diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.3-binary.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.3-binary.nix
index 152bd5e4874..fe576186b0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.3-binary.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.3-binary.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv
-, fetchurl, perl, gcc, llvm_39
+, fetchurl, perl, gcc
 , ncurses5, gmp, glibc, libiconv
 }:
 
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     or (throw "cannot bootstrap GHC on this platform"));
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ perl ];
-  buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optionals (stdenv.targetPlatform.isAarch32 || stdenv.targetPlatform.isAarch64) [ llvm_39 ];
 
   # Cannot patchelf beforehand due to relative RPATHs that anticipate
   # the final install location/