diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
 	world, or to merely disable the most expensive debugging functionality
 	at runtime, run "ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
 
+20250314:
+	We now use LLVM's binary utilities (nm, objcopy, etc.) by default.
+	The WITHOUT_LLVM_BINUTILS src.conf(5) knob can be used to revert to
+	ELF Tool Chain tools if desired.
+
 20250303:
 	Commit 4a77657cbc01 changed the ABI between ipfw(8) and ipfw(4).
 	Please note that the old ipfw(8) binary will not work with the new
diff --git a/share/man/man5/src.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/src.conf.5
--- a/share/man/man5/src.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/src.conf.5
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT EDIT-- this file is @generated by tools/build/options/makeman.
-.Dd January 31, 2025
+.Dd March 14, 2025
 .Dt SRC.CONF 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -933,9 +933,8 @@
 To be able to build the system an alternate linker must be provided via XLD.
 .It Va WITHOUT_LLVM_ASSERTIONS
 Disable debugging assertions in LLVM.
-.It Va WITH_LLVM_BINUTILS
-Install LLVM's binutils (without an llvm- prefix),
-instead of ELF Tool Chain's tools.
+.It Va WITHOUT_LLVM_BINUTILS
+Install ELF Tool Chain's binary utilities instead of LLVM's.
 This includes
 .Xr addr2line 1 ,
 .Xr ar 1 ,
@@ -1762,6 +1761,15 @@
 .It
 .Va WITHOUT_LLVM_COV
 .El
+.Pp
+When set, these options are also in effect:
+.Pp
+.Bl -inset -compact
+.It Va WITHOUT_LLVM_BINUTILS
+(unless
+.Va WITH_LLVM_BINUTILS
+is set explicitly)
+.El
 .It Va WITH_UBSAN
 Build the base system with Undefined Behavior Sanitizer (UBSan) to detect
 various kinds of undefined behavior at runtime.
diff --git a/share/mk/src.opts.mk b/share/mk/src.opts.mk
--- a/share/mk/src.opts.mk
+++ b/share/mk/src.opts.mk
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
     LLD \
     LLD_BOOTSTRAP \
     LLVM_ASSERTIONS \
+    LLVM_BINUTILS \
     LLVM_COV \
     LLVM_CXXFILT \
     LOADER_BIOS_TEXTONLY \
@@ -208,7 +209,6 @@
     HESIOD \
     LOADER_VERBOSE \
     LOADER_VERIEXEC_PASS_MANIFEST \
-    LLVM_BINUTILS \
     LLVM_FULL_DEBUGINFO \
     MALLOC_PRODUCTION \
     OFED_EXTRA \