diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/binutils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/binutils/default.nix
index d7bdac6ceea34..78c510f7da4cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/binutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/binutils/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ let
     "ld" "strip" "otool" "lipo" "nm" "strings" "size"
     "codesign_allocate"
   ];
+  isCCToolsLLVM = lib.getName cctools == "cctools-llvm";
 in
 
 # TODO: loop over targetPrefixed binaries too
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     # - strip: the binutils one seems to break mach-o files
     # - lipo: gcc build assumes it exists
     # - nm: the gnu one doesn't understand many new load commands
-    for i in ${lib.concatStringsSep " " (builtins.map (e: targetPrefix + e) cmds)}; do
+    for i in ${lib.concatStringsSep " " (map (e: targetPrefix + e) cmds)}; do
       ln -sf "${cctools}/bin/$i" "$out/bin/$i"
     done
 
@@ -41,51 +42,59 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
     ln -s ${binutils-unwrapped.out}/share $out/share
 
-    ln -s ${cctools}/libexec $out/libexec
-
     mkdir -p "$man"/share/man/man{1,5}
-    for i in ${builtins.concatStringsSep " " cmds}; do
+    for i in ${lib.concatStringsSep " " cmds}; do
       for path in "${cctools.man}"/share/man/man?/$i.*; do
         dest_path="$man''${path#${cctools.man}}"
         ln -sv "$path" "$dest_path"
       done
     done
   ''
-  # On aarch64-darwin we must use clang, because "as" from cctools just doesn't
-  # handle the arch. Proxying calls to clang produces quite a bit of warnings,
-  # and using clang directly here is a better option than relying on cctools.
-  # On x86_64-darwin the Clang version is too old to support this mode.
-  + lib.optionalString stdenv.isAarch64 ''
-    rm $out/bin/${targetPrefix}as
-    makeWrapper "${clang-unwrapped}/bin/clang" "$out/bin/${targetPrefix}as" \
-      --add-flags "-x assembler -integrated-as -c"
-  ''
-  # x86-64 Darwin gnat-bootstrap emits assembly
-  # with MOVQ as the mnemonic for quadword interunit moves
-  # such as `movq %rbp, %xmm0`.
-  # The clang integrated assembler recognises this as valid,
-  # but unfortunately the cctools-port GNU assembler does not;
-  # it instead uses MOVD as the mnemonic.
-  # The assembly that a GCC build emits is determined at build time
-  # and cannot be changed afterwards.
-  #
-  # To build GNAT on x86-64 Darwin, therefore,
-  # we need both the clang _and_ the cctools-port assemblers to be available:
-  # the former to build at least the stage1 compiler,
-  # and the latter at least to be detectable
-  # as the target for the final compiler.
-  #
-  # We choose to match the Aarch64 case above,
-  # wrapping the clang integrated assembler as `as`.
-  # It then seems sensible to wrap the cctools GNU assembler as `gas`.
-  #
-  + lib.optionalString (stdenv.isx86_64 && dualAs) ''
-    mv $out/bin/${targetPrefix}as $out/bin/${targetPrefix}gas
-    makeWrapper "${clang-unwrapped}/bin/clang" "$out/bin/${targetPrefix}as" \
-      --add-flags "-x assembler -integrated-as -c"
-  '';
+  + lib.optionalString (!isCCToolsLLVM) (
+    # cctools-port has a `libexec` folder for `as`, but cctools-llvm uses the clang
+    # assembler on both platforms. Only link it when cctools is cctools-port.
+    ''
+      ln -s ${cctools}/libexec $out/libexec
+    ''
+    # cctools-llvm uses the LLVM assembler on both architectures, so use the assembler
+    # from that instead of relinking it.
+    #
+    # On aarch64-darwin we must use clang, because "as" from cctools just doesn't
+    # handle the arch. Proxying calls to clang produces quite a bit of warnings,
+    # and using clang directly here is a better option than relying on cctools.
+    # On x86_64-darwin the Clang version is too old to support this mode.
+    + lib.optionalString stdenv.isAarch64 ''
+      rm $out/bin/${targetPrefix}as
+      makeWrapper "${clang-unwrapped}/bin/clang" "$out/bin/${targetPrefix}as" \
+        --add-flags "-x assembler -integrated-as -c"
+    ''
+    # x86-64 Darwin gnat-bootstrap emits assembly
+    # with MOVQ as the mnemonic for quadword interunit moves
+    # such as `movq %rbp, %xmm0`.
+    # The clang integrated assembler recognises this as valid,
+    # but unfortunately the cctools-port GNU assembler does not;
+    # it instead uses MOVD as the mnemonic.
+    # The assembly that a GCC build emits is determined at build time
+    # and cannot be changed afterwards.
+    #
+    # To build GNAT on x86-64 Darwin, therefore,
+    # we need both the clang _and_ the cctools-port assemblers to be available:
+    # the former to build at least the stage1 compiler,
+    # and the latter at least to be detectable
+    # as the target for the final compiler.
+    #
+    # We choose to match the Aarch64 case above,
+    # wrapping the clang integrated assembler as `as`.
+    # It then seems sensible to wrap the cctools GNU assembler as `gas`.
+    #
+    + lib.optionalString (stdenv.isx86_64 && dualAs) ''
+      mv $out/bin/${targetPrefix}as $out/bin/${targetPrefix}gas
+      makeWrapper "${clang-unwrapped}/bin/clang" "$out/bin/${targetPrefix}as" \
+        --add-flags "-x assembler -integrated-as -c"
+    ''
+  );
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = lib.optionals (stdenv.isAarch64 || dualAs) [ makeWrapper ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = lib.optionals (!isCCToolsLLVM && (stdenv.isAarch64 || dualAs)) [ makeWrapper ];
 
   passthru = {
     inherit targetPrefix;