diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
index 880286bbcd2f..3b4588a70f9c 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
@@ -355,9 +355,6 @@ in
       #   stage5.gcc -> stage4.coreutils -> stage3.glibc -> bootstrap
       gmp = lib.makeOverridable (super.gmp.override { stdenv = self.stdenv; }).overrideAttrs (a: { pname = "${a.pname}-stage4"; });
 
-      # coreutils gets rebuilt both here and also in the final stage; we rename this one to avoid confusion
-      coreutils = super.coreutils.overrideAttrs (a: { pname = "${a.pname}-stage4"; });
-
       gcc = lib.makeOverridable (import ../../build-support/cc-wrapper) {
         nativeTools = false;
         nativeLibc = false;