diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/polkadot/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/polkadot/default.nix
index f247b05eb93ab..cfc66da2d586f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/polkadot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/polkadot/default.nix
@@ -93,8 +93,5 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ akru andresilva FlorianFranzen RaghavSood ];
     # See Iso::from_arch in src/isa/mod.rs in cranelift-codegen-meta.
     platforms = intersectLists platforms.unix (platforms.aarch64 ++ platforms.s390x ++ platforms.riscv64 ++ platforms.x86);
-    # See comment about wasm32-unknown-unknown in rustc.nix.
-    broken = lib.any (a: lib.hasAttr a stdenv.hostPlatform.gcc) [ "cpu" "float-abi" "fpu" ] ||
-      !stdenv.hostPlatform.gcc.thumb or true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/pagefind/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/pagefind/default.nix
index aa0fb08984edc..2da4e5eb7eb10 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/pagefind/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/pagefind/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 , gzip
 , nodejs
 , rustc
-, stdenv
 , wasm-bindgen-cli
 , wasm-pack
 }:
@@ -121,9 +120,6 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ pbsds ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
-    # See comment about wasm32-unknown-unknown in rustc.nix.
-    broken = lib.any (a: lib.hasAttr a stdenv.hostPlatform.gcc) [ "cpu" "float-abi" "fpu" ] ||
-      !stdenv.hostPlatform.gcc.thumb or true;
     mainProgram = "pagefind";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/add-clang-cc-cflags-before.sh b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/add-clang-cc-cflags-before.sh
index a1d06b9c6b0ae..51bfeb18f58a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/add-clang-cc-cflags-before.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/add-clang-cc-cflags-before.sh
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ for p in "${params[@]}"; do
 done
 
 if $needsTarget; then
-    extraBefore+=(-target @defaultTarget@ @march@)
+    extraBefore+=(-target @defaultTarget@ @machineFlags@)
 fi
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
index 4adc1dcb1f8d8..d842f3fc70909 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ let
     concatMapStrings
     concatStringsSep
     escapeShellArg
+    escapeShellArgs
     getBin
     getDev
     getLib
@@ -234,6 +235,32 @@ let
        then guess
        else null;
 
+  thumb = if targetPlatform.gcc.thumb then "thumb" else "arm";
+  tune = if targetPlatform ? gcc.tune
+         then findBestTuneApproximation targetPlatform.gcc.tune
+         else null;
+
+  # Machine flags. These are necessary to support
+
+  # TODO: We should make a way to support miscellaneous machine
+  # flags and other gcc flags as well.
+
+  machineFlags =
+    # Always add -march based on cpu in triple. Sometimes there is a
+    # discrepency (x86_64 vs. x86-64), so we provide an "arch" arg in
+    # that case.
+    optional (targetPlatform ? gcc.arch && !(targetPlatform.isDarwin && targetPlatform.isAarch64) && isGccArchSupported targetPlatform.gcc.arch) "-march=${targetPlatform.gcc.arch}" ++
+    # TODO: aarch64-darwin has mcpu incompatible with gcc
+    optional (targetPlatform ? gcc.cpu && !(targetPlatform.isDarwin && targetPlatform.isAarch64)) "-mcpu=${targetPlatform.gcc.cpu}" ++
+    # -mfloat-abi only matters on arm32 but we set it here
+    # unconditionally just in case. If the abi specifically sets hard
+    # vs. soft floats we use it here.
+    optional (targetPlatform ? gcc.float-abi) "-mfloat-abi=${targetPlatform.gcc.float-abi}" ++
+    optional (targetPlatform ? gcc.fpu) "-mfpu=${targetPlatform.gcc.fpu}" ++
+    optional (targetPlatform ? gcc.mode) "-mmode=${targetPlatform.gcc.mode}" ++
+    optional (targetPlatform ? gcc.thumb) "-m${thumb}" ++
+    optional (tune != null) "-mtune=${tune}";
+
   defaultHardeningFlags = bintools.defaultHardeningFlags or [];
 
   # if cc.hardeningUnsupportedFlagsByTargetPlatform exists, this is
@@ -610,53 +637,11 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
       export hardening_unsupported_flags="${concatStringsSep " " ccHardeningUnsupportedFlags}"
     ''
 
-    # Machine flags. These are necessary to support
-
-    # TODO: We should make a way to support miscellaneous machine
-    # flags and other gcc flags as well.
-
-    # Always add -march based on cpu in triple. Sometimes there is a
-    # discrepency (x86_64 vs. x86-64), so we provide an "arch" arg in
-    # that case.
-    #
     # For clang, this is handled in add-clang-cc-cflags-before.sh
-
-    # TODO: aarch64-darwin has mcpu incompatible with gcc
-    + optionalString ((targetPlatform ? gcc.arch) && !isClang && !(targetPlatform.isDarwin && targetPlatform.isAarch64) &&
-                      isGccArchSupported targetPlatform.gcc.arch) ''
-      echo "-march=${targetPlatform.gcc.arch}" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags-before
-    ''
-
-    # -mcpu is not very useful, except on PowerPC where it is used
-    # instead of march. On all other platforms you should use mtune
-    # and march instead.
-    # TODO: aarch64-darwin has mcpu incompatible with gcc
-    + optionalString ((targetPlatform ? gcc.cpu) && (isClang || !(targetPlatform.isDarwin && targetPlatform.isAarch64))) ''
-      echo "-mcpu=${targetPlatform.gcc.cpu}" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags-before
+    + lib.optionalString (!isClang && machineFlags != []) ''
+      printf "%s\n" ${lib.escapeShellArgs machineFlags} >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags-before
     ''
 
-    # -mfloat-abi only matters on arm32 but we set it here
-    # unconditionally just in case. If the abi specifically sets hard
-    # vs. soft floats we use it here.
-    + optionalString (targetPlatform ? gcc.float-abi) ''
-      echo "-mfloat-abi=${targetPlatform.gcc.float-abi}" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags-before
-    ''
-    + optionalString (targetPlatform ? gcc.fpu) ''
-      echo "-mfpu=${targetPlatform.gcc.fpu}" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags-before
-    ''
-    + optionalString (targetPlatform ? gcc.mode) ''
-      echo "-mmode=${targetPlatform.gcc.mode}" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags-before
-    ''
-    + optionalString (targetPlatform ? gcc.thumb) ''
-      echo "-m${if targetPlatform.gcc.thumb then "thumb" else "arm"}" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags-before
-    ''
-    + (let tune = if targetPlatform ? gcc.tune
-                  then findBestTuneApproximation targetPlatform.gcc.tune
-                  else null;
-      in optionalString (tune != null) ''
-      echo "-mtune=${tune}" >> $out/nix-support/cc-cflags-before
-    '')
-
     # TODO: categorize these and figure out a better place for them
     + optionalString targetPlatform.isWindows ''
       hardening_unsupported_flags+=" pic"
@@ -718,9 +703,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
     ##
     + optionalString isClang ''
       # Escape twice: once for this script, once for the one it gets substituted into.
-      export march=${escapeShellArg
-        (optionalString (targetPlatform ? gcc.arch)
-          (escapeShellArg "-march=${targetPlatform.gcc.arch}"))}
+      export machineFlags=${escapeShellArg (escapeShellArgs machineFlags)}
       export defaultTarget=${targetPlatform.config}
       substituteAll ${./add-clang-cc-cflags-before.sh} $out/nix-support/add-local-cc-cflags-before.sh
     ''
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/re/rerun/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/re/rerun/package.nix
index 6fedb10cfed12..4d9c8da8041c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/re/rerun/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/re/rerun/package.nix
@@ -126,8 +126,5 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ SomeoneSerge ];
     mainProgram = "rerun";
-    # See comment about wasm32-unknown-unknown in rustc.nix.
-    broken = lib.any (a: lib.hasAttr a stdenv.hostPlatform.gcc) [ "cpu" "float-abi" "fpu" ] ||
-      !stdenv.hostPlatform.gcc.thumb or true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/su/surrealist/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/su/surrealist/package.nix
index 53290ea042c73..0c1e0abd1e57b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/su/surrealist/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/su/surrealist/package.nix
@@ -166,8 +166,5 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     mainProgram = "surrealist";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ frankp ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-    # See comment about wasm32-unknown-unknown in rustc.nix.
-    broken = lib.any (a: lib.hasAttr a stdenv.hostPlatform.gcc) [ "cpu" "float-abi" "fpu" ] ||
-      !stdenv.hostPlatform.gcc.thumb or true;
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/te/tetrio-desktop/tetrio-plus.nix b/pkgs/by-name/te/tetrio-desktop/tetrio-plus.nix
index c01bc623c9d9d..0ee89e9e037bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/te/tetrio-desktop/tetrio-plus.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/te/tetrio-desktop/tetrio-plus.nix
@@ -78,9 +78,6 @@ let
       license = lib.licenses.mit;
       maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ huantian wackbyte ];
       platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-      # See comment about wasm32-unknown-unknown in rustc.nix.
-      broken = lib.any (a: lib.hasAttr a stdenv.hostPlatform.gcc) [ "cpu" "float-abi" "fpu" ] ||
-        !stdenv.hostPlatform.gcc.thumb or true;
     };
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rustc.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rustc.nix
index 2bfa5b8ca6f2a..1a7e22363acb1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rustc.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rustc.nix
@@ -106,9 +106,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       stdenv.targetPlatform.rust.rustcTargetSpec
 
     # Other targets that don't need any extra dependencies to build.
-    # Temporarily broken if some global compiler flags are set:
-    # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/317273
-    ] ++ optionals (!fastCross && !lib.any (a: lib.hasAttr a stdenv.hostPlatform.gcc) [ "cpu" "float-abi" "fpu" ] && stdenv.hostPlatform.gcc.thumb or true) [
+    ] ++ optionals (!fastCross) [
       "wasm32-unknown-unknown"
 
     # (build!=target): When cross-building a compiler we need to add
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/swift/wrapper/wrapper.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/swift/wrapper/wrapper.sh
index 5836dea397874..5cd5d8da88195 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/swift/wrapper/wrapper.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/swift/wrapper/wrapper.sh
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ for ((i=0; i < ${#extraBefore[@]}; i++));do
         # TODO: Assumes macOS.
         extraBefore[i]="${extraBefore[i]/-apple-darwin/-apple-macosx${MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET:-11.0}}"
         ;;
-    -march=*)
+    -march=*|-mcpu=*|-mfloat-abi=*|-mfpu=*|-mmode=*|-mthumb|-marm|-mtune=*)
         [[ i -gt 0 && ${extraBefore[i-1]} == -Xcc ]] && continue
         extraBefore=(
             "${extraBefore[@]:0:i}"
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/ldap/lldap/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/ldap/lldap/default.nix
index 7db37e57c2d2b..80d7710ccbaf4 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/ldap/lldap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/ldap/lldap/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 , nixosTests
 , rustPlatform
 , rustc
-, stdenv
 , wasm-bindgen-cli
 , wasm-pack
 , which
@@ -85,9 +84,6 @@ in rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (commonDerivationAttrs // {
     changelog = "https://github.com/lldap/lldap/blob/v${lldap.version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-    # See comment about wasm32-unknown-unknown in rustc.nix.
-    broken = lib.any (a: lib.hasAttr a stdenv.hostPlatform.gcc) [ "cpu" "float-abi" "fpu" ] ||
-      !stdenv.hostPlatform.gcc.thumb or true;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ bendlas ];
     mainProgram = "lldap";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/teleport/generic.nix b/pkgs/servers/teleport/generic.nix
index 94ca520964cd7..84b57160d4fa0 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/teleport/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/teleport/generic.nix
@@ -180,9 +180,6 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     # go-libfido2 is broken on platforms with less than 64-bit because it defines an array
     # which occupies more than 31 bits of address space.
-    broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.cpu.bits < 64 ||
-      # See comment about wasm32-unknown-unknown in rustc.nix.
-      lib.any (a: lib.hasAttr a stdenv.hostPlatform.gcc) [ "cpu" "float-abi" "fpu" ] ||
-      !stdenv.hostPlatform.gcc.thumb or true;
+    broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.cpu.bits < 64;
   };
 }