diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/epic/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/epic/default.nix
index a61f07aaac3..936710888ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/epic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/epic/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   isExecutable = true;
   buildDepends = [ mtl ];
   buildTools = [ happy ];
-  extraLibraries = [ gmp boehmgc ];
+  extraLibraries = [ boehmgc gmp ];
   noHaddock = true;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~eb/epic.php";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/GLUT/2.1.1.2.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/GLUT/2.1.1.2.nix
index 8ffc0f1aed6..c07e5c37174 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/GLUT/2.1.1.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/GLUT/2.1.1.2.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   version = "2.1.1.2";
   sha256 = "d5ecf4b6bacc5e68ade00710df04fa158c6ed322c74362954716a0baba6bd3fb";
   buildDepends = [ OpenGL ];
-  extraLibraries = [ glut libSM libICE libXmu libXi mesa ];
+  extraLibraries = [ glut libICE libSM libXi libXmu mesa ];
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.haskell.org/HOpenGL/";
     description = "A binding for the OpenGL Utility Toolkit";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/GLUT/2.1.2.1.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/GLUT/2.1.2.1.nix
index aca2dc19cad..553ec3ab8c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/GLUT/2.1.2.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/GLUT/2.1.2.1.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   version = "2.1.2.1";
   sha256 = "0r3js5i468lqlsnvb04iw6gdl81gs3cgqids3xpi4p5qpynbyc02";
   buildDepends = [ OpenGL ];
-  extraLibraries = [ glut libSM libICE libXmu libXi mesa ];
+  extraLibraries = [ glut libICE libSM libXi libXmu mesa ];
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.haskell.org/HOpenGL/";
     description = "A binding for the OpenGL Utility Toolkit";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/GLUT/2.2.2.0.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/GLUT/2.2.2.0.nix
index f2f18caff04..50440932727 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/GLUT/2.2.2.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/GLUT/2.2.2.0.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   version = "2.2.2.0";
   sha256 = "0hilpjwkjvpz4sz0zqa36vmx8m1yycjnqdd721mqns7lib2fnzrx";
   buildDepends = [ OpenGL StateVar Tensor ];
-  extraLibraries = [ glut libSM libICE libXmu libXi mesa glut ];
+  extraLibraries = [ glut libICE libSM libXi libXmu mesa ];
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.haskell.org/HOpenGL/";
     description = "A binding for the OpenGL Utility Toolkit";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/OpenGL/2.2.1.1.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/OpenGL/2.2.1.1.nix
index 42d89fef85a..e74fcdca024 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/OpenGL/2.2.1.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/OpenGL/2.2.1.1.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   pname = "OpenGL";
   version = "2.2.1.1";
   sha256 = "926ca25cf9502cdaaeb8ade484015468cb60594e1bfbf0e04bd01235d8d9a792";
-  extraLibraries = [ mesa libX11 ];
+  extraLibraries = [ libX11 mesa ];
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.haskell.org/HOpenGL/";
     description = "A binding for the OpenGL graphics system";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/OpenGL/2.2.3.0.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/OpenGL/2.2.3.0.nix
index a18ef0670d5..65e3da59367 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/OpenGL/2.2.3.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/OpenGL/2.2.3.0.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   pname = "OpenGL";
   version = "2.2.3.0";
   sha256 = "00h5zdm64mfj5fwnd52kyn9aynsbzqwfic0ymjjakz90pdvk4p57";
-  extraLibraries = [ mesa libX11 ];
+  extraLibraries = [ libX11 mesa ];
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.haskell.org/HOpenGL/";
     description = "A binding for the OpenGL graphics system";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/OpenGL/2.4.0.1.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/OpenGL/2.4.0.1.nix
index e03848a0669..2deb96d750f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/OpenGL/2.4.0.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/OpenGL/2.4.0.1.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   version = "2.4.0.1";
   sha256 = "0xdclf0m7qxp4157053cbsybpy7fqiiiak0g2kyf8awr7a5736n5";
   buildDepends = [ GLURaw ObjectName OpenGLRaw StateVar Tensor ];
-  extraLibraries = [ mesa libX11 ];
+  extraLibraries = [ libX11 mesa ];
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.haskell.org/HOpenGL/";
     description = "A binding for the OpenGL graphics system";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/cairo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/cairo/default.nix
index 7716edecf19..293f692c67f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/cairo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/cairo/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   sha256 = "0n2sqbf8wjjvm5m1igkq685vqvc0lil3gmcs3i0g9hy7lsjnlwr9";
   buildDepends = [ mtl ];
   buildTools = [ gtk2hsBuildtools ];
-  extraLibraries = [ pkgconfig glibc cairo zlib ];
+  extraLibraries = [ cairo glibc pkgconfig zlib ];
   pkgconfigDepends = [ cairo ];
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.haskell.org/gtk2hs/";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/glade/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/glade/default.nix
index 331d7336dbb..8f43af57b8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/glade/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/glade/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   sha256 = "0h7l1kp9y17xqyz16kv0dvwgblph9r70wimyl8aq9gi1r4is5lmq";
   buildDepends = [ cairo glib gtk mtl pango ];
   buildTools = [ gtk2hsBuildtools ];
-  extraLibraries = [ pkgconfig glibc ];
+  extraLibraries = [ glibc pkgconfig ];
   pkgconfigDepends = [ gtkC libglade ];
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.haskell.org/gtk2hs/";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/glib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/glib/default.nix
index 25d743c3ba8..9d7750e24de 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/glib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/glib/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   version = "0.12.0";
   sha256 = "1sqkj6adg87ccdnl9yy1p8yrv5xnfcrlaflj52nrh6anwlqy9z19";
   buildTools = [ gtk2hsBuildtools ];
-  extraLibraries = [ pkgconfig glibc ];
+  extraLibraries = [ glibc pkgconfig ];
   pkgconfigDepends = [ glib ];
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.haskell.org/gtk2hs/";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/gtk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/gtk/default.nix
index 7f7d762bbf5..0b9cd20eb0a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/gtk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/gtk/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   sha256 = "1rqy0390rahdrlb1ba1hjrygwin8ynxzif5flcici22bg5ixsgs2";
   buildDepends = [ cairo glib mtl pango ];
   buildTools = [ gtk2hsBuildtools ];
-  extraLibraries = [ pkgconfig glibc ];
+  extraLibraries = [ glibc pkgconfig ];
   pkgconfigDepends = [ glib gtk ];
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.haskell.org/gtk2hs/";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/gtksourceview2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/gtksourceview2/default.nix
index 902fc24b2b7..6f69696d1f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/gtksourceview2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/gtksourceview2/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   sha256 = "0l9y48kmzqzps6k54fgf0dkmmv0ppxx8amggfdswwk86zsf8j81r";
   buildDepends = [ glib gtk mtl ];
   buildTools = [ gtk2hsBuildtools ];
-  extraLibraries = [ pkgconfig glibc ];
+  extraLibraries = [ glibc pkgconfig ];
   pkgconfigDepends = [ gtksourceview ];
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.haskell.org/gtk2hs/";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hmatrix/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hmatrix/default.nix
index 8f2037cdbd4..bd149b5aa92 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hmatrix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hmatrix/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   buildDepends = [
     binary HUnit QuickCheck random storableComplex vector
   ];
-  extraLibraries = [ gsl liblapack blas ];
+  extraLibraries = [ blas gsl liblapack ];
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://perception.inf.um.es/hmatrix";
     description = "Linear algebra and numerical computation";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/pango/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/pango/default.nix
index 6e2cd310232..aff6bdb7315 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/pango/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/pango/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   sha256 = "1vp0hl4kpgcc3xphml1hmy04hqcn12y0ks03nn32g6g33ni9mwrb";
   buildDepends = [ cairo glib mtl ];
   buildTools = [ gtk2hsBuildtools ];
-  extraLibraries = [ pkgconfig glibc ];
+  extraLibraries = [ glibc pkgconfig ];
   pkgconfigDepends = [ cairo pango ];
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.haskell.org/gtk2hs/";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/wxHaskell/wxcore.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/wxHaskell/wxcore.nix
index 81f279311c9..c2fbdaeffa6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/wxHaskell/wxcore.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/wxHaskell/wxcore.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   version = "0.12.1.7";
   sha256 = "12vs449xg2xjp503ywjwxadan3v7dq38ph66292szwj1vmhl07v4";
   buildDepends = [ parsec stm time wxdirect ];
-  extraLibraries = [ wxGTK mesa libX11 ];
+  extraLibraries = [ libX11 mesa wxGTK ];
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/WxHaskell";
     description = "wxHaskell core";