diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.10.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.10.x.nix
index dbd9340f3dd0..7ceefc098de7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.10.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.10.x.nix
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ self: super: {
   ghc-api-compat = doDistribute (unmarkBroken self.ghc-api-compat_8_10_7);
 
   # Needs to use ghc-lib due to incompatible GHC
-  ghc-tags = doDistribute (addBuildDepend self.ghc-lib self.ghc-tags_1_5);
+  ghc-tags = doDistribute self.ghc-tags_1_5;
 
   # Jailbreak to fix the build.
   base-noprelude = doJailbreak super.base-noprelude;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.0.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.0.x.nix
index 0a7cef129cc6..e074709a19e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.0.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.0.x.nix
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ self: super: {
   haskell-language-server = throw "haskell-language-server has dropped support for ghc 9.0 in version 2.4.0.0, please use a newer ghc version or an older nixpkgs version";
 
   # Needs to use ghc-lib due to incompatible GHC
-  ghc-tags = doDistribute (addBuildDepend self.ghc-lib self.ghc-tags_1_5);
+  ghc-tags = doDistribute self.ghc-tags_1_5;
 
   # ghc-lib >= 9.6 and friends no longer build with GHC 9.0
   ghc-lib-parser = doDistribute self.ghc-lib-parser_9_2_8_20230729;