diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix
index cd239638418d..cb50fdf7313e 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix
@@ -253,9 +253,8 @@ in rec {
           enableParallelChecking = attrs.enableParallelChecking or true;
         } // lib.optionalAttrs (hardeningDisable != [] || hardeningEnable != []) {
           NIX_HARDENING_ENABLE = enabledHardeningOptions;
-        } // lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64 && stdenv.hostPlatform.platform.gcc.arch or stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.cpu.arch or "x86-64" != "x86-64") {
-          requiredSystemFeatures = attrs.requiredSystemFeatures or [] ++ [ "gccarch-${stdenv.hostPlatform.platform.gcc.arch or stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.cpu.arch}" ];
-          NIX_ENFORCE_NO_NATIVE = true;
+        } // lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64 && stdenv.hostPlatform.platform ? gcc.arch) {
+          requiredSystemFeatures = attrs.requiredSystemFeatures or [] ++ [ "gccarch-${stdenv.hostPlatform.platform.gcc.arch}" ];
         } // lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.buildPlatform.isDarwin) {
           inherit __darwinAllowLocalNetworking;
           # TODO: remove lib.unique once nix has a list canonicalization primitive