diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/10/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/10/default.nix
index a26aaf771af3..da2726d90905 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/10/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/10/default.nix
@@ -8,12 +8,7 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, # N.B. the defult is intentionally not from an `isStatic`. See
-  # https://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html - this is about target
-  # platform libraries not host platform ones unlike normal. But since
-  # we can't rebuild those without also rebuilding the compiler itself,
-  # we opt to always build everything unlike our usual policy.
-  enableShared ? true
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
 , enableLTO ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/11/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/11/default.nix
index b78ca339fb85..c9c8e4078d05 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/11/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/11/default.nix
@@ -8,12 +8,7 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, # N.B. the defult is intentionally not from an `isStatic`. See
-  # https://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html - this is about target
-  # platform libraries not host platform ones unlike normal. But since
-  # we can't rebuild those without also rebuilding the compiler itself,
-  # we opt to always build everything unlike our usual policy.
-  enableShared ? true
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
 , enableLTO ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
index bc7868cc4606..81e875f3caa0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
@@ -8,12 +8,7 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, # N.B. the defult is intentionally not from an `isStatic`. See
-  # https://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html - this is about target
-  # platform libraries not host platform ones unlike normal. But since
-  # we can't rebuild those without also rebuilding the compiler itself,
-  # we opt to always build everything unlike our usual policy.
-  enableShared ? true
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
 , enableLTO ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man); required for Java
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
index bb1a3dd7d636..1a05ca7a595a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
@@ -8,12 +8,7 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, # N.B. the defult is intentionally not from an `isStatic`. See
-  # https://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html - this is about target
-  # platform libraries not host platform ones unlike normal. But since
-  # we can't rebuild those without also rebuilding the compiler itself,
-  # we opt to always build everything unlike our usual policy.
-  enableShared ? true
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
 , enableLTO ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man); required for Java
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix
index 7548ec56c759..0cab8e0dfaa5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix
@@ -9,12 +9,7 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, # N.B. the defult is intentionally not from an `isStatic`. See
-  # https://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html - this is about target
-  # platform libraries not host platform ones unlike normal. But since
-  # we can't rebuild those without also rebuilding the compiler itself,
-  # we opt to always build everything unlike our usual policy.
-  enableShared ? true
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
 , enableLTO ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 , texinfo ? null
 , flex
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix
index dfac97104eb6..3f9a7856d078 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix
@@ -7,12 +7,7 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, # N.B. the defult is intentionally not from an `isStatic`. See
-  # https://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html - this is about target
-  # platform libraries not host platform ones unlike normal. But since
-  # we can't rebuild those without also rebuilding the compiler itself,
-  # we opt to always build everything unlike our usual policy.
-  enableShared ? true
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
 , enableLTO ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix
index 609dfa722a65..493421d20fe9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix
@@ -7,12 +7,7 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, # N.B. the defult is intentionally not from an `isStatic`. See
-  # https://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html - this is about target
-  # platform libraries not host platform ones unlike normal. But since
-  # we can't rebuild those without also rebuilding the compiler itself,
-  # we opt to always build everything unlike our usual policy.
-  enableShared ? true
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
 , enableLTO ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix
index ea4296826661..b9b440cfb6fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix
@@ -9,12 +9,7 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, # N.B. the defult is intentionally not from an `isStatic`. See
-  # https://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html - this is about target
-  # platform libraries not host platform ones unlike normal. But since
-  # we can't rebuild those without also rebuilding the compiler itself,
-  # we opt to always build everything unlike our usual policy.
-  enableShared ? true
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
 , enableLTO ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man)