diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
index e1afceebaa23..ad3b4ae2b277 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, noSysDirs, zlib, cross ? null, gold ? false, bison ? null, flex2535 ? null, bc ? null, dejagnu ? null }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, noSysDirs, zlib, cross ? null, gold ? true, bison ? null, flex2535 ? null, bc ? null, dejagnu ? null }:
 
 let basename = "binutils-2.23.1"; in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/default.nix
index 4e4539059a61..c1de3315beea 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/default.nix
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "bison-2.7";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnu/bison/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1zd77ilmpv5mi3kr55jrj6ncqlcnyhpianhrwzak2q28cv2cbn23";
+    url = "mirror://gnu/bison/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0cd8s2g7zjshya7kwjc9rh3drsssl4hiq4sccnkgf0nn9wvygfqr";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ m4 ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional doCheck perl;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c43449d1956d..ec7a2a907151 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3093,9 +3093,9 @@ let
     inherit noSysDirs;
   };
 
-  binutils_gold = lowPrio (callPackage ../development/tools/misc/binutils {
+  binutils_nogold = lowPrio (callPackage ../development/tools/misc/binutils {
     inherit noSysDirs;
-    gold = true;
+    gold = false;
   });
 
   binutilsCross = lowPrio (forceNativeDrv (import ../development/tools/misc/binutils {