diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-packages.nix
index 2e474ed3410c..56b17a865df8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-packages.nix
@@ -94,6 +94,14 @@ self:
       # Expects bash to be at /bin/bash
       helm-rtags = markBroken super.helm-rtags;
 
+      # Build same version as Haskell package
+      hindent = super.hindent.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
+        version = external.hindent.version;
+        src = external.hindent.src;
+        packageRequires = [ self.haskell-mode ];
+        propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ external.hindent ];
+      });
+
       # upstream issue: missing file header
       ido-complete-space-or-hyphen = markBroken super.ido-complete-space-or-hyphen;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-stable-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-stable-packages.nix
index c0febd803cc0..f3b77c708a7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-stable-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-stable-packages.nix
@@ -108,6 +108,14 @@ self:
       # Expects bash to be at /bin/bash
       helm-rtags = markBroken super.helm-rtags;
 
+      # Build same version as Haskell package
+      hindent = super.hindent.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
+        version = external.hindent.version;
+        src = external.hindent.src;
+        packageRequires = [ self.haskell-mode ];
+        propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ external.hindent ];
+      });
+
       # upstream issue: missing file header
       ido-complete-space-or-hyphen = markBroken super.ido-complete-space-or-hyphen;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
index 5d042c3385e1..ba82bd217fdc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
@@ -298,23 +298,6 @@ let
 
   helm-words = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/helm-words { };
 
-  hindent = melpaBuild rec {
-    pname = "hindent";
-    version = external.hindent.version;
-    src = external.hindent.src;
-    packageRequires = [ haskell-mode ];
-    propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ external.hindent ];
-    recipe = writeText "recipe" ''
-      (hindent
-       :repo "commercialhaskell/hindent" :fetcher github
-       :files ("elisp/*.el"))
-    '';
-    meta = {
-      description = "Indent haskell code using the \"hindent\" program";
-      license = bsd3;
-    };
-  };
-
   icicles = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/icicles { };
 
   redshank = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/redshank { };