diff --git a/gnu/packages/commencement.scm b/gnu/packages/commencement.scm
index 0d7611b9fe..511fdd1b68 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/commencement.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/commencement.scm
@@ -2669,16 +2669,19 @@ exec " gcc "/bin/" program
        ,@(package-arguments tar)))))
 
 (define (%boot0-inputs)
-  `(("bzip2" ,bzip2-boot0)
-    ("coreutils" ,coreutils-boot0)
+  `(,@(match (%current-system)
+        ((or "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux")
+         `(("bzip2" ,bzip2-boot0)
+           ("coreutils" ,coreutils-boot0)
+           ("gawk" ,gawk-boot0)
+           ("patch" ,patch-boot0)
+           ("sed" ,sed-boot0)
+           ("tar" ,tar-boot0)))
+        (_ '()))
+    ("make" ,gnu-make-boot0)
     ("diffutils" ,diffutils-boot0)
     ("findutils" ,findutils-boot0)
     ("file" ,file-boot0)
-    ("gawk" ,gawk-boot0)
-    ("make" ,gnu-make-boot0)
-    ("patch" ,patch-boot0)
-    ("sed" ,sed-boot0)
-    ("tar" ,tar-boot0)
     ,@(%bootstrap-inputs+toolchain)))
 
 (define* (boot-triplet #:optional (system (%current-system)))