diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/default.nix
index abd3277d919e..9337f965c96a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, groff, cmake, python, libffi, binutils_gold }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, groff, cmake, python, libffi, binutils }:
 
 let version = "3.3"; in
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   cmakeFlags = with stdenv; [
     "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
     "-DLLVM_ENABLE_FFI=ON"
-    "-DLLVM_BINUTILS_INCDIR=${binutils_gold}/include"
+    "-DLLVM_BINUTILS_INCDIR=${binutils}/include"
   ] ++ lib.optional (!isDarwin) [ "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON" ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;