diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
index 35cdb6311df32..cbe15273f424d 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
@@ -638,10 +638,7 @@ in
             gawk gmp gnumake gnused gnutar gnugrep gnupatch patchelf ed file
           ]
         # Library dependencies
-        ++ map getLib (
-            [ attr acl zlib gnugrep.pcre2 libidn2 libunistring ]
-            ++ lib.optional (gawk.libsigsegv != null) gawk.libsigsegv
-          )
+        ++ map getLib [ attr acl zlib gnugrep.pcre2 libidn2 libunistring ]
         # More complicated cases
         ++ (map (x: getOutput x (getLibc prevStage)) [ "out" "dev" "bin" ] )
         ++  [ linuxHeaders # propagated from .dev
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/gawk/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/gawk/default.nix
index d85880e82e155..6af3572c5bd75 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/gawk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/gawk/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl
-# TODO: links -lsigsegv but loses the reference for some reason
-, withSigsegv ? (false && stdenv.hostPlatform.system != "x86_64-cygwin"), libsigsegv
 , interactive ? false, readline
 , autoreconfHook # no-pma fix
 
@@ -18,11 +16,11 @@ assert (doCheck && stdenv.isLinux) -> glibcLocales != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gawk" + lib.optionalString interactive "-interactive";
-  version = "5.2.2";
+  version = "5.3.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/gawk/gawk-${version}.tar.xz";
-    hash = "sha256-PB/OFEa0y+4c0nO9fsZLyH2J9hU3RxzT4F4zqWWiUOk=";
+    hash = "sha256-ypwW09EdD/jGnXncC0cmfhMppps5t5mJVgTtRH08qQs=";
   };
 
   # PIE is incompatible with the "persistent malloc" ("pma") feature.
@@ -39,12 +37,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ]
     ++ lib.optional (doCheck && stdenv.isLinux) glibcLocales;
 
-  buildInputs = lib.optional withSigsegv libsigsegv
-    ++ lib.optional interactive readline
+  buildInputs = lib.optional interactive readline
     ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin locale;
 
   configureFlags = [
-    (if withSigsegv then "--with-libsigsegv-prefix=${libsigsegv}" else "--without-libsigsegv")
     (if interactive then "--with-readline=${readline.dev}" else "--without-readline")
   ];
 
@@ -59,10 +55,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ln -s gawk.1 "''${!outputMan}"/share/man/man1/awk.1
   '';
 
-  passthru = {
-    libsigsegv = if withSigsegv then libsigsegv else null; # for stdenv bootstrap
-  };
-
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/";
     description = "GNU implementation of the Awk programming language";