diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f51b47ea4cf3..daf2d7e039ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9286,7 +9286,7 @@ let
   firefox13Wrapper = wrapFirefox { browser = firefox13Pkgs.firefox; };
 
   firefox = callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/firefox {
-    stdenv = useGoldLinker stdenv;
+    stdenv = if stdenv.isLinux then useGoldLinker stdenv else stdenv;
     inherit (gnome) libIDL;
     inherit (pythonPackages) pysqlite;
   };