diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/6.10.2-binary.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/6.10.2-binary.nix
index 81bdebdcbd4..2df019bd7f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/6.10.2-binary.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/6.10.2-binary.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, lib, fetchurl, perl, libedit, ncurses, gmp}:
+{stdenv, lib, fetchurl, perl, libedit, ncurses5, gmp}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "6.10.2";
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     (if stdenv.isLinux then ''
       find . -type f -perm -0100 \
           -exec patchelf --interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
-          --set-rpath "${libedit}/lib:${ncurses.out}/lib:${gmp.out}/lib" {} \;
+          --set-rpath "${libedit}/lib:${ncurses5.out}/lib:${gmp.out}/lib" {} \;
       for prog in ld ar gcc strip ranlib; do
         find . -name "setup-config" -exec sed -i "s@/usr/bin/$prog@$(type -p $prog)@g" {} \;
       done
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.0.4-binary.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.0.4-binary.nix
index f0f54252b3f..9b9da4d4f78 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.0.4-binary.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.0.4-binary.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, perl, ncurses, gmp, libiconv}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, perl, ncurses5, gmp, libiconv}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "7.0.4";
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
       find . -type f -perm -0100 \
           -exec patchelf --interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
-          --set-rpath "${ncurses.out}/lib:${gmp.out}/lib" {} \;
+          --set-rpath "${ncurses5.out}/lib:${gmp.out}/lib" {} \;
       sed -i "s|/usr/bin/perl|perl\x00        |" ghc-${version}/ghc/stage2/build/tmp/ghc-stage2
       sed -i "s|/usr/bin/gcc|gcc\x00        |" ghc-${version}/ghc/stage2/build/tmp/ghc-stage2
       for prog in ld ar gcc strip ranlib; do
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.4.2-binary.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.4.2-binary.nix
index 07137578585..5faae118d8c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.4.2-binary.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.4.2-binary.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, perl, ncurses, gmp, libiconv, makeWrapper}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, perl, ncurses5, gmp, libiconv, makeWrapper}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "7.4.2";
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # find editline/gmp.
     stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
       mkdir -p "$out/lib"
-      ln -sv "${ncurses.out}/lib/libncurses.so" "$out/lib/libncurses${stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.is64bit "w"}.so.5"
+      ln -sv "${ncurses5.out}/lib/libncurses.so" "$out/lib/libncurses${stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.is64bit "w"}.so.5"
       find . -type f -perm -0100 \
           -exec patchelf --interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
           --set-rpath "$out/lib:${gmp.out}/lib" {} \;