diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 789cdf9..13f3a61 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ TMP_DIR     = $(PWD)/tmp-$(1)
 PKGS       := $(shell $(SED) -n 's/^.* class="package">\([^<]*\)<.*$$/\1/p' '$(TOP_DIR)/index.html')
 BUILD      := $(shell '$(EXT_DIR)/config.guess')
 BUILD_PKGS := $(shell grep -l 'BUILD_$$(BUILD)' '$(TOP_DIR)/src/'*.mk | $(SED) -n 's,.*src/\(.*\)\.mk,\1,p')
-PATH       := $(PREFIX)/$(BUILD)/bin:$(PREFIX)/bin:$(PATH)
+PATH       := $(PREFIX)/bin:$(PATH)
 
 MXE_CONFIGURE_OPTS = \
     --host='$(TARGET)' \
diff --git a/src/binutils.mk b/src/binutils.mk
index a768cae..690020c 100644
--- a/src/binutils.mk
+++ b/src/binutils.mk
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ define $(PKG)_BUILD
         --disable-werror
     $(MAKE) -C '$(1)' -j '$(JOBS)'
     $(MAKE) -C '$(1)' -j 1 install
+
+    rm -f $(addprefix $(PREFIX)/$(TARGET)/bin/, ar as dlltool ld ld.bfd nm objcopy objdump ranlib)
 endef
 
 $(PKG)_BUILD_$(BUILD) :=
diff --git a/src/gcc.mk b/src/gcc.mk
index 209bf51..3dd9581 100644
--- a/src/gcc.mk
+++ b/src/gcc.mk
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ define $(PKG)_CONFIGURE
         --with-isl='$(PREFIX)' \
         --with-mpc='$(PREFIX)' \
         --with-mpfr='$(PREFIX)' \
+        --with-as='$(PREFIX)/bin/$(TARGET)-as' \
+        --with-ld='$(PREFIX)/bin/$(TARGET)-ld' \
+        --with-nm='$(PREFIX)/bin/$(TARGET)-nm' \
         $(shell [ `uname -s` == Darwin ] && echo "LDFLAGS='-Wl,-no_pie'")
 endef
 
@@ -57,6 +60,8 @@ define $(PKG)_BUILD_i686-pc-mingw32
         --disable-sjlj-exceptions
     $(MAKE) -C '$(1).build' -j '$(JOBS)'
     $(MAKE) -C '$(1).build' -j 1 install
+
+    rm -f $(addprefix $(PREFIX)/$(TARGET)/bin/, strip c++ g++ gcc gfortran)
 endef
 
 define $(PKG)_BUILD_mingw-w64
@@ -79,6 +84,8 @@ define $(PKG)_BUILD_mingw-w64
     cd '$(1).build'
     $(MAKE) -C '$(1).build' -j '$(JOBS)'
     $(MAKE) -C '$(1).build' -j 1 install
+
+    rm -f $(addprefix $(PREFIX)/$(TARGET)/bin/, strip c++ g++ gcc gfortran)
 endef
 
 $(PKG)_BUILD_x86_64-w64-mingw32 = $(subst mxe-config-opts,--disable-lib32,$($(PKG)_BUILD_mingw-w64))