diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 9f8eceff0a0..0d2f235862f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -170,17 +170,6 @@ self: super: {
     # https://github.com/jaspervdj/hakyll/issues/491
     else dontCheck super.hakyll;
 
-  # cabal2nix likes to generate dependencies on hinotify when hfsevents is really required
-  # on darwin: https://github.com/NixOS/cabal2nix/issues/146.
-  hinotify = if pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin then self.hfsevents else super.hinotify;
-
-  # FSEvents API is very buggy and tests are unreliable. See
-  # http://openradar.appspot.com/10207999 and similar issues.
-  # https://github.com/haskell-fswatch/hfsnotify/issues/62
-  fsnotify = if pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin
-    then addBuildDepend (dontCheck super.fsnotify) pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Cocoa
-    else dontCheck super.fsnotify;
-
   double-conversion = if !pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin
     then super.double-conversion
     else addExtraLibrary (overrideCabal super.double-conversion (drv:
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
index 4dce5d59d4a..196e8f01d4d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
@@ -408,6 +408,17 @@ self: super: builtins.intersectAttrs super {
     testHaskellDepends = (drv.testHaskellDepends or []) ++ [ self.test-framework self.test-framework-hunit ];
   });
 
+  # cabal2nix likes to generate dependencies on hinotify when hfsevents is really required
+  # on darwin: https://github.com/NixOS/cabal2nix/issues/146.
+  hinotify = if pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin then self.hfsevents else super.hinotify;
+
+  # FSEvents API is very buggy and tests are unreliable. See
+  # http://openradar.appspot.com/10207999 and similar issues.
+  # https://github.com/haskell-fswatch/hfsnotify/issues/62
+  fsnotify = if pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin
+    then addBuildDepend (dontCheck super.fsnotify) pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Cocoa
+    else dontCheck super.fsnotify;
+
   hidapi = addExtraLibrary super.hidapi pkgs.libudev;
 
   hs-GeoIP = super.hs-GeoIP.override { GeoIP = pkgs.geoipWithDatabase; };