diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/gcc-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/gcc-wrapper/default.nix
index 55c6571bcf5e..1f521f405850 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/gcc-wrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/gcc-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -92,6 +92,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
        if stdenv.system == "mips64el-linux" then "ld.so.1" else
        abort "don't know the name of the dynamic linker for this platform")
     else "";
-
-  preferLocalBuild = true;
 }