diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hledger-lib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hledger-lib/default.nix
index 644406ae1ec..de2e40a03d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hledger-lib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hledger-lib/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     split time transformers utf8String
   ];
   patchPhase = ''
-    sed -i -e 's|,split.*|,split|' hledger-lib.cabal
+    sed -i -e 's|,split.*|,split|' -e 's|,cmdargs.*|,cmdargs|' hledger-lib.cabal
   '';
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://hledger.org";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hledger/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hledger/default.nix
index efc2936f406..a02697be7c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hledger/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hledger/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     regexpr safe shakespeareText split text time utf8String
   ];
   patchPhase = ''
-    sed -i -e 's|,split.*|,split|' hledger.cabal
+    sed -i -e 's|,split.*|,split|' -e 's|,cmdargs.*|,cmdargs|' hledger.cabal
   '';
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://hledger.org";