diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.2.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.2.nix
index 7c13db74c4c8..2e500db536c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.2.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 
 , libiconv ? null, ncurses
 
-, enableDwarf ? !stdenv.isDarwin, elfutils # for DWARF support
+, enableDwarf ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isDarwin &&
+                !stdenv.targetPlatform.isWindows, elfutils # for DWARF support
 
 , useLLVM ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isx86 || (stdenv.targetPlatform.isMusl && stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.targetPlatform)
 , # LLVM is conceptually a run-time-only depedendency, but for
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.4.4.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.4.4.nix
index 30353771ea63..2fbdff865ed6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.4.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.4.4.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 
 , libiconv ? null, ncurses
 
-, enableDwarf ? !stdenv.isDarwin, elfutils # for DWARF support
+, enableDwarf ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isDarwin &&
+                !stdenv.targetPlatform.isWindows, elfutils # for DWARF support
 
 , useLLVM ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isx86 || (stdenv.targetPlatform.isMusl && stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.targetPlatform)
 , # LLVM is conceptually a run-time-only depedendency, but for
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.4.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.4.nix
index 7b6769df682a..151e80198f43 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.4.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 
 , libiconv ? null, ncurses
 
-, enableDwarf ? !stdenv.isDarwin, elfutils # for DWARF support
+, enableDwarf ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isDarwin &&
+                !stdenv.targetPlatform.isWindows, elfutils # for DWARF support
 
 , # GHC can be built with system libffi or a bundled one.
   libffi ? null
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.5.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.5.nix
index acc97f93c630..0a218c29264e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.6.5.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 
 , libiconv ? null, ncurses
 
-, enableDwarf ? !stdenv.isDarwin, elfutils # for DWARF support
+, enableDwarf ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isDarwin &&
+                !stdenv.targetPlatform.isWindows, elfutils # for DWARF support
 
 , # GHC can be built with system libffi or a bundled one.
   libffi ? null
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.8.1.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.8.1.nix
index c80ccf72817f..3783b97795ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.8.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.8.1.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 
 , libiconv ? null, ncurses
 
-, enableDwarf ? !stdenv.isDarwin, elfutils # for DWARF support
+, enableDwarf ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isDarwin &&
+                !stdenv.targetPlatform.isWindows, elfutils # for DWARF support
 
 , # GHC can be built with system libffi or a bundled one.
   libffi ? null
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
index 240b55deb682..cbc404de862b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 
 , libiconv ? null, ncurses
 
-, enableDwarf ? !stdenv.isDarwin, elfutils # for DWARF support
+, enableDwarf ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isDarwin &&
+                !stdenv.targetPlatform.isWindows, elfutils # for DWARF support
 
 , useLLVM ? !stdenv.targetPlatform.isx86
 , # LLVM is conceptually a run-time-only depedendency, but for