diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/common-hadrian.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/common-hadrian.nix
index 6449ec17eb0a..4e60657ffa84 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/common-hadrian.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/common-hadrian.nix
@@ -22,14 +22,12 @@
 
   # build-tools
   bootPkgs,
-  autoconf,
-  automake,
+  autoreconfHook,
   coreutils,
   fetchurl,
   fetchgit,
   perl,
   python3,
-  m4,
   sphinx,
   xattr,
   autoSignDarwinBinariesHook,
@@ -614,15 +612,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (
 
     nativeBuildInputs =
       [
+        autoreconfHook
         perl
         hadrian
         bootPkgs.alex
         bootPkgs.happy
         bootPkgs.hscolour
-        # autoconf and friends are necessary for hadrian to create the bindist
-        autoconf
-        automake
-        m4
         # Python is used in a few scripts invoked by hadrian to generate e.g. rts headers.
         python3
         # Tool used to update GHC's settings file in postInstall