diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
index 43ab69689d9..9e11b870896 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ in
 , enableExecutableProfiling ? false
 , profilingDetail ? "all-functions"
 # TODO enable shared libs for cross-compiling
-, enableSharedExecutables ? ((ghc.isGhcjs or false) || stdenv.lib.versionOlder "7.7" ghc.version)
+, enableSharedExecutables ? false
 , enableSharedLibraries ? ((ghc.isGhcjs or false) || stdenv.lib.versionOlder "7.7" ghc.version)
 , enableDeadCodeElimination ? (!stdenv.isDarwin)  # TODO: use -dead_strip  for darwin
 , enableStaticLibraries ? true