diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/networking.nix b/nixos/modules/config/networking.nix
index 1eb6fb43604a..627cce67e97d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/networking.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/networking.nix
@@ -228,9 +228,6 @@ in
         # /etc/protocols: IP protocol numbers.
         "protocols".source  = pkgs.iana-etc + "/etc/protocols";
 
-        # /etc/rpc: RPC program numbers.
-        "rpc".source = pkgs.glibc.out + "/etc/rpc";
-
         # /etc/hosts: Hostname-to-IP mappings.
         "hosts".text = let
           oneToString = set: ip: ip + " " + concatStringsSep " " set.${ip};
@@ -268,6 +265,9 @@ in
         "resolv.conf".source = "${pkgs.systemd}/lib/systemd/resolv.conf";
       } // optionalAttrs (config.services.resolved.enable && dnsmasqResolve) {
         "dnsmasq-resolv.conf".source = "/run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf";
+      } // optionalAttrs (pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.libc == "glibc") {
+        # /etc/rpc: RPC program numbers.
+        "rpc".source = pkgs.glibc.out + "/etc/rpc";
       };
 
       networking.proxy.envVars =
diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/system-path.nix b/nixos/modules/config/system-path.nix
index c07e19bd03c4..1793dc628edf 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/system-path.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/system-path.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ let
       pkgs.diffutils
       pkgs.findutils
       pkgs.gawk
-      pkgs.glibc # for ldd, getent
+      pkgs.stdenv.cc.libc
+      pkgs.getent
+      pkgs.getconf
       pkgs.gnugrep
       pkgs.gnupatch
       pkgs.gnused
diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/apparmor-suid.nix b/nixos/modules/security/apparmor-suid.nix
index dfbf5d859ba9..498c2f25d1c0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/security/apparmor-suid.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/security/apparmor-suid.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ with lib;
         capability setuid,
         network inet raw,
 
-        ${pkgs.glibc.out}/lib/*.so mr,
+        ${pkgs.stdenv.cc.libc.out}/lib/*.so mr,
         ${pkgs.libcap.lib}/lib/libcap.so* mr,
         ${pkgs.attr.out}/lib/libattr.so* mr,
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm-greeters/gtk.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm-greeters/gtk.nix
index 013956c05466..d1ee076e9185 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm-greeters/gtk.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm-greeters/gtk.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ let
       # This wrapper ensures that we actually get themes
       makeWrapper ${pkgs.lightdm_gtk_greeter}/sbin/lightdm-gtk-greeter \
         $out/greeter \
-        --prefix PATH : "${pkgs.glibc.bin}/bin" \
+        --prefix PATH : "${lib.getBin pkgs.stdenv.cc.libc}/bin" \
         --set GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE "${pkgs.librsvg.out}/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache" \
         --set GTK_PATH "${theme}:${pkgs.gtk3.out}" \
         --set GTK_EXE_PREFIX "${theme}" \
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix b/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix
index b1eaf0189562..0ed7c0f53eb9 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ let
     [ coreutils
       gnugrep
       findutils
-      glibc # needed for getent
+      getent
       shadow
       nettools # needed for hostname
       utillinux # needed for mount and mountpoint
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
index f4cf9753c0a1..e7167999a6f8 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ let
       ${config.boot.initrd.extraUtilsCommands}
 
       # Copy ld manually since it isn't detected correctly
-      cp -pv ${pkgs.glibc.out}/lib/ld*.so.? $out/lib
+      cp -pv ${pkgs.stdenv.cc.libc.out}/lib/ld*.so.? $out/lib
 
       # Copy all of the needed libraries
       find $out/bin $out/lib -type f | while read BIN; do