diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix b/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix
index ce3dfc83e18e..d8b4ae5dd97f 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, stdenvNoCC, lndir, runtimeShell, shellcheck }:
+{ lib, stdenv, stdenvNoCC, lndir, runtimeShell, shellcheck, haskell }:
 
 let
   inherit (lib)
@@ -341,7 +341,9 @@ rec {
         if checkPhase == null then ''
           runHook preCheck
           ${stdenv.shellDryRun} "$target"
-          ${lib.getExe shellcheck} "$target"
+          # use shellcheck which does not include docs
+          # pandoc takes long to build and documentation isn't needed for in nixpkgs usage
+          ${lib.getExe (haskell.lib.compose.justStaticExecutables shellcheck.unwrapped)} "$target"
           runHook postCheck
         ''
         else checkPhase;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/stage.nix b/pkgs/top-level/stage.nix
index 2b503bce7c04..b796b26307e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/stage.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/stage.nix
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ let
   trivialBuilders = self: super:
     import ../build-support/trivial-builders.nix {
       inherit lib;
-      inherit (self) runtimeShell stdenv stdenvNoCC;
+      inherit (self) runtimeShell stdenv stdenvNoCC haskell;
       inherit (self.pkgsBuildHost) shellcheck;
       inherit (self.pkgsBuildHost.xorg) lndir;
     };