diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 426d23d6c7e..443fd4fc303 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -964,6 +964,9 @@ self: super: {
   # should be moved into the cabal2nix generator.
   hledger = overrideCabal super.hledger (drv: {
     postInstall = ''
+      # Don't install files that don't belong into this package to avoid
+      # conflicts when hledger and hledger-ui end up in the same profile.
+      rm embeddedfiles/hledger-{api,ui,web}.*
       for i in $(seq 1 9); do
         for j in embeddedfiles/*.$i; do
           mkdir -p $out/share/man/man$i