diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/ln-boot/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/ln-boot/default.nix
index 85f998198aa7..c24504ec00a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/ln-boot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/ln-boot/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 }:
 let
   pname = "ln-boot";
-  version = "unstable-2023-05-01";
+  version = "unstable-2023-05-22";
 
   src = ./ln.c;
 in
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/ln-boot/ln.c b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/ln-boot/ln.c
index c8dde76a9364..b7a681f8270c 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/ln-boot/ln.c
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/ln-boot/ln.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
   if (argc != 4 || strcmp(argv[1], "-s")) {
     fputs("Usage: ", stdout);
     fputs(argv[0], stdout);
-    fputs("ln -s TARGET LINK_NAME\n", stdout);
+    fputs(" -s TARGET LINK_NAME\n", stdout);
     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
   }
 
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/tinycc/common.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/tinycc/common.nix
index d05ac35a6d99..68fa84fd7ad1 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/tinycc/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/tinycc/common.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , kaem
 , mes-libc
-, ln-boot
 }:
 
 rec {
@@ -57,7 +56,6 @@ rec {
         (["-c" "-D" "TCC_TARGET_I386=1" ] ++ libtccBuildOptions);
       compiler =  kaem.runCommand "${pname}-${version}" {
         inherit pname version meta;
-        nativeBuildInputs = [ ln-boot ];
         passthru.tests = rec {
           get-version = result: kaem.runCommand "${pname}-get-version-${version}" {} ''
             ${result}/bin/tcc -version