diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/2.x.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/2.x.nix
index a4de7b8b876f..bd52b41dc809 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/2.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/2.x.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, writeText, sbclBootstrap, zstd
-, sbclBootstrapHost ? "${sbclBootstrap}/bin/sbcl --disable-debugger --no-userinit --no-sysinit"
+{ lib, stdenv, callPackage, clisp, fetchurl, fetchpatch, writeText, zstd
 , threadSupport ? (stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86 || "aarch64-linux" == stdenv.hostPlatform.system || "aarch64-darwin" == stdenv.hostPlatform.system)
 , linkableRuntime ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86
 , disableImmobileSpace ? false
@@ -26,8 +25,62 @@ let
       sha256 = "sha256-fSiakSMgIgKL8BKJAMMr8A5MVDDDLyivBZTIpZKphlQ=";
     };
   };
+  # Collection of pre-built SBCL binaries for platforms that need them for
+  # bootstrapping. Ideally these are to be avoided.  If CLISP (or any other
+  # non-binary-distributed Lisp) can run on any of these systems, that entry
+  # should be removed from this list.
+  bootstrapBinaries = rec {
+    aarch64-darwin = {
+      version = "2.1.2";
+      system = "arm64-darwin";
+      sha256 = "sha256-H0ALigXcWIypdA+fTf7jERscwbb7QIAfcoxCtGDh0RU=";
+    };
+    x86_64-darwin = {
+      version = "2.2.9";
+      system = "x86-64-darwin";
+      sha256 = "sha256-b1BLkoLIOELAYBYA9eBmMgm1OxMxJewzNP96C9ADfKY=";
+    };
+    x86_64-linux = {
+      version = "1.3.16";
+      system = "x86-64-linux";
+      sha256 = "0sq2dylwwyqfwkbdvcgqwz3vay9v895zpb0fyzsiwy31d1x9pr2s";
+    };
+    i686-linux = {
+      version = "1.2.7";
+      system = "x86-linux";
+      sha256 = "07f3bz4br280qvn85i088vpzj9wcz8wmwrf665ypqx181pz2ai3j";
+    };
+    aarch64-linux = {
+      version = "1.3.16";
+      system = "arm64-linux";
+      sha256 = "0q1brz9c49xgdljzfx8rpxxnlwhadxkcy5kg0mcd9wnxygind1cl";
+    };
+    armv7l-linux = {
+      version = "1.2.14";
+      system = "armhf-linux";
+      sha256 = "0sp5445rbvms6qvzhld0kwwvydw51vq5iaf4kdqsf2d9jvaz3yx5";
+    };
+    armv6l-linux = armv7l-linux;
+    x86_64-freebsd = {
+      version = "1.2.7";
+      system = "x86-64-freebsd";
+      sha256 = "14k42xiqd2rrim4pd5k5pjcrpkac09qnpynha8j1v4jngrvmw7y6";
+    };
+    x86_64-solaris = {
+      version = "1.2.7";
+      system = "x86-64-solaris";
+      sha256 = "05c12fmac4ha72k1ckl6i780rckd7jh4g5s5hiic7fjxnf1kx8d0";
+    };
+  };
+  sbclBootstrap = callPackage ./bootstrap.nix {
+    cfg = bootstrapBinaries.${stdenv.hostPlatform.system};
+  };
+  bootstrapLisp =
+    if (builtins.hasAttr stdenv.hostPlatform.system bootstrapBinaries)
+    then "${sbclBootstrap}/bin/sbcl --disable-debugger --no-userinit --no-sysinit"
+    else "${clisp}/bin/clisp -E UTF-8 --silent -norc";
 
-in with versionMap.${version};
+in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "sbcl";
@@ -35,7 +88,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/project/sbcl/sbcl/${version}/${pname}-${version}-source.tar.bz2";
-    inherit sha256;
+    inherit (versionMap.${version}) sha256;
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ texinfo ];
@@ -108,7 +161,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildPhase = ''
     runHook preBuild
 
-    sh make.sh --prefix=$out --xc-host="${sbclBootstrapHost}" ${
+    sh make.sh --prefix=$out --xc-host="${bootstrapLisp}" ${
                   lib.concatStringsSep " "
                     (builtins.map (x: "--with-${x}") enableFeatures ++
                      builtins.map (x: "--without-${x}") disableFeatures)
@@ -142,5 +195,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     }
   '');
 
-  meta = sbclBootstrap.meta;
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Lisp compiler";
+    homepage = "https://sbcl.org";
+    license = licenses.publicDomain; # and FreeBSD
+    maintainers = lib.teams.lisp.members;
+    platforms = attrNames bootstrapBinaries;
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/bootstrap.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/bootstrap.nix
index 05634d0c83f3..e23557c5a62f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/bootstrap.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/bootstrap.nix
@@ -1,59 +1,12 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, cfg }:
 
-let
-  options = rec {
-    aarch64-darwin = {
-      version = "2.1.2";
-      system = "arm64-darwin";
-      sha256 = "sha256-H0ALigXcWIypdA+fTf7jERscwbb7QIAfcoxCtGDh0RU=";
-    };
-    x86_64-darwin = {
-      version = "2.2.9";
-      system = "x86-64-darwin";
-      sha256 = "sha256-b1BLkoLIOELAYBYA9eBmMgm1OxMxJewzNP96C9ADfKY=";
-    };
-    x86_64-linux = {
-      version = "1.3.16";
-      system = "x86-64-linux";
-      sha256 = "0sq2dylwwyqfwkbdvcgqwz3vay9v895zpb0fyzsiwy31d1x9pr2s";
-    };
-    i686-linux = {
-      version = "1.2.7";
-      system = "x86-linux";
-      sha256 = "07f3bz4br280qvn85i088vpzj9wcz8wmwrf665ypqx181pz2ai3j";
-    };
-    aarch64-linux = {
-      version = "1.3.16";
-      system = "arm64-linux";
-      sha256 = "0q1brz9c49xgdljzfx8rpxxnlwhadxkcy5kg0mcd9wnxygind1cl";
-    };
-    armv7l-linux = {
-      version = "1.2.14";
-      system = "armhf-linux";
-      sha256 = "0sp5445rbvms6qvzhld0kwwvydw51vq5iaf4kdqsf2d9jvaz3yx5";
-    };
-    armv6l-linux = armv7l-linux;
-    x86_64-freebsd = {
-      version = "1.2.7";
-      system = "x86-64-freebsd";
-      sha256 = "14k42xiqd2rrim4pd5k5pjcrpkac09qnpynha8j1v4jngrvmw7y6";
-    };
-    x86_64-solaris = {
-      version = "1.2.7";
-      system = "x86-64-solaris";
-      sha256 = "05c12fmac4ha72k1ckl6i780rckd7jh4g5s5hiic7fjxnf1kx8d0";
-    };
-  };
-  cfg = options.${stdenv.hostPlatform.system};
-in
-assert builtins.hasAttr stdenv.hostPlatform.system options;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "sbcl-bootstrap";
-  version = cfg.version;
+  inherit (cfg) version;
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/project/sbcl/sbcl/${version}/sbcl-${version}-${cfg.system}-binary.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = cfg.sha256;
+    inherit (cfg) sha256;
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
@@ -73,12 +26,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   postFixup = lib.optionalString (!stdenv.isAarch32 && stdenv.isLinux) ''
     patchelf --set-interpreter $(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker) $out/share/sbcl/sbcl
   '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Lisp compiler";
-    homepage = "http://www.sbcl.org";
-    license = licenses.publicDomain; # and FreeBSD
-    maintainers = lib.teams.lisp.members;
-    platforms = attrNames options;
-  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6909a953e36f..9b2360c30bca 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -26063,10 +26063,6 @@ with pkgs;
   };
 
   # Steel Bank Common Lisp
-  sbclBootstrap = wrapLisp {
-    pkg = callPackage ../development/compilers/sbcl/bootstrap.nix {};
-    faslExt = "fasl";
-  };
   sbcl_2_3_8 = wrapLisp {
     pkg = callPackage ../development/compilers/sbcl/2.x.nix { version = "2.3.8"; };
     faslExt = "fasl";