diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/jack-rack/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/jack-rack/default.nix
index 420c11562e2a..8cf55289b2f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/jack-rack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/jack-rack/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
   buildInputs = [ libjack2 ladspaH gtk2 alsa-lib libxml2 lrdf ];
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-ldl -lm -lpthread";
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lm -lpthread";
 
   meta = {
     description = ''An effects "rack" for the JACK low latency audio API'';
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/jamin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/jamin/default.nix
index 70cb4d7f1109..36b6345c0f11 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/jamin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/jamin/default.nix
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   #       `l_notebook1'; jamin-callbacks.o:/build/jamin-0.95.0/src/hdeq.h:64: first defined here
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-fcommon";
 
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-ldl";
-
   postInstall = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/jamin --set LADSPA_PATH ${ladspaPlugins}/lib/ladspa
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/libredirect/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/libredirect/default.nix
index b5eb21e5ba4b..6e2de7fa11b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/libredirect/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/libredirect/default.nix
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ else stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       -L${llvmPackages_13.clang.libc}/lib \
       -Wl,-install_name,$libName \
       -Wall -std=c99 -O3 -fPIC libredirect.c \
-      -ldl -shared -o "$libName"
+      -shared -o "$libName"
     '' else if stdenv.isDarwin then ''
     $CC -Wall -std=c99 -O3 -fPIC libredirect.c \
       -Wl,-install_name,$out/lib/$libName \
-      -ldl -shared -o "$libName"
+      -shared -o "$libName"
     '' else ''
     $CC -Wall -std=c99 -O3 -fPIC libredirect.c \
-      -ldl -shared -o "$libName"
+      -shared -o "$libName"
     ''}
 
     if [ -n "$doInstallCheck" ]; then
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/rox/rox-filer/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/rox/rox-filer/default.nix
index e26c90592252..b05be287a89d 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/rox/rox-filer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/rox/rox-filer/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     wrapGAppsHook
   ];
   buildInputs = [ libxml2 gtk shared-mime-info libSM ];
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-ldl -lm";
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lm";
 
   patches = [
     ./rox-filer-2.11-in-source-build.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/10/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/10/default.nix
index 2751501901f2..731bcd7c39cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/10/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/10/default.nix
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
   depsTargetTarget = optional (!crossStageStatic && threadsCross != {} && threadsCross.package != null) threadsCross.package;
 
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString  hostPlatform.isSunOS "-lm -ldl";
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString  hostPlatform.isSunOS "-lm";
 
   preConfigure = (import ../common/pre-configure.nix {
     inherit lib;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/11/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/11/default.nix
index 265e696523da..477c033c2bad 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/11/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/11/default.nix
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
   depsTargetTarget = optional (!crossStageStatic && threadsCross != {} && threadsCross.package != null) threadsCross.package;
 
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString  hostPlatform.isSunOS "-lm -ldl";
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString  hostPlatform.isSunOS "-lm";
 
   preConfigure = (import ../common/pre-configure.nix {
     inherit lib;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/12/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/12/default.nix
index 7e1847ebba98..3ba5991a6b8c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/12/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/12/default.nix
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
   depsTargetTarget = optional (!crossStageStatic && threadsCross != {}) threadsCross.package;
 
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString  hostPlatform.isSunOS "-lm -ldl";
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString  hostPlatform.isSunOS "-lm";
 
 
   preConfigure = (import ../common/pre-configure.nix {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix
index 66b53c6d5b5e..b3ee702e31b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
   depsTargetTarget = optional (!crossStageStatic && threadsCross != {}) threadsCross.package;
 
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString  hostPlatform.isSunOS "-lm -ldl";
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString  hostPlatform.isSunOS "-lm";
 
   preConfigure = import ../common/pre-configure.nix {
     inherit lib;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix
index 8fd990f95ffb..38eeec063033 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
   depsTargetTarget = optional (!crossStageStatic && threadsCross != {}) threadsCross.package;
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString (stdenv.cc.isClang && langFortran) "-Wno-unused-command-line-argument";
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString  hostPlatform.isSunOS "-lm -ldl";
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString  hostPlatform.isSunOS "-lm";
 
   preConfigure = import ../common/pre-configure.nix {
     inherit lib;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix
index 2dc141b529fc..4072ca9a533c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
   depsTargetTarget = optional (!crossStageStatic && threadsCross != {}) threadsCross.package;
 
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString  hostPlatform.isSunOS "-lm -ldl";
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString  hostPlatform.isSunOS "-lm";
 
   preConfigure = import ../common/pre-configure.nix {
     inherit lib;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix
index 9b5f4504db8e..36fea987ae22 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
   depsTargetTarget = optional (!crossStageStatic && threadsCross != {}) threadsCross.package;
 
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString  hostPlatform.isSunOS "-lm -ldl";
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString  hostPlatform.isSunOS "-lm";
 
   preConfigure = import ../common/pre-configure.nix {
     inherit lib;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/tinycc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/tinycc/default.nix
index 159b1827fc8f..ed1d7fc57a64 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/tinycc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/tinycc/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
         "-L${variables.libdir}"
         "-Wl,--rpath ${variables.libdir}"
         "-ltcc"
-        "-ldl"
       ];
       variables = rec {
         prefix = "${placeholder "out"}";
diff --git a/pkgs/games/eboard/default.nix b/pkgs/games/eboard/default.nix
index 293811e9b040..81bc6d365a0c 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/eboard/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/eboard/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-fpermissive";
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-ldl";
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.bergo.eng.br/eboard/";
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mail/exim/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/mail/exim/default.nix
index cd407ef37ec7..1a911668a540 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/mail/exim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/mail/exim/default.nix
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       ${lib.optionalString enableMySQL ''
         s:^# \(LOOKUP_MYSQL=yes\)$:\1:
         s:^# \(LOOKUP_MYSQL_PC=libmysqlclient\)$:\1:
-        s:^\(LOOKUP_LIBS\)=\(.*\):\1=\2 -lmysqlclient -L${libmysqlclient}/lib/mysql -lssl -ldl -lm -lpthread -lz:
-        s:^# \(LOOKUP_LIBS\)=.*:\1=-lmysqlclient -L${libmysqlclient}/lib/mysql -lssl -ldl -lm -lpthread -lz:
+        s:^\(LOOKUP_LIBS\)=\(.*\):\1=\2 -lmysqlclient -L${libmysqlclient}/lib/mysql -lssl -lm -lpthread -lz:
+        s:^# \(LOOKUP_LIBS\)=.*:\1=-lmysqlclient -L${libmysqlclient}/lib/mysql -lssl -lm -lpthread -lz:
         s:^# \(LOOKUP_INCLUDE\)=.*:\1=-I${libmysqlclient.dev}/include/mysql/:
       ''}
       ${lib.optionalString enableAuthDovecot ''
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/nagios/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/nagios/default.nix
index a58ec2bf7b29..edf82742bc53 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/nagios/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/nagios/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configureFlags = [ "--localstatedir=/var/lib/nagios" ];
   buildFlags = [ "all" ];
-  CFLAGS = "-ldl";
 
   # Do not create /var directories
   preInstall = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/influxdb/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/influxdb/default.nix
index 185c246e6fac..a80975926e8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/influxdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/influxdb/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ let
       Version: ${libflux_version}
       Description: Library for the InfluxData Flux engine
       Cflags: -I/out/include
-      Libs: -L/out/lib -lflux -ldl -lpthread
+      Libs: -L/out/lib -lflux -lpthread
     '';
     passAsFile = [ "pkgcfg" ];
     postInstall = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/influxdb2/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/influxdb2/default.nix
index 41bba89996bf..4f86cc4da530 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/influxdb2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/influxdb2/default.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ let
       Version: ${libflux_version}
       Description: Library for the InfluxData Flux engine
       Cflags: -I/out/include
-      Libs: -L/out/lib -lflux -ldl -lpthread
+      Libs: -L/out/lib -lflux -lpthread
     '';
     passAsFile = [ "pkgcfg" ];
     postInstall = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/openafs/1.8/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/openafs/1.8/default.nix
index d6e2f20ecdbe..8ebed1c27464 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/openafs/1.8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/openafs/1.8/default.nix
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     )
   '' + optionalString withTsm ''
     export XBSA_CFLAGS="-Dxbsa -DNEW_XBSA -I${tsm-client}/lib64/sample -DXBSA_TSMLIB=\\\"${tsm-client}/lib64/libApiTSM64.so\\\""
-    export XBSA_XLIBS="-ldl"
   '';
 
   buildFlags = [ "all_nolibafs" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/argyllcms/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/argyllcms/default.nix
index 2b17fa796e84..f06021693504 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/argyllcms/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/argyllcms/default.nix
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
       LINKFLAGS +=
         ${lib.concatStringsSep " " (map (x: "-L${x}/lib") buildInputs)}
-        -ldl -lrt -lX11 -lXext -lXxf86vm -lXinerama -lXrandr -lXau -lXdmcp -lXss
+        -lrt -lX11 -lXext -lXxf86vm -lXinerama -lXrandr -lXau -lXdmcp -lXss
         -ljpeg -ltiff -lpng -lssl ;
     '';
   in ''
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/dsniff/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/dsniff/default.nix
index 8e641ec83e73..5d0c92f2bfb5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/dsniff/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/dsniff/default.nix
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ in gcc9Stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook rpcsvc-proto ];
   buildInputs = [ glib pcap libtirpc libnsl ];
-  NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = "-lglib-2.0 -lpthread -ldl -ltirpc";
+  NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = "-lglib-2.0 -lpthread -ltirpc";
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-I${libtirpc.dev}/include/tirpc" ];
   postPatch = ''
     for patch in debian/patches/*.patch; do