diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/swift/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/swift/default.nix
index 0f2217157484..fc142a4026bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/swift/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/swift/default.nix
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     # TODO: Use wrappers to get these on the PATH for swift tools, instead
     ln -s ${clang}/bin/* $out/bin/
-    ln -s ${targetPackages.stdenv.cc.bintools}/bin/ar $out/bin/ar
+    ln -s ${targetPackages.stdenv.cc.bintools.bintools_bin}/bin/ar $out/bin/ar
 
     wrapProgram $out/bin/swift \
       --suffix C_INCLUDE_PATH : $out/lib/swift/clang/include \