diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.2.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.2.nix
index 934e05465c7..10c0b46f8ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.2.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, targetPackages
 , buildPlatform, hostPlatform, targetPlatform
-, selfPkgs, cross ? null
 
 # build-tools
 , bootPkgs, alex, happy, hscolour, llvm_39
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ let
     BuildFlavour = perf-cross
   '';
 in
-stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "8.2.2";
   name = "${targetPrefix}ghc-${version}";
 
@@ -89,11 +88,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
 
   passthru = {
     inherit bootPkgs targetPrefix;
-  } // stdenv.lib.optionalAttrs (targetPlatform != buildPlatform) {
-    crossCompiler = selfPkgs.ghc.override {
-      cross = targetPlatform;
-      bootPkgs = selfPkgs;
-    };
   };
 
   meta = {
@@ -103,24 +97,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
     inherit (ghc.meta) license platforms;
   };
 
-} // stdenv.lib.optionalAttrs (cross != null) {
-  configureFlags = [
-    "CC=${stdenv.cc}/bin/${cross.config}-cc"
-    "LD=${stdenv.cc.bintools}/bin/${cross.config}-ld"
-    "AR=${stdenv.cc.bintools}/bin/${cross.config}-ar"
-    "NM=${stdenv.cc.bintools}/bin/${cross.config}-nm"
-    "RANLIB=${stdenv.cc.bintools}/bin/${cross.config}-ranlib"
-    "--target=${cross.config}"
-    "--enable-bootstrap-with-devel-snapshot"
-  ] ++
-    # fix for iOS: https://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/4ttdz1/building_an_osxi386_to_iosarm64_cross_compiler/d5qvd67/
-    stdenv.lib.optional (cross.config or null == "aarch64-apple-darwin14") "--disable-large-address-space";
-
-  configurePlatforms = [];
-
-  passthru = {
-    inherit bootPkgs cross;
-    cc = "${stdenv.cc}/bin/${cross.config}-cc";
-    ld = "${stdenv.cc}/bin/${cross.config}-ld";
-  };
-})
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.4.1.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.4.1.nix
index dd0be26da7c..498bba896ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.4.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.4.1.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, targetPackages
 , buildPlatform, hostPlatform, targetPlatform
-, selfPkgs, cross ? null
 
 # build-tools
 , bootPkgs, alex, happy
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ let
     BuildFlavour = perf-cross
   '';
 in
-stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   inherit version rev;
   name = "${targetPrefix}ghc-${version}";
 
@@ -95,11 +94,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
 
   passthru = {
     inherit bootPkgs targetPrefix;
-  } // stdenv.lib.optionalAttrs (targetPlatform != buildPlatform) {
-    crossCompiler = selfPkgs.ghc.override {
-      cross = targetPlatform;
-      bootPkgs = selfPkgs;
-    };
   };
 
   meta = {
@@ -109,24 +103,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
     inherit (ghc.meta) license platforms;
   };
 
-} // stdenv.lib.optionalAttrs (cross != null) {
-  configureFlags = [
-    "CC=${stdenv.cc}/bin/${cross.config}-cc"
-    "LD=${stdenv.cc.bintools}/bin/${cross.config}-ld"
-    "AR=${stdenv.cc.bintools}/bin/${cross.config}-ar"
-    "NM=${stdenv.cc.bintools}/bin/${cross.config}-nm"
-    "RANLIB=${stdenv.cc.bintools}/bin/${cross.config}-ranlib"
-    "--target=${cross.config}"
-    "--enable-bootstrap-with-devel-snapshot"
-  ] ++
-    # fix for iOS: https://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/4ttdz1/building_an_osxi386_to_iosarm64_cross_compiler/d5qvd67/
-    stdenv.lib.optional (cross.config or null == "aarch64-apple-darwin14") "--disable-large-address-space";
-
-  configurePlatforms = [];
-
-  passthru = {
-    inherit bootPkgs cross;
-    cc = "${stdenv.cc}/bin/${cross.config}-cc";
-    ld = "${stdenv.cc}/bin/${cross.config}-ld";
-  };
-})
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
index 6fb199b1a57..753c6bb5672 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, targetPackages
 , buildPlatform, hostPlatform, targetPlatform
-, selfPkgs, cross ? null
 
 # build-tools
 , bootPkgs, alex, happy
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ let
     BuildFlavour = perf-cross
   '';
 in
-stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   inherit version rev;
   name = "${targetPrefix}ghc-${version}";
 
@@ -95,11 +94,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
 
   passthru = {
     inherit bootPkgs targetPrefix;
-  } // stdenv.lib.optionalAttrs (targetPlatform != buildPlatform) {
-    crossCompiler = selfPkgs.ghc.override {
-      cross = targetPlatform;
-      bootPkgs = selfPkgs;
-    };
   };
 
   meta = {
@@ -109,24 +103,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
     inherit (ghc.meta) license platforms;
   };
 
-} // stdenv.lib.optionalAttrs (cross != null) {
-  configureFlags = [
-    "CC=${stdenv.cc}/bin/${cross.config}-cc"
-    "LD=${stdenv.cc.bintools}/bin/${cross.config}-ld"
-    "AR=${stdenv.cc.bintools}/bin/${cross.config}-ar"
-    "NM=${stdenv.cc.bintools}/bin/${cross.config}-nm"
-    "RANLIB=${stdenv.cc.bintools}/bin/${cross.config}-ranlib"
-    "--target=${cross.config}"
-    "--enable-bootstrap-with-devel-snapshot"
-  ] ++
-    # fix for iOS: https://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/4ttdz1/building_an_osxi386_to_iosarm64_cross_compiler/d5qvd67/
-    stdenv.lib.optional (cross.config or null == "aarch64-apple-darwin14") "--disable-large-address-space";
-
-  configurePlatforms = [];
-
-  passthru = {
-    inherit bootPkgs cross;
-    cc = "${stdenv.cc}/bin/${cross.config}-cc";
-    ld = "${stdenv.cc}/bin/${cross.config}-ld";
-  };
-})
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 8f035cfd575..aa0869cccc5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-{ pkgs, lib, newScope, stdenv, buildPlatform, targetPlatform, cabal-install }:
+{ buildPackages, pkgs
+, newScope, stdenv
+, buildPlatform, targetPlatform
+}:
 
 let
   # These are attributes in compiler and packages that don't support integer-simple.
@@ -76,27 +79,22 @@ in rec {
       inherit (bootPkgs) hscolour alex happy;
       inherit buildPlatform targetPlatform;
       sphinx = pkgs.python3Packages.sphinx;
-      selfPkgs = packages.ghc822;
     };
     ghc841 = callPackage ../development/compilers/ghc/8.4.1.nix rec {
       bootPkgs = packages.ghc821Binary;
       inherit (bootPkgs) alex happy;
-      inherit buildPlatform targetPlatform;
-      selfPkgs = packages.ghc841;
     };
     ghcHEAD = callPackage ../development/compilers/ghc/head.nix rec {
       bootPkgs = packages.ghc821Binary;
       inherit (bootPkgs) alex happy;
-      inherit buildPlatform targetPlatform;
-      selfPkgs = packages.ghcHEAD;
     };
     ghcjs = packages.ghc7103.callPackage ../development/compilers/ghcjs {
       bootPkgs = packages.ghc7103;
-      inherit cabal-install;
+      inherit (pkgs) cabal-install;
     };
     ghcjsHEAD = packages.ghc802.callPackage ../development/compilers/ghcjs/head.nix {
       bootPkgs = packages.ghc802;
-      inherit cabal-install;
+      inherit (pkgs) cabal-install;
     };
     ghcHaLVM240 = callPackage ../development/compilers/halvm/2.4.0.nix rec {
       bootPkgs = packages.ghc7103Binary;
@@ -110,19 +108,17 @@ in rec {
 
     # The integer-simple attribute set contains all the GHC compilers
     # build with integer-simple instead of integer-gmp.
-    integer-simple =
-      let integerSimpleGhcNames =
-            pkgs.lib.filter (name: ! builtins.elem name integerSimpleExcludes)
-                            (pkgs.lib.attrNames compiler);
-          integerSimpleGhcs = pkgs.lib.genAttrs integerSimpleGhcNames
-                                (name: compiler."${name}".override { enableIntegerSimple = true; });
-      in pkgs.recurseIntoAttrs (integerSimpleGhcs // {
-           ghcHEAD = integerSimpleGhcs.ghcHEAD.override { selfPkgs = packages.integer-simple.ghcHEAD; };
-         });
-
+    integer-simple = let
+      integerSimpleGhcNames = pkgs.lib.filter
+        (name: ! builtins.elem name integerSimpleExcludes)
+        (pkgs.lib.attrNames compiler);
+    in pkgs.recurseIntoAttrs (pkgs.lib.genAttrs
+      integerSimpleGhcNames
+      (name: compiler."${name}".override { enableIntegerSimple = true; }));
   };
 
-  packages = {
+  # Always get compilers from `buildPackages`
+  packages = let inherit (buildPackages.haskell) compiler; in {
 
     ghc7103 = callPackage ../development/haskell-modules {
       ghc = compiler.ghc7103;
@@ -152,11 +148,6 @@ in rec {
       ghc = compiler.ghcHEAD;
       compilerConfig = callPackage ../development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-head.nix { };
     };
-    # TODO Support for multiple variants here
-    ghcCross = callPackage ../development/haskell-modules {
-      ghc = compiler.ghcHEAD.crossCompiler;
-      compilerConfig = callPackage ../development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-head.nix { };
-    };
     ghcjs = callPackage ../development/haskell-modules {
       ghc = compiler.ghcjs;
       compilerConfig = callPackage ../development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-7.10.x.nix { };
@@ -174,16 +165,16 @@ in rec {
 
     # The integer-simple attribute set contains package sets for all the GHC compilers
     # using integer-simple instead of integer-gmp.
-    integer-simple =
-      let integerSimpleGhcNames =
-            pkgs.lib.filter (name: ! builtins.elem name integerSimpleExcludes)
-                            (pkgs.lib.attrNames packages);
-      in pkgs.lib.genAttrs integerSimpleGhcNames (name: packages."${name}".override {
-       ghc = compiler.integer-simple."${name}";
-       overrides = _self : _super : {
-         integer-simple = null;
-         integer-gmp = null;
-       };
+    integer-simple = let
+      integerSimpleGhcNames = pkgs.lib.filter
+        (name: ! builtins.elem name integerSimpleExcludes)
+        (pkgs.lib.attrNames packages);
+    in pkgs.lib.genAttrs integerSimpleGhcNames (name: packages."${name}".override {
+      ghc = compiler.integer-simple."${name}";
+      overrides = _self : _super : {
+        integer-simple = null;
+        integer-gmp = null;
+      };
     });
 
   };