diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/make-package-set.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/make-package-set.nix
index 36d0fe878970..0e0eeda26ad1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/make-package-set.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/make-package-set.nix
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ package-set { inherit pkgs lib callPackage; } self
   buildFromCabalSdist =
     pkg:
     haskellLib.overrideSrc {
-      src = self.cabalSdist { inherit (pkg) src; };
+      src = self.cabalSdist { src = pkgs.srcOnly pkg; };
       version = pkg.version;
     } pkg;