diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/common.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/common.nix
index 3f78ef4041a6..d9cbc8907a04 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/common.nix
@@ -286,9 +286,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
 // lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform) {
   preInstall = null; # clobber the native hook
-
-  # To avoid a dependency on the build system 'bash'.
-  preFixup = ''
-    rm -f $bin/bin/{ldd,tzselect,catchsegv,xtrace}
-  '';
 })