diff --git a/build_library/base_image_util.sh b/build_library/base_image_util.sh
index c53578a41b..84b31118c7 100755
--- a/build_library/base_image_util.sh
+++ b/build_library/base_image_util.sh
@@ -177,21 +177,6 @@ create_base_image() {
     'usr/include' 'sys-include'
     # Link-time objects.
     '*.[ao]'
-    # Link-time symlinks & linker scripts.
-    'usr/lib*/lib*.so'
-    # We mount /var manually so this gets thrown away.
-    'var'
-    # Debug commands not used by normal runtime code.
-    'usr/bin/'{getent,ldd}
-    # LD_PRELOAD objects for debugging.
-    'lib*/lib'{memusage,pcprofile,SegFault}.so 'usr/lib*/audit'
-    # Libraries used for translating between charsets -- but we use libicu
-    # in Chromium, so there's no need for these.  http://crosbug.com/23105
-    'usr/*/gconv'
-    # We only use files & dns with nsswitch, so throw away the others.
-    'lib*/libnss_'{compat,db,hesiod,nis,nisplus}'*.so*'
-    # This is only for very old packages which we don't have.
-    'lib*/libBrokenLocale*.so*'
   )
   pbzip2 -dc --ignore-trailing-garbage=1 "${LIBC_PATH}" | \
     sudo tar xpf - -C "${root_fs_dir}" ./usr/${CHOST} \
diff --git a/build_library/dev_image_util.sh b/build_library/dev_image_util.sh
index c2a27fe663..1e9f1c1e5f 100755
--- a/build_library/dev_image_util.sh
+++ b/build_library/dev_image_util.sh
@@ -60,8 +60,12 @@ install_dev_packages() {
   # Leave core files for developers to inspect.
   sudo touch "${root_fs_dir}/root/.leave_core"
 
-  # Release images do not include these, so install it for dev images.
-  sudo cp -a "${BOARD_ROOT}"/usr/bin/{getent,ldd} "${root_fs_dir}/usr/bin/"
+  # This hack is only needed for devs who have old versions of glibc, which
+  # filtered out ldd when cross-compiling.  TODO(davidjames): Remove this hack
+  # once everybody has upgraded to a new version of glibc.
+  if [[ ! -x "${root_fs_dir}/usr/bin/ldd" ]]; then
+    sudo cp -a "$(which ldd)" "${root_fs_dir}/usr/bin"
+  fi
 
   # If vim is installed, then a vi symlink would probably help.
   if [[ -x "${root_fs_dir}/usr/local/bin/vim" ]]; then