+
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/builder.sh
index b153687980a0..22a21e5b25c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/builder.sh
@@ -201,11 +201,11 @@ postConfigure() {
 
 
 preInstall() {
+    mkdir -p "$out/${targetConfig}/lib"
+    mkdir -p "$lib/${targetConfig}/lib"
     # Make ‘lib64’ symlinks to ‘lib’.
     if [ -n "$is64bit" -a -z "$enableMultilib" ]; then
-        mkdir -p "$out/${targetConfig}/lib"
         ln -s lib "$out/${targetConfig}/lib64"
-        mkdir -p "$lib/${targetConfig}/lib"
         ln -s lib "$lib/${targetConfig}/lib64"
     fi
 }