treewide: Start to break up static overlay

We can use use `stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic` instead, and move the
logic per package. The least opionated benefit of this is that it makes
it much easier to replace packages with modified ones, as there is no
longer any issue of overlay order.

CC @FRidh @matthewbauer

63 files changed, 136 insertions, 189 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/10/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/10/default.nix
index 0e9d4338d76..7a8aa292079 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/10/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/10/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, enableShared ? true
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
 , enableLTO ? true
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
index 213d0c91ff3..a413ed1c778 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.8/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, enableShared ? true
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
 , enableLTO ? true
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man); required for Java
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
index 98d4b61648e..05ab2d1fd11 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/4.9/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, enableShared ? true
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
 , enableLTO ? true
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man); required for Java
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix
index a2f034a4827..6fe953e163f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/6/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, enableShared ? true
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
 , enableLTO ? true
 , texinfo ? null
 , flex
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix
index 6d066044ec1..fd2961f3c93 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/7/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, enableShared ? true
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
 , enableLTO ? true
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix
index 970896d81f1..b29d4597ac5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/8/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, enableShared ? true
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
 , enableLTO ? true
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix
index c64a9dcc3f5..22ab4f61da1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/9/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 , profiledCompiler ? false
 , langJit ? false
 , staticCompiler ? false
-, enableShared ? true
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
 , enableLTO ? true
 , texinfo ? null
 , perl ? null # optional, for texi2pod (then pod2man)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/10/libc++/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/10/libc++/default.nix
index 95711903932..3511783be89 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/10/libc++/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/10/libc++/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetch, cmake, python3, libcxxabi, fixDarwinDylibNames, version
-, enableShared ? true }:
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "libc++";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/10/libc++abi.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/10/libc++abi.nix
index 00371b862ad..7335d06e4fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/10/libc++abi.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/10/libc++abi.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, cmake, fetch, libcxx, libunwind, llvm, version
-, enableShared ? true }:
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "libc++abi";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/10/libunwind.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/10/libunwind.nix
index b13bacb3638..75e42260b7f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/10/libunwind.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/10/libunwind.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, version, fetch, cmake, fetchpatch, enableShared ? true }:
+{ stdenv, version, fetch, cmake, fetchpatch
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libunwind";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/11/libc++/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/11/libc++/default.nix
index 1ce879cccb6..5c3ec87617c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/11/libc++/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/11/libc++/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetch, cmake, python3, libcxxabi, llvm, fixDarwinDylibNames, version
-, enableShared ? true }:
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "libc++";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/11/libc++abi.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/11/libc++abi.nix
index edf83197d2c..d173b1735cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/11/libc++abi.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/11/libc++abi.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, cmake, fetch, libcxx, libunwind, llvm, version
-, enableShared ? true }:
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "libc++abi";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/11/libunwind.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/11/libunwind.nix
index 5a4492e803f..b22da214417 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/11/libunwind.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/11/libunwind.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, version, fetch, cmake, fetchpatch, enableShared ? true }:
+{ stdenv, version, fetch, cmake, fetchpatch
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libunwind";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/7/libc++/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/7/libc++/default.nix
index 76baadf1c6e..ed4192a232e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/7/libc++/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/7/libc++/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetch, cmake, python3, libcxxabi, fixDarwinDylibNames, version
-, enableShared ? ! stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl }:
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "libc++";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/7/libc++abi.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/7/libc++abi.nix
index 7f2ec528f3c..4c46aeaa191 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/7/libc++abi.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/7/libc++abi.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 { stdenv, cmake, fetch, libcxx, llvm, version
 , standalone ? false
   # on musl the shared objects don't build
-, enableShared ? ! stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl }:
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "libc++abi";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/8/libc++/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/8/libc++/default.nix
index 01e0d8e008c..2ed54a22069 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/8/libc++/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/8/libc++/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetch, cmake, python3, libcxxabi, fixDarwinDylibNames, version
-, enableShared ? true }:
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "libc++";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/8/libc++abi.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/8/libc++abi.nix
index 590872aaab6..50a38dfa967 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/8/libc++abi.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/8/libc++abi.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, cmake, fetch, libcxx, libunwind, llvm, version
-, enableShared ? true }:
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "libc++abi";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/8/libunwind.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/8/libunwind.nix
index 646cd3c3ca4..3295d392203 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/8/libunwind.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/8/libunwind.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, version, fetch, cmake, fetchpatch, enableShared ? true }:
+{ stdenv, version, fetch, cmake, fetchpatch
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "libunwind";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/9/libc++/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/9/libc++/default.nix
index c9f0e6254ab..f5c3d21e7f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/9/libc++/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/9/libc++/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetch, cmake, python3, libcxxabi, fixDarwinDylibNames, version
-, enableShared ? true }:
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "libc++";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/9/libc++abi.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/9/libc++abi.nix
index 5b63560282c..13f033091be 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/9/libc++abi.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/9/libc++abi.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, cmake, fetch, libcxx, libunwind, llvm, version
-, enableShared ? true }:
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "libc++abi";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/9/libunwind.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/9/libunwind.nix
index 883c36baf06..98df98838f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/9/libunwind.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/9/libunwind.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, version, fetch, cmake, fetchpatch, enableShared ? true }:
+{ stdenv, version, fetch, cmake, fetchpatch
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libunwind";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/default.nix
index 1d9a528b4c6..a9e738f7e9a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchurl, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, fixDarwinDylibNames
 , autoconf, boost, brotli, cmake, flatbuffers, gflags, glog, gtest, lz4
 , perl, python3, rapidjson, snappy, thrift, utf8proc, which, zlib, zstd
-, enableShared ? true }:
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 let
   arrow-testing = fetchFromGitHub {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/audiofile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/audiofile/default.nix
index 9f945b15dec..86531a6ad25 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/audiofile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/audiofile/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   #
   # There might be a more sensible way to do this with autotools, but I am not
   # smart enough to discover it.
-  preBuild = lib.optionalString stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic ''
+  preBuild = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic ''
     make -C libaudiofile $makeFlags
     sed -i "s/dependency_libs=.*/dependency_libs=' -lstdc++'/" libaudiofile/libaudiofile.la
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
index b3950cb0d30..ec3a28e2b1a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 , enableDebug ? false
 , enableSingleThreaded ? false
 , enableMultiThreaded ? true
-, enableShared ? !(stdenv.hostPlatform.libc == "msvcrt") # problems for now
+, enableShared ? !(with stdenv.hostPlatform; isStatic || libc == "msvcrt") # problems for now
 , enableStatic ? !enableShared
 , enablePython ? false
 , enableNumpy ? false
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fmt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fmt/default.nix
index 8eac88df796..2f490891433 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/fmt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/fmt/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, cmake, enableShared ? true }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, cmake
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 let
   generic = { version, sha256, patches ? [ ] }:
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gflags/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gflags/default.nix
index 733a572ac61..51c13f97433 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gflags/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gflags/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, enableShared ? true}:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gflags";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gmp/5.1.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gmp/5.1.x.nix
index a027d58de39..a514934e964 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gmp/5.1.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gmp/5.1.x.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, m4, cxx ? true, withStatic ? true }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, m4
+, cxx ? true
+, withStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 let inherit (stdenv.lib) optional; in
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gmp/6.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gmp/6.x.nix
index 10e63f733a2..522976d3ab2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gmp/6.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gmp/6.x.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, m4
 , cxx ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.useAndroidPrebuilt && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isWasm
 , buildPackages
-, withStatic ? false }:
+, withStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 # Note: this package is used for bootstrapping fetchurl, and thus
 # cannot use fetchpatch! All mutable patches (generated by GitHub or
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libbacktrace/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libbacktrace/default.nix
index 0032941f870..ea7f4eb9fa8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libbacktrace/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libbacktrace/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-{ stdenv, callPackage, fetchFromGitHub, enableStatic ? false, enableShared ? true }:
+{ stdenv, callPackage, fetchFromGitHub
+, enableStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 let
   yesno = b: if b then "yes" else "no";
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libexecinfo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libexecinfo/default.nix
index 9c649c223c1..feee754590b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libexecinfo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libexecinfo/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, enableStatic ? true, enableShared ? true }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch
+, enableStatic ? true
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libexecinfo";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libiberty/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libiberty/default.nix
index ff26c1029ef..c7babb3038d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libiberty/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libiberty/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPackages, staticBuild ? false }:
+{ stdenv, buildPackages
+, staticBuild ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 let inherit (buildPackages.buildPackages) gcc; in
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libiconv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libiconv/default.nix
index 87969d6b2c7..35d01cd3e82 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libiconv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libiconv/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv, lib
-, enableStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.useAndroidPrebuilt
-, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.useAndroidPrebuilt
+, enableStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 }:
 
 # assert !stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux || stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform; # TODO: improve on cross
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libjpeg-turbo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libjpeg-turbo/default.nix
index 6aa4e049e4c..c4e81d034fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libjpeg-turbo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libjpeg-turbo/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, nasm, enableStatic ? false, enableShared ? true }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, nasm
+, enableStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpfm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpfm/default.nix
index b29aeb2930a..63b826258ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpfm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpfm/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, enableShared ? true }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   version = "4.11.0";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/default.nix
index 59492887688..10ad110d24e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchurl, fetchpatch
 , zlib, xz, libintl, python, gettext, ncurses, findXMLCatalogs
-, pythonSupport ? stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform
+, pythonSupport ? enableShared && stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform
 , icuSupport ? false, icu ? null
 , enableShared ? stdenv.hostPlatform.libc != "msvcrt"
 , enableStatic ? !enableShared,
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxsmm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxsmm/default.nix
index 30f060405f0..5e4a56a6d4d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxsmm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxsmm/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, coreutils, gfortran, gnused
 , python3, util-linux, which
 
-, enableStatic ? false
+, enableStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 }:
 
 let
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ncurses/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ncurses/default.nix
index 0e75bfbd5b5..17a924e6e74 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ncurses/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ncurses/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 , abiVersion ? "6"
 , mouseSupport ? false
 , unicode ? true
-, enableStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.useAndroidPrebuilt
+, enableStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 , enableShared ? !enableStatic
 , withCxx ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.useAndroidPrebuilt
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/neon/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/neon/default.nix
index c9a2621f440..e9ce6ee18b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/neon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/neon/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, libxml2, pkgconfig, perl
 , compressionSupport ? true, zlib ? null
 , sslSupport ? true, openssl ? null
-, static ? false
-, shared ? true
+, static ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+, shared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 }:
 
 assert compressionSupport -> zlib != null;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openssl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openssl/default.nix
index fcd12ba587d..2570c7cdb25 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/openssl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openssl/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 , withCryptodev ? false, cryptodev
 , enableSSL2 ? false
 , enableSSL3 ? false
-, static ? false
+, static ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 }:
 
 # Note: this package is used for bootstrapping fetchurl, and thus
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/rocksdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/rocksdb/default.nix
index f17a114216b..12a731385ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/rocksdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/rocksdb/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 , zstd
 , enableJemalloc ? false, jemalloc
 , enableLite ? false
-, enableShared ? true
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/mkl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/mkl/default.nix
index 1887d53e306..b631def3bb2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/mkl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/mkl/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-{ callPackage
+{ stdenv
+, callPackage
 , stdenvNoCC
 , fetchurl
 , rpmextract
 , undmg
 , darwin
 , validatePkgConfig
-, enableStatic ? false
+, enableStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 }:
 
 /*
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/openblas/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/openblas/default.nix
index d670a40f321..8df04e80ceb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/openblas/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/openblas/default.nix
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 # Select a specific optimization target (other than the default)
 # See https://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS/blob/develop/TargetList.txt
 , target ? null
-, enableStatic ? false
-, enableShared ? true
+, enableStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/thrift/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/thrift/default.nix
index 1879cac96c1..f5c8f64633b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/thrift/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/thrift/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, boost, zlib, libevent, openssl, python, cmake, pkgconfig
-, bison, flex, twisted, static ? false }:
+, bison, flex, twisted
+, static ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "thrift";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/zlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/zlib/default.nix
index 98746968146..b780fcda393 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/zlib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/zlib/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 { stdenv
 , fetchurl
-# Note: If `{ static = false; shared = false; }`, upstream's default is used
-#       (which is building both static and shared as of zlib 1.2.11).
-, shared ? true
+, shared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 , static ? true
 # If true, a separate .static ouput is created and the .a is moved there.
 # In this case `pkg-config` auto detection does not currently work if the
 # .static output is given as `buildInputs` to another package (#66461), because
 # the `.pc` file lists only the main output's lib dir.
 # If false, and if `{ static = true; }`, the .a stays in the main output.
-, splitStaticOutput ? static
+, splitStaticOutput ? shared && static
 }:
 
+# Without either the build will actually still succeed because the build
+# system makes an arbitrary choice, but we shouldn't be so indecisive.
+assert shared || static;
+
 # Note: this package is used for bootstrapping fetchurl, and thus
 # cannot use fetchpatch! All mutable patches (generated by GitHub or
 # cgit) that are needed here should be included directly in Nixpkgs as
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
index fb3293aee44..55926852146 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub, fetchurl, zlib, autoreconfHook, gettext
 # Enabling all targets increases output size to a multiple.
 , withAllTargets ? false, libbfd, libopcodes
-, enableShared ? true
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 , noSysDirs
 , gold ? !stdenv.buildPlatform.isDarwin || stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.targetPlatform
 , bison ? null
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/tree-sitter/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/tree-sitter/default.nix
index 72150b5ac0b..78fb3b7f937 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/tree-sitter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/tree-sitter/default.nix
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 , Security
 , callPackage
 
-, enableShared ? true
-, enableStatic ? false
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+, enableStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 , webUISupport ? false
 }:
 
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/libiconv/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/libiconv/default.nix
index 0532c88b66b..72ef086f599 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/libiconv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/libiconv/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, appleDerivation, lib
-, enableStatic ? stdenv.targetPlatform.isiOS
-, enableShared ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isiOS
+, enableStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 }:
 
 appleDerivation {
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/default.nix
index 026ea6fd2e8..99909e6262e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, lib, buildPackages, fetchurl, fetchFromGitLab
-, enableStatic ? false
+, enableStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 , enableMinimal ? false
 # Allow forcing musl without switching stdenv itself, e.g. for our bootstrapping:
 # nix build -f pkgs/top-level/release.nix stdenvBootstrapTools.x86_64-linux.dist
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libcap/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libcap/default.nix
index 713c4b5d13d..ab78a3a33d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libcap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libcap/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, buildPackages, fetchurl, attr, perl, pam
-, static ? stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic }:
+{ stdenv, lib, buildPackages, fetchurl, attr, perl
+, usePam ? !isStatic, pam ? null
+, isStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
+
+assert usePam -> pam != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libcap";
@@ -10,21 +14,21 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1qf80lifygbnxwvqjf8jz5j24n6fqqx4ixnkbf76xs2vrmcq664j";
   };
 
-  patches = lib.optional static ./no-shared-lib.patch;
+  patches = lib.optional isStatic ./no-shared-lib.patch;
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "lib" "man" "doc" ]
-    ++ lib.optional (pam != null) "pam";
+    ++ lib.optional usePam "pam";
 
   depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ perl ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ pam ];
+  buildInputs = lib.optional usePam pam;
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ attr ];
 
   makeFlags = [
     "lib=lib"
-    "PAM_CAP=${if pam == null then "no" else "yes"}"
+    "PAM_CAP=${if usePam then "yes" else "no"}"
     "BUILD_CC=$(CC_FOR_BUILD)"
     "CC:=$(CC)"
   ];
@@ -48,10 +52,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installFlags = [ "RAISE_SETFCAP=no" ];
 
   postInstall = ''
-    ${lib.optionalString (!static) ''rm "$lib"/lib/*.a''}
+    ${lib.optionalString (!isStatic) ''rm "$lib"/lib/*.a''}
     mkdir -p "$doc/share/doc/${pname}-${version}"
     cp License "$doc/share/doc/${pname}-${version}/"
-  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString (pam != null) ''
+  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString usePam ''
     mkdir -p "$pam/lib/security"
     mv "$lib"/lib/security "$pam/lib"
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/gobetween/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/gobetween/default.nix
index 9f28a89f51e..f429f9ad385 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/gobetween/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/gobetween/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-{ buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, lib, enableStatic ? false }:
+{ stdenv, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, lib
+, enableStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "gobetween";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/bzip2/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/bzip2/default.nix
index 3e20258cbbe..96d560145df 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/compression/bzip2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/bzip2/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl
-, linkStatic ? (stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "i686-cygwin")
+, linkStatic ? with stdenv.hostPlatform; isStatic || isCygwin
 , autoreconfHook
 }:
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/lz4/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/lz4/default.nix
index 0124a0b3d63..7fceb3854eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/compression/lz4/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/lz4/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, valgrind, fetchpatch
-, enableStatic ? false, enableShared ? true
+, enableStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/xz/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/xz/default.nix
index 0b6082bb578..161619a0483 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/compression/xz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/xz/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, enableStatic ? false }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl
+, enableStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 # Note: this package is used for bootstrapping fetchurl, and thus
 # cannot use fetchpatch! All mutable patches (generated by GitHub or
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/nixpart/0.4/parted.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/nixpart/0.4/parted.nix
index 7fe1b745466..d3fc9ce96f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/nixpart/0.4/parted.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/nixpart/0.4/parted.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, lvm2, libuuid, gettext, readline
-, util-linux, check, enableStatic ? false }:
+, util-linux, check
+, enableStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "parted-3.1";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/optipng/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/optipng/default.nix
index 93c2f2c3502..571e89297c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/optipng/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/optipng/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, libpng, static ? false
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, libpng
+, static ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 }:
 
 # This package comes with its own copy of zlib, libpng and pngxtern
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/hdf5/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/hdf5/default.nix
index e56108767ab..891fadac12a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/hdf5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/hdf5/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 , zlib ? null
 , szip ? null
 , mpi ? null
-, enableShared ? true
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 }:
 
 # cpp and mpi options are mutually exclusive
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/parted/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/parted/default.nix
index b00a0836021..2b21b2f1427 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/parted/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/parted/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 , python3
 , util-linux
 , check
-, enableStatic ? false
+, enableStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/toybox/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/toybox/default.nix
index e7a08877e90..5ae211bd237 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/toybox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/toybox/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, which,
   buildPackages,
-  enableStatic ? false,
+  enableStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic,
   enableMinimal ? false,
   extraConfig ? ""
 }:
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/dropbear/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/dropbear/default.nix
index 88217302915..605e95c9392 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/dropbear/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/dropbear/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchurl, glibc, zlib
-, enableStatic ? false
+, enableStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 , sftpPath ? "/run/current-system/sw/libexec/sftp-server"
 }:
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
index 06f5a651f69..868be79c1a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ common =
   , confDir
   , withLibseccomp ? lib.any (lib.meta.platformMatch stdenv.hostPlatform) libseccomp.meta.platforms, libseccomp
   , withAWS ? !enableStatic && (stdenv.isLinux || stdenv.isDarwin), aws-sdk-cpp
-  , enableStatic ? false
+  , enableStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
   , name, suffix ? "", src, patches ? []
 
   }:
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/ipmitool/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/ipmitool/default.nix
index b5da2db67fe..196e59953fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/ipmitool/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/ipmitool/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, openssl, fetchpatch, static ? false }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, openssl, fetchpatch, static ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic }:
 
 let
   pkgname = "ipmitool";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/pciutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/pciutils/default.nix
index cf6616417ed..c062e1f3bd0 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/pciutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/pciutils/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, zlib, kmod, which
-, static ? stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic
+, static ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 , darwin ? null
 }:
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/static.nix b/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
index 6720a019cbc..f1d3ea2a159 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
@@ -112,87 +112,23 @@ in {
     enableApp = false;
   };
 
-  ncurses = super.ncurses.override {
-    enableStatic = true;
-  };
-  libxml2 = super.libxml2.override ({
-    enableShared = false;
-    enableStatic = true;
-  } // optionalAttrs super.stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin {
-    pythonSupport = false;
-  });
   zlib = super.zlib.override {
-    static = true;
-    shared = false;
-    splitStaticOutput = false;
-
     # Don’t use new stdenv zlib because
     # it doesn’t like the --disable-shared flag
     stdenv = super.stdenv;
   };
-  xz = super.xz.override {
-    enableStatic = true;
-  };
-  busybox = super.busybox.override {
-    enableStatic = true;
-  };
-  libiberty = super.libiberty.override {
-    staticBuild = true;
-  };
-  libpfm = super.libpfm.override {
-    enableShared = false;
-  };
-  ipmitool = super.ipmitool.override {
-    static = true;
-  };
-  neon = super.neon.override {
-    static = true;
-    shared = false;
-  };
-  fmt = super.fmt.override {
-    enableShared = false;
-  };
   gifsicle = super.gifsicle.override {
     static = true;
   };
-  bzip2 = super.bzip2.override {
-    linkStatic = true;
-  };
-  optipng = super.optipng.override {
-    static = true;
-  };
-  openblas = super.openblas.override {
-    enableStatic = true;
-    enableShared = false;
-  };
-  mkl = super.mkl.override { enableStatic = true; };
-  nix = super.nix.override { enableStatic = true; };
-  nixUnstable = super.nixUnstable.override { enableStatic = true; };
-  openssl = (super.openssl_1_1.override { static = true; }).overrideAttrs (o: {
+  openssl = super.openssl_1_1.overrideAttrs (o: {
     # OpenSSL doesn't like the `--enable-static` / `--disable-shared` flags.
     configureFlags = (removeUnknownConfigureFlags o.configureFlags);
   });
-  arrow-cpp = super.arrow-cpp.override {
-    enableShared = false;
-  };
   boost = super.boost.override {
-    enableStatic = true;
-    enableShared = false;
-
     # Don’t use new stdenv for boost because it doesn’t like the
     # --disable-shared flag
     stdenv = super.stdenv;
   };
-  thrift = super.thrift.override {
-    static = true;
-    twisted = null;
-  };
-  gmp = super.gmp.override {
-    withStatic = true;
-  };
-  gflags = super.gflags.override {
-    enableShared = false;
-  };
   cdo = super.cdo.override {
     enable_all_static = true;
   };
@@ -202,13 +138,6 @@ in {
   crc32c = super.crc32c.override {
     staticOnly = true;
   };
-  parted = super.parted.override {
-    enableStatic = true;
-  };
-  libiconvReal = super.libiconvReal.override {
-    enableShared = false;
-    enableStatic = true;
-  };
   perl = super.perl.override {
     # Don’t use new stdenv zlib because
     # it doesn’t like the --disable-shared flag
@@ -220,24 +149,9 @@ in {
   snappy = super.snappy.override {
     static = true;
   };
-  lz4 = super.lz4.override {
-    enableShared = false;
-    enableStatic = true;
-  };
   libressl = super.libressl.override {
     buildShared = false;
   };
-  libjpeg_turbo = super.libjpeg_turbo.override {
-    enableStatic = true;
-    enableShared = false;
-  };
-
-  darwin = super.darwin // {
-    libiconv = super.darwin.libiconv.override {
-      enableShared = false;
-      enableStatic = true;
-    };
-  };
 
   kmod = super.kmod.override {
     withStatic = true;
@@ -260,21 +174,6 @@ in {
     static = true;
   };
 
-  llvmPackages_8 = super.llvmPackages_8 // {
-    libraries = super.llvmPackages_8.libraries // rec {
-      libcxxabi = super.llvmPackages_8.libraries.libcxxabi.override {
-        enableShared = false;
-      };
-      libcxx = super.llvmPackages_8.libraries.libcxx.override {
-        enableShared = false;
-        inherit libcxxabi;
-      };
-      libunwind = super.llvmPackages_8.libraries.libunwind.override {
-        enableShared = false;
-      };
-    };
-  };
-
   ocaml-ng = self.lib.mapAttrs (_: set:
     if set ? overrideScope' then set.overrideScope' ocamlStaticAdapter else set
   ) super.ocaml-ng;
@@ -289,13 +188,6 @@ in {
   # Note: -static doesn’t work on darwin
   libev = super.libev.override { static = !super.stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin; };
 
-  libexecinfo = super.libexecinfo.override { enableShared = false; };
-
-  tree-sitter = super.tree-sitter.override {
-    enableShared = false;
-    enableStatic = true;
-  };
-
   xorg = super.xorg.overrideScope' (xorgself: xorgsuper: {
     libX11 = xorgsuper.libX11.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
       depsBuildBuild = attrs.depsBuildBuild ++ [ (self.buildPackages.stdenv.cc.libc.static or null) ];
@@ -319,6 +211,4 @@ in {
       configureFlags = attrs.configureFlags ++ [ "--disable-shared" ];
     });
   });
-
-  libcap = super.libcap.override { pam = null; };
 }