diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/freecad/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/freecad/default.nix
index a7665177046b..57dd49f7eb7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/freecad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/freecad/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   # This should work on both x86_64, and i686 linux
   preBuild = ''
-    export NIX_LDFLAGS="-L${gfortran.gcc}/lib64 -L${gfortran.gcc}/lib $NIX_LDFLAGS";
+    export NIX_LDFLAGS="-L${gfortran.cc}/lib64 -L${gfortran.cc}/lib $NIX_LDFLAGS";
   '';
 
   postInstall = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/inferno/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/inferno/default.nix
index c5a40fcbf5b3..0d61d5635a51 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/inferno/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/inferno/default.nix
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     mk install
     mkdir -p $out/bin
     makeWrapper $out/share/inferno/Linux/386/bin/emu $out/bin/emu \
-      --suffix LD_LIBRARY_PATH ':' "${gcc46.gcc}/lib" \
+      --suffix LD_LIBRARY_PATH ':' "${gcc46.cc}/lib" \
       --suffix PATH ':' "$out/share/inferno/Linux/386/bin"
     makeWrapper $infernoWrapper $out/bin/inferno \
-      --suffix LD_LIBRARY_PATH ':' "${gcc46.gcc}/lib" \
+      --suffix LD_LIBRARY_PATH ':' "${gcc46.cc}/lib" \
       --suffix PATH ':' "$out/share/inferno/Linux/386/bin" \
       --set INFERNO_ROOT "$out/share/inferno"
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/R/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/R/default.nix
index 8413eb14a35c..05f18334b991 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/R/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/R/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       CXX=$(type -p g++)
       FC="${gfortran}/bin/gfortran" F77="${gfortran}/bin/gfortran"
       JAVA_HOME="${jdk}"
-      LDFLAGS="-L${gfortran.gcc}/lib"
+      LDFLAGS="-L${gfortran.cc}/lib"
       RANLIB=$(type -p ranlib)
       R_SHELL="${stdenv.shell}"
     )
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/pdftk/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/pdftk/default.nix
index a2ef7716cda2..84a853bb0df6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/pdftk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/pdftk/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sed -e 's@/usr/bin/@@g' -i Makefile.*
     NIX_ENFORCE_PURITY= \
       make \
-      LIBGCJ="${gcj.gcc}/share/java/libgcj-${gcj.gcc.version}.jar" \
+      LIBGCJ="${gcj.cc}/share/java/libgcj-${gcj.cc.version}.jar" \
       GCJ=gcj GCJH=gcjh GJAR=gjar \
       -iC ../java all
   '';