diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/common.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/common.nix
index e8deb9fcd9cc..13645e542640 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/common.nix
@@ -471,6 +471,7 @@ buildStdenv.mkDerivation ({
   separateDebugInfo = enableDebugSymbols;
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/201254
   NIX_LDFLAGS = if (with stdenv; isAarch64 && isLinux) then [ "-lgcc" ] else null;
 
   # tests were disabled in configureFlags
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
index af6aed851e09..cfda819a42ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-Druntime_cxxmodules=OFF"
   ];
 
+  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/201254
   NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString (stdenv.isLinux && stdenv.isAarch64 && stdenv.cc.isGNU) "-lgcc";
 
   # Workaround the xrootd runpath bug #169677 by prefixing [DY]LD_LIBRARY_PATH with ${lib.makeLibraryPath xrootd}.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/spidermonkey/common.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/spidermonkey/common.nix
index a6695082684d..32a0ae2e7467 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/spidermonkey/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/spidermonkey/common.nix
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: rec {
   # while we have a double-float toolchain
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString (with stdenv.hostPlatform; isRiscV && is64bit && lib.versionOlder version "91") "-mabi=lp64d";
 
+  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/201254
   NIX_LDFLAGS = if (with stdenv; isAarch64 && isLinux) then [ "-lgcc" ] else null;
 
   postPatch = lib.optionalString (lib.versionOlder version "102") ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/bobcat/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/bobcat/default.nix
index f1e537943f58..47fc87af143b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/bobcat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/bobcat/default.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   # have to link to static gcc lib on aarch64-linux explicitly
+  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/201254
   NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString (with stdenv.targetPlatform; isAarch64 && isLinux) "-lgcc";
 
   buildPhase = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 168287a54d8c..99807b52aadb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8618,6 +8618,7 @@ with pkgs;
   kakoune-unwrapped = callPackage ../applications/editors/kakoune {
     # See comments on https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/198836
     # Remove below when stdenv for linux-aarch64 become recent enough.
+    # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/201254
     stdenv = if stdenv.isLinux && stdenv.isAarch64 && stdenv.cc.isGNU then gcc11Stdenv else stdenv;
   };
   kakoune = wrapKakoune kakoune-unwrapped {
@@ -30618,6 +30619,7 @@ with pkgs;
   ladspa-sdk = callPackage ../applications/audio/ladspa-sdk { };
 
   ladybird = qt6Packages.callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/ladybird {
+    # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/201254
     stdenv = if stdenv.isDarwin then llvmPackages_14.stdenv else gcc11Stdenv;
   };