diff --git a/tools/build/configure.py b/tools/build/configure.py
index f2b8c70562..1944c885fb 100755
--- a/tools/build/configure.py
+++ b/tools/build/configure.py
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ def write_ninja_rules(
     cc_egcs = f"{cc_egcs_dir}/gcc"
     cxx = f"{BUILD_TOOLS}/cc/gcc/g++"
 
+    BFDNAME = "elf32-tradbigmips"
+
     CPPFLAGS_COMMON = (
         "-Iver/$version/include -Iver/$version/build/include -Iinclude -Isrc -Iassets/$version -D_LANGUAGE_C -D_FINALROM "
         "-DVERSION=$version -DF3DEX_GBI_2 -D_MIPS_SZLONG=32"
@@ -166,13 +168,13 @@ def write_ninja_rules(
     ninja.rule(
         "cc_272",
         description="cc_272 $in",
-        command=f"bash -o pipefail -c 'COMPILER_PATH={cc_272_dir} {cc_272} {CPPFLAGS_272} {extra_cppflags} $cppflags {cflags_272} $cflags $in -o $out && mips-linux-gnu-objcopy -N $in $out'",
+        command=f"bash -o pipefail -c 'COMPILER_PATH={cc_272_dir} {cc_272} {CPPFLAGS_272} {extra_cppflags} $cppflags {cflags_272} $cflags $in -o $out && {cross}objcopy -N $in $out'",
     )
 
     ninja.rule(
         "cc_egcs",
         description="cc_egcs $in",
-        command=f"bash -o pipefail -c '{cc_egcs} {CPPFLAGS_EGCS} {extra_cppflags} $cppflags {cflags_egcs} $cflags $in -o $out && mips-linux-gnu-objcopy -N $in $out && python3 ./tools/patch_64bit_compile.py $out'",
+        command=f"bash -o pipefail -c '{cc_egcs} {CPPFLAGS_EGCS} {extra_cppflags} $cppflags {cflags_egcs} $cflags $in -o $out && {cross}objcopy -N $in $out && python3 ./tools/patch_64bit_compile.py $out'",
     )
 
     ninja.rule(
@@ -186,13 +188,13 @@ def write_ninja_rules(
     ninja.rule(
         "dead_cc_fix",
         description="dead_cc_fix $in",
-        command=f"mips-linux-gnu-objcopy --redefine-sym sqrtf=dead_sqrtf $in $out",
+        command=f"{cross}objcopy --redefine-sym sqrtf=dead_sqrtf $in $out",
     )
 
     ninja.rule(
         "bin",
         description="bin $in",
-        command=f"{ld} -r -b binary $in -o $out",
+        command=f"{cross}objcopy -I binary -O {BFDNAME} --set-section-alignment .data=8 $in $out",
     )
 
     ninja.rule(