diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
index c1c7da574444..3d53c5122f00 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 let
-  execFormatIsELF = platform: platform.parsed.kernel.execFormat.name == "elf";
+  withGold = platform: platform.parsed.kernel.execFormat.name == "elf" && !platform.isRiscV;
 in
 
 { stdenv
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ in
 , texinfo
 , zlib
 
-, enableGold ? execFormatIsELF stdenv.targetPlatform
+, enableGold ? withGold stdenv.targetPlatform
 , enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
   # WARN: Enabling all targets increases output size to a multiple.
 , withAllTargets ? false
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ in
 
 # WARN: configure silently disables ld.gold if it's unsupported, so we need to
 # make sure that intent matches result ourselves.
-assert enableGold -> execFormatIsELF stdenv.targetPlatform;
+assert enableGold -> withGold stdenv.targetPlatform;
 
 
 let