diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.0.1.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.0.1.nix
index 9a1fc56dd88..7f337c01953 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.0.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.0.1.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, ghc, perl, gmp, ncurses, libiconv, binutils, coreutils
-, libxml2, libxslt, docbook_xsl, docbook_xml_dtd_45, docbook_xml_dtd_42, hscolour
+, hscolour
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ./dont-pass-linker-flags-via-response-files.patch   # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/10752
   ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ ghc perl libxml2 libxslt docbook_xsl docbook_xml_dtd_45 docbook_xml_dtd_42 hscolour ];
+  buildInputs = [ ghc perl hscolour ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;