diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/X11-xft/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/X11-xft/default.nix
index 8f90606d7a1..14af645928c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/X11-xft/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/X11-xft/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-{ ghc, cabal, X11, utf8String, pkgconfig, libXft, freetype, fontconfig }:
-cabal.mkDerivation (self : {
+{ cabal, fontconfig, freetype, libXft, pkgconfig, utf8String, X11
+}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   pname = "X11-xft";
   version = "0.3";
   sha256 = "48892d0d0a90d5b47658877facabf277bf8466b7388eaf6ce163b843432a567d";
-  buildInputs = [ ghc pkgconfig libXft freetype fontconfig ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ X11 utf8String ];
-  configureFlags=["--extra-include-dirs=${freetype}/include/freetype2"];
+  buildDepends = [ utf8String X11 ];
+  extraLibraries = [ fontconfig freetype pkgconfig ];
+  pkgconfigDepends = [ libXft ];
+  configureFlags = "--extra-include-dirs=${freetype}/include/freetype2";
   meta = {
     description = "Bindings to the Xft, X Free Type interface library, and some Xrender parts";
     license = "LGPL";