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

46 files changed, 99 insertions, 54 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/10/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/10/default.nix
index 0e9d4338d7663..7a8aa29207906 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 213d0c91ff34c..a413ed1c778cf 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 98d4b61648e37..05ab2d1fd113e 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 a2f034a4827fd..6fe953e163fbe 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 6d066044ec1ee..fd2961f3c93ec 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 970896d81f125..b29d4597ac573 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 c64a9dcc3f57f..22ab4f61da163 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 95711903932e8..3511783be896e 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 00371b862adb6..7335d06e4fe39 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 b13bacb363801..75e42260b7fa5 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 1ce879cccb67a..5c3ec87617c91 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 edf83197d2ca2..d173b1735cbe4 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 5a4492e803f6c..b22da214417f4 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 76baadf1c6e97..ed4192a232e3a 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 7f2ec528f3c1b..4c46aeaa19108 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 01e0d8e008cb8..2ed54a22069b9 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 590872aaab649..50a38dfa967ba 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 646cd3c3ca4a7..3295d3922034d 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 c9f0e6254ab46..f5c3d21e7f1a3 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 5b63560282c04..13f033091be2d 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 883c36baf0627..98df98838f132 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 1d9a528b4c6a4..a9e738f7e9a1b 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 9f945b15dec2a..86531a6ad25d8 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 b3950cb0d3012..ec3a28e2b1a38 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 8eac88df796c6..2f490891433b9 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 733a572ac61b0..51c13f974336b 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 a027d58de3964..a514934e96458 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 10e63f733a2d1..522976d3ab2c6 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 0032941f870e1..ea7f4eb9fa8a8 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 9c649c223c122..feee754590b67 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 ff26c1029ef52..c7babb3038d3c 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 87969d6b2c7bf..35d01cd3e820d 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 6aa4e049e4c32..c4e81d034fc9d 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 b29aeb2930a77..63b826258ae6e 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 5949288768889..10ad110d24e51 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 30f060405f089..5e4a56a6d4de3 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 0e75bfbd5b518..17a924e6e74c5 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 c9a2621f44003..e9ce6ee18b4fa 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 fcd12ba587d04..2570c7cdb25a6 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 f17a114216bd4..12a731385ffe7 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 1887d53e30663..b631def3bb2e9 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 d670a40f321d3..8df04e80ceb38 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 1879cac96c188..f5c8f64633bbd 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 98746968146d9..b780fcda3930a 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 fb3293aee4418..5592685214606 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 72150b5ac0bf7..78fb3b7f937f2 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
 }: