diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/builder.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/builder.nix
index e73542263df2f..cd8d4572a158b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/builder.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/builder.nix
@@ -251,17 +251,6 @@ originalAttrs: (stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: originalAttrs // {
         done
     fi
 
-    # Cross-compiler specific:
-    # --with-headers=$dir option triggers gcc to make a private copy
-    # of $dir headers and use it later as `-isysroot`. This prevents
-    # cc-wrapper from overriding libc headers with `-idirafter`.
-    # It should be safe to drop it and rely solely on the cc-wrapper.
-    local sysinc_dir=$out/''${targetConfig+$targetConfig/}sys-include
-    if [ -d "$sysinc_dir" ]; then
-        chmod -R u+w "$out/''${targetConfig+$targetConfig/}sys-include"
-        rm -rfv "$out/''${targetConfig+$targetConfig/}sys-include"
-    fi
-
     # Get rid of some "fixed" header files
     rm -rfv $out/lib/gcc/*/*/include-fixed/{root,linux,sys/mount.h,bits/statx.h}