diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.5/default.nix
index ed72a3e27e94..339f170c783d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.5/default.nix
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     ${if javaAwtGtk then "--enable-java-awt=gtk" else ""}
     ${if langJava && javaAntlr != null then "--with-antlr-jar=${javaAntlr}" else ""}
     --with-gmp=${gmp.dev}
-    --with-mpfr=${mpfr}
+    --with-mpfr=${mpfr.dev}
     --with-mpc=${libmpc}
     ${if libelf != null then "--with-libelf=${libelf}" else ""}
     --disable-libstdcxx-pch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.6/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.6/default.nix
index 2ce432d452fb..f84d8fe33587 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.6/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.6/default.nix
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     ${if javaAwtGtk then "--enable-java-awt=gtk" else ""}
     ${if langJava && javaAntlr != null then "--with-antlr-jar=${javaAntlr}" else ""}
     --with-gmp=${gmp.dev}
-    --with-mpfr=${mpfr}
+    --with-mpfr=${mpfr.dev}
     --with-mpc=${libmpc}
     ${if libelf != null then "--with-libelf=${libelf}" else ""}
     --disable-libstdcxx-pch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
index 4895c3a22cef..d77087acf152 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     ${if javaAwtGtk then "--enable-java-awt=gtk" else ""}
     ${if langJava && javaAntlr != null then "--with-antlr-jar=${javaAntlr}" else ""}
     --with-gmp=${gmp.dev}
-    --with-mpfr=${mpfr}
+    --with-mpfr=${mpfr.dev}
     --with-mpc=${libmpc}
     ${if libelf != null then "--with-libelf=${libelf}" else ""}
     --disable-libstdcxx-pch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
index dcd6feb8f893..0ebe7ce19872 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     ${if javaAwtGtk then "--enable-java-awt=gtk" else ""}
     ${if langJava && javaAntlr != null then "--with-antlr-jar=${javaAntlr}" else ""}
     --with-gmp=${gmp.dev}
-    --with-mpfr=${mpfr}
+    --with-mpfr=${mpfr.dev}
     --with-mpc=${libmpc}
     ${if libelf != null then "--with-libelf=${libelf}" else ""}
     --disable-libstdcxx-pch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/5/default.nix
index e3b8cfc8efe9..7db517bd5548 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/5/default.nix
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     ${if javaAwtGtk then "--enable-java-awt=gtk" else ""}
     ${if langJava && javaAntlr != null then "--with-antlr-jar=${javaAntlr}" else ""}
     --with-gmp=${gmp.dev}
-    --with-mpfr=${mpfr}
+    --with-mpfr=${mpfr.dev}
     --with-mpc=${libmpc}
     ${if libelf != null then "--with-libelf=${libelf}" else ""}
     --disable-libstdcxx-pch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/gfortran-darwin.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/gfortran-darwin.nix
index 1de3cc0ed11e..7fa58a053b44 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/gfortran-darwin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/gfortran-darwin.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     --with-gmp=${gmp.dev}
     --with-isl=${isl_0_14}
     --with-mpc=${libmpc}
-    --with-mpfr=${mpfr}
+    --with-mpfr=${mpfr.dev}
     --with-native-system-header-dir=${Libsystem}/include
     --with-system-zlib
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
index 99cb9d03ab61..81684916007d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
@@ -1860,7 +1860,7 @@ let
 
     Rmpfr = old.Rmpfr.overrideDerivation (attrs: {
       configureFlags = [
-        "--with-mpfr-include=${pkgs.mpfr}/include"
+        "--with-mpfr-include=${pkgs.mpfr.dev}/include"
       ];
     });
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
index 0e27cc7104e1..6635044ce674 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   configureFlags = with stdenv.lib;
-    [ "--with-gmp=${gmp.dev}" "--with-mpfr=${mpfr}" "--with-system-readline"
+    [ "--with-gmp=${gmp.dev}" "--with-mpfr=${mpfr.dev}" "--with-system-readline"
       "--with-system-zlib" "--with-expat" "--with-libexpat-prefix=${expat.dev}"
       "--with-separate-debug-dir=/run/current-system/sw/lib/debug"
     ]