diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix
index 7948f726c629..f9ca245beea6 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
 # compiler and the linker just "work".
 
 { name ? ""
-, stdenvNoCC, nativeTools, propagateDoc ? !nativeTools, noLibc ? false, nativeLibc, nativePrefix ? ""
-, bintools ? null, libc ? null
-, coreutils ? null, shell ? stdenvNoCC.shell, gnugrep ? null
+, stdenvNoCC
+, bintools ? null, libc ? null, coreutils ? null, shell ? stdenvNoCC.shell, gnugrep ? null
+, nativeTools, noLibc ? false, nativeLibc, nativePrefix ? ""
+, propagateDoc ? bintools != null && bintools ? man
 , extraPackages ? [], extraBuildCommands ? ""
 , buildPackages ? {}
 , useMacosReexportHack ? false
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
index 301bc2694c4f..e59758371a38 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
 # compiler and the linker just "work".
 
 { name ? ""
-, stdenvNoCC, nativeTools, propagateDoc ? !nativeTools, noLibc ? false, nativeLibc, nativePrefix ? ""
+, stdenvNoCC
 , cc ? null, libc ? null, bintools, coreutils ? null, shell ? stdenvNoCC.shell
+, nativeTools, noLibc ? false, nativeLibc, nativePrefix ? ""
+, propagateDoc ? cc != null && cc ? man
 , extraPackages ? [], extraBuildCommands ? ""
 , isGNU ? false, isClang ? cc.isClang or false, gnugrep ? null
 , buildPackages ? {}
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix
index 6d224e4cc44f..bfeac09ea650 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ in rec {
         extraPackages = lib.optional (libcxx != null) libcxx;
 
         nativeTools  = false;
-        propagateDoc = false;
         nativeLibc   = false;
         inherit buildPackages coreutils gnugrep bintools;
         libc         = last.pkgs.darwin.Libsystem;
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
index 08703b6934e5..978beea692c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ let
              else lib.makeOverridable (import ../../build-support/cc-wrapper) {
           name = "${name}-gcc-wrapper";
           nativeTools = false;
-          propagateDoc = false;
           nativeLibc = false;
           buildPackages = lib.optionalAttrs (prevStage ? stdenv) {
             inherit (prevStage) stdenv;