diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index aadf74ed7538..27082514c552 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3411,7 +3411,7 @@ let
     let haveRedHatKernel       = system == "i686-linux" || system == "x86_64-linux";
         haveBrokenRedHatKernel = haveRedHatKernel && getConfig ["brokenRedHatKernel"] false;
     in
-    useFromStdenv "glibc" (if haveBrokenRedHatKernel then glibc25 else glibc29);
+    useFromStdenv "glibc" (if haveBrokenRedHatKernel then glibc25 else glibc211);
 
   glibc25 = import ../development/libraries/glibc-2.5 {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv kernelHeaders;