diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
index 478cc7e4fcc..16855842464 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
@@ -207,9 +207,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
       fi
       if [ -d "$p/lib" ]; then
         configureFlags+=" --extra-lib-dirs=$p/lib"
-        ${ stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin
-            "export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:$p/lib"
-        }
       fi
     done
     ${ghcCommand}-pkg --${packageDbFlag}="$packageConfDir" recache