diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/accelerate-cuda/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/accelerate-cuda/default.nix
index 5bfd29b47cd..5433eb4858e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/accelerate-cuda/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/accelerate-cuda/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     homepage = "http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~chak/project/accelerate/";
     description = "Accelerate backend for NVIDIA GPUs";
     license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
-    platforms = [];
+    platforms = self.stdenv.lib.platforms.none;
     maintainers = [ self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.andres ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/lib/platforms.nix b/pkgs/lib/platforms.nix
index c79e8468b23..45e863458d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/lib/platforms.nix
+++ b/pkgs/lib/platforms.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ rec {
   cygwin = ["i686-cygwin"];
   unix = linux ++ darwin ++ freebsd ++ openbsd;
   all = linux ++ darwin ++ cygwin ++ freebsd ++ openbsd;
+  none = [];
   allBut = platform: lists.filter (x: platform != x) all;
   mesaPlatforms = linux;
 }