diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hmatrix/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hmatrix/default.nix
index 7ef87a8dcfb..06ec278e0ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hmatrix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hmatrix/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   sha256 = "0pl5z6zsxyvbdfdng77r2c4isq6d4wbyzx2qs9r8rbn6glaxwrmp";
   buildDepends = [ binary Cabal storableComplex vector ];
   extraLibraries = [ blas gsl liblapack ];
-  configureFlags = "-fvector";
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://perception.inf.um.es/hmatrix";
     description = "Linear algebra and numerical computation";