diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index ea44ef75595f..aed21d24398a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -1854,7 +1854,6 @@ with haskellLib;
       # PATH.
       deps = [
         pkgs.git
-        pkgs.nix
         pkgs.nix-prefetch-git
       ];
     in
@@ -1868,7 +1867,9 @@ with haskellLib;
           wrapProgram "$out/bin/update-nix-fetchgit" --prefix 'PATH' ':' "${lib.makeBinPath deps}"
         '';
       }))
-      (addTestToolDepends deps)
+      # pkgs.nix is not added to the wrapper since we can resonably expect it to be installed
+      # and we don't know which implementation the eventual user prefers
+      (addTestToolDepends (deps ++ [ pkgs.nix ]))
       # Patch for hnix compat.
       (appendPatches [
         (fetchpatch {
@@ -2038,6 +2039,7 @@ with haskellLib;
   cli-git = addBuildTool pkgs.git super.cli-git;
 
   cli-nix = addBuildTools [
+    # Required due to https://github.com/obsidiansystems/cli-nix/issues/11
     pkgs.nix
     pkgs.nix-prefetch-git
   ] super.cli-nix;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
index bc19c93d21ef..b4f120e45dcb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
@@ -262,12 +262,7 @@ builtins.intersectAttrs super {
   ghc-debug-brick = enableSeparateBinOutput super.ghc-debug-brick;
   nixfmt = enableSeparateBinOutput super.nixfmt;
   calligraphy = enableSeparateBinOutput super.calligraphy;
-  niv = overrideCabal (drv: {
-    buildTools = (drv.buildTools or [ ]) ++ [ pkgs.buildPackages.makeWrapper ];
-    postInstall = ''
-      wrapProgram ''${!outputBin}/bin/niv --prefix PATH : ${pkgs.lib.makeBinPath [ pkgs.nix ]}
-    '';
-  }) (enableSeparateBinOutput (self.generateOptparseApplicativeCompletions [ "niv" ] super.niv));
+  niv = enableSeparateBinOutput (self.generateOptparseApplicativeCompletions [ "niv" ] super.niv);
   ghcid = enableSeparateBinOutput super.ghcid;
   ormolu = self.generateOptparseApplicativeCompletions [ "ormolu" ] (
     enableSeparateBinOutput super.ormolu
@@ -1596,7 +1591,6 @@ builtins.intersectAttrs super {
           wrapProgram "$out/bin/nvfetcher" --prefix 'PATH' ':' "${
             pkgs.lib.makeBinPath [
               pkgs.nvchecker
-              pkgs.nix # nix-prefetch-url
               pkgs.nix-prefetch-git
               pkgs.nix-prefetch-docker
             ]
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a33d745bd105..6e6dd6fff9b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1687,7 +1687,6 @@ with pkgs;
       wrapProgram $out/bin/cabal2nix \
         --prefix PATH ":" "${
           lib.makeBinPath [
-            nix
             nix-prefetch-scripts
           ]
         }"