diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index ea10343be091..6866f4fd661a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ self: super: {
   hslua = super.hslua.override { lua = pkgs.lua5_1; };
 
   # Use the default version of mysql to build this package (which is actually mariadb).
-  mysql = super.mysql.override { inherit (pkgs) mysql; };
+  mysql = super.mysql.override { mysql = pkgs.mysql.lib; };
 
   # Please also remove optparse-applicative special case from
   # cabal2nix/hackage2nix.hs when removing the following.