diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7a5639fe2dd..1a3b1043e25 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6813,7 +6813,14 @@ let
 
   d4x = callPackage ../applications/misc/d4x { };
 
-  darcs = lib.setName "darcs-${haskellPackages.darcs.version}" haskellPackages.darcs;
+  darcs = haskellPackages.darcs.override {
+    # A variant of the Darcs derivation that containts only the executable and
+    # thus has no dependencies on other Haskell packages.
+    cabal = { mkDerivation = x: rec { final = haskellPackages.cabal.mkDerivation (self: (x final) // {
+	      isLibrary = false;
+	      configureFlags = "-f-library"; }); }.final;
+	    };
+  };
 
   darktable = callPackage ../applications/graphics/darktable {
     inherit (gnome) GConf libglade;