diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/jhc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/jhc/default.nix
index 08ac509a2456..091b81b16416 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/jhc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/jhc/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, ghc, binary, zlib, utf8String, readline, fgl,
-  regexCompat, HsSyck, random }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, ghcWithPackages }:
+
+let ghc = ghcWithPackages (hpkgs: with hpkgs; [
+            binary zlib utf8-string readline fgl regex-compat HsSyck random
+          ]);
+in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "jhc-${version}";
@@ -10,10 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0lrgg698mx6xlrqcylba9z4g1f053chrzc92ri881dmb1knf83bz";
   };
 
-  buildInputs =
-    [ perl ghc binary zlib utf8String
-      readline fgl regexCompat HsSyck random
-    ];
+  buildInputs = [ perl ghc ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "Whole-program, globally optimizing Haskell compiler";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 00b791225f85..d1b0dba83d20 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3744,8 +3744,7 @@ let
   };
 
   jhc = callPackage ../development/compilers/jhc {
-    inherit (haskellPackages_ghc763) ghc binary zlib utf8String readline fgl
-      regexCompat HsSyck random;
+    inherit (haskell.packages.ghc763) ghcWithPackages;
   };
 
   uhc = callPackage ../development/compilers/uhc/default.nix ({