diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/highlighting-kate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/highlighting-kate/default.nix
index 99726ab0389..4b2e32d2352 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/highlighting-kate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/highlighting-kate/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ cabal, blazeHtml, filepath, mtl, parsec, regexPcreBuiltin }:
+{ cabal, blazeHtml, filepath, mtl, parsec, regexPcre }:
 
 cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   pname = "highlighting-kate";
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   sha256 = "08jxl2ba0kb4vj1qbdf4sas8bwbxzayzwsxnjvq358x57i5l302n";
   isLibrary = true;
   isExecutable = true;
-  buildDepends = [ blazeHtml filepath mtl parsec regexPcreBuiltin ];
+  buildDepends = [ blazeHtml filepath mtl parsec regexPcre ];
+  prePatch = "sed -i -e 's|regex-pcre-builtin|regex-pcre|' highlighting-kate.cabal";
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://github.com/jgm/highlighting-kate";
     description = "Syntax highlighting";