diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/cling/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/cling/default.nix
index 08909063ce46f..a5a3de81bd5a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/cling/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/cling/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 { cmake
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, fetchgit
 , git
 , lib
 , libffi
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@
 
 # Build with libc++ (LLVM) rather than stdlibc++ (GCC).
 # This is experimental and not all features work.
-, useLLVMLibcxx ? false
+, useLLVMLibcxx ? clangStdenv.isDarwin
 }:
 
 let
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ let
     clingSrc = fetchFromGitHub {
       owner = "root-project";
       repo = "cling";
-      rev = "v1.0";
+      rev = "v${version}";
       sha256 = "sha256-Ye8EINzt+dyNvUIRydACXzb/xEPLm0YSkz08Xxw3xp4=";
     };
 
@@ -66,8 +65,6 @@ let
 
     patches = [
       ./no-clang-cpp.patch
-
-      # ./force-install-cling-targets.patch
     ];
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [ python3 git cmake ];
@@ -122,10 +119,10 @@ let
   cxxFlags = if useLLVMLibcxx then [
     "-I" "${lib.getDev llvmPackages_13.libcxx}/include/c++/v1"
     "-L" "${llvmPackages_13.libcxx}/lib"
-    "-l" "${llvmPackages_13.libcxx}/lib/libc++.so"
+    "-l" "${llvmPackages_13.libcxx}/lib/libc++${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}"
   ] else [
     "-I" "${gcc-unwrapped}/include/c++/${gcc-unwrapped.version}"
-    "-I" "${gcc-unwrapped}/include/c++/${gcc-unwrapped.version}/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
+    "-I" "${gcc-unwrapped}/include/c++/${gcc-unwrapped.version}/${stdenv.hostPlatform.config}"
   ];
 
   # The flags passed to the wrapped cling should
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/cling/force-install-cling-targets.patch b/pkgs/development/interpreters/cling/force-install-cling-targets.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 627e2593298e1..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/cling/force-install-cling-targets.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/tools/cling/cmake/modules/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/cling/cmake/modules/CMakeLists.txt
---- a/tools/cling/cmake/modules/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/tools/cling/cmake/modules/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -54,10 +54,8 @@ set(CLING_CONFIG_EXPORTS_FILE)
-
- if (NOT LLVM_INSTALL_TOOLCHAIN_ONLY)
-   get_property(cling_has_exports GLOBAL PROPERTY CLING_HAS_EXPORTS)
--  if(cling_has_exports)
--    install(EXPORT ClingTargets DESTINATION ${CLING_INSTALL_PACKAGE_DIR}
--            COMPONENT cling-cmake-exports)
--  endif()
-+  install(EXPORT ClingTargets DESTINATION ${CLING_INSTALL_PACKAGE_DIR}
-+          COMPONENT cling-cmake-exports)
-
-   install(FILES
-     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/CMakeFiles/ClingConfig.cmake