diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4bc9b60159..68ad4fef8c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -258,6 +258,10 @@ AC_CHECK_TOOLS([OBJCOPY], [gobjcopy objcopy], [:])
 AC_CHECK_TOOLS([OBJDUMP], [gobjdump objdump])
 AC_CHECK_TOOLS([STRIP],   [gstrip strip], [:])
 
+# nm errors with Rust's LLVM bitcode when Rust uses a newer LLVM version than nm.
+# In case we're working with llvm-nm, tell it to not worry about the bitcode.
+AS_IF([${NM} --help | grep -q 'llvm-bc'], [NM="$NM --no-llvm-bc"])
+
 AS_IF([test ! $rb_test_CFLAGS], [AS_UNSET(CFLAGS)]); AS_UNSET(rb_test_CFLAGS)
 AS_IF([test ! $rb_test_CXXFLAGS], [AS_UNSET(CXXFLAGS)]); AS_UNSET(rb_save_CXXFLAGS)
 
diff --git a/tool/darwin-ar b/tool/darwin-ar
index 6f2a6ca2ad..8b25425cfe 100755
--- a/tool/darwin-ar
+++ b/tool/darwin-ar
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+export LANG=C LC_ALL=C # Suppress localication
 exec 2> >(exec grep -v \
   -e ' no symbols$' \
   >&2)
diff --git a/tool/leaked-globals b/tool/leaked-globals
index 136d96b6ab..e079b0efc5 100755
--- a/tool/leaked-globals
+++ b/tool/leaked-globals
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ config = ARGV.shift
 count = 0
 col = Colorize.new
 
-# nm errors with Rust's LLVM bitcode when Rust uses a newer LLVM version than nm.
-# In case we're working with llvm-nm, tell it to not worry about the bitcode.
-no_llvm = "--no-llvm-bc" if `#{NM} --version` =~ /llvm/i
-
 config_code = File.read(config)
 REPLACE = config_code.scan(/\bAC_(?:REPLACE|CHECK)_FUNCS?\((\w+)/).flatten
 # REPLACE << 'memcmp' if /\bAC_FUNC_MEMCMP\b/ =~ config_code
@@ -54,7 +50,7 @@ REPLACE.push("rust_eh_personality") if RUBY_PLATFORM.include?("darwin")
 
 print "Checking leaked global symbols..."
 STDOUT.flush
-IO.foreach("|#{NM} #{no_llvm} #{ARGV.join(' ')}") do |line|
+IO.foreach("|#{NM} #{ARGV.join(' ')}") do |line|
   n, t, = line.split
   next unless /[A-TV-Z]/ =~ t
   next unless n.sub!(/^#{SYMBOL_PREFIX}/o, "")
diff --git a/yjit/yjit.mk b/yjit/yjit.mk
index 2f34c0079b..80ca124699 100644
--- a/yjit/yjit.mk
+++ b/yjit/yjit.mk
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ endif
 # we rely.
 ifneq ($(findstring darwin,$(target_os)),)
 $(YJIT_LIB_SYMBOLS): $(YJIT_LIBS)
-	$(Q) $(tooldir)/darwin-ar $(NM) --no-llvm-bc --defined-only --extern-only $(YJIT_LIBS) | \
+	$(Q) $(tooldir)/darwin-ar $(NM) --defined-only --extern-only $(YJIT_LIBS) | \
 	sed -n -e 's/.* //' -e '/^$(SYMBOL_PREFIX)rb_/p' \
 	-e '/^$(SYMBOL_PREFIX)rust_eh_personality/p' \
 	> $@