diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/make-package-set.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/make-package-set.nix
index 968773ded98..6d11048cb6d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/make-package-set.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/make-package-set.nix
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ let
 
   withPackages = packages: buildPackages.callPackage ./with-packages-wrapper.nix {
     inherit (self) llvmPackages;
-    haskellPackages = self;
     inherit packages;
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/with-packages-wrapper.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/with-packages-wrapper.nix
index 7d192dc5d7d..09b6683e26a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/with-packages-wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/with-packages-wrapper.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib, targetPlatform, ghc, llvmPackages, packages, symlinkJoin, makeWrapper
 , withLLVM ? false
 , postBuild ? ""
-, haskellPackages
 , ghcLibdir ? null # only used by ghcjs, when resolving plugins
 }:
 
@@ -131,6 +130,5 @@ symlinkJoin {
   passthru = {
     preferLocalBuild = true;
     inherit (ghc) version meta;
-    inherit haskellPackages;
   };
 }