diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/haskell.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/haskell.section.md
index e8970b2d0335..247daf8d1dbe 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/haskell.section.md
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/haskell.section.md
@@ -1076,6 +1076,9 @@ benchmark component.
 `disableLibraryProfiling drv`
 : Sets the `enableLibraryProfiling` argument to `false` for `drv`.
 
+`disableParallelBuilding drv`
+: Sets the `enableParallelBuilding` argument to `false` for `drv`.
+
 #### Library functions in the Haskell package sets {#haskell-package-set-lib-functions}
 
 Some library functions depend on packages from the Haskell package sets. Thus they are
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index fc9829b0576c..00b300a664d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -2458,9 +2458,7 @@ self: super: {
   # See: https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/17188
   #
   # Overwrite the build cores
-  raaz = overrideCabal (drv: {
-    enableParallelBuilding = false;
-  }) super.raaz;
+  raaz = disableParallelBuilding super.raaz;
 
   # https://github.com/andreymulik/sdp/issues/3
   sdp = disableLibraryProfiling super.sdp;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.10.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.10.x.nix
index 665cfecb26aa..e0ca8e9e442d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.10.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.10.x.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ with haskellLib;
 let
   inherit (pkgs) lib;
 
-  disableParallelBuilding = haskellLib.overrideCabal (drv: { enableParallelBuilding = false; });
 in
 
 self: super: {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.12.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.12.x.nix
index 98a8cb4d49b8..068e18c880ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.12.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.12.x.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 let
   inherit (pkgs) lib;
 
-  disableParallelBuilding = haskellLib.overrideCabal (drv: { enableParallelBuilding = false; });
 in
 
 self: super: {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.6.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.6.x.nix
index 90d8bc7ff034..f893846cab2d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.6.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.6.x.nix
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ let
       builtins.throw "Check if '${msg}' was resolved in ${pkg.pname} ${pkg.version} and update or remove this";
   jailbreakForCurrentVersion = p: v: checkAgainAfter p v "bad bounds" (doJailbreak p);
 
-  # Workaround for a ghc-9.6 issue: https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/23392
-  disableParallelBuilding = overrideCabal (drv: { enableParallelBuilding = false; });
 in
 
 self: super: {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.8.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.8.x.nix
index 9094f1f8e9ea..712ea1bbf578 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.8.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.8.x.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ with haskellLib;
 let
   inherit (pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform) isDarwin;
 
-  disableParallelBuilding = haskellLib.overrideCabal (drv: { enableParallelBuilding = false; });
 in
 
 self: super: {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghcjs-9.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghcjs-9.x.nix
index 044a3a8f69d8..448f04228bec 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghcjs-9.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghcjs-9.x.nix
@@ -2,12 +2,6 @@
 
 with haskellLib;
 
-let
-  disableParallelBuilding = overrideCabal (drv: {
-    enableParallelBuilding = false;
-  });
-in
-
 # cabal2nix doesn't properly add dependencies conditional on arch(javascript)
 
 (self: super: {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/lib/compose.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/lib/compose.nix
index 09de1d228d94..3661c74d499a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/lib/compose.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/lib/compose.nix
@@ -184,6 +184,13 @@ rec {
   markBrokenVersion = version: drv: assert drv.version == version; markBroken drv;
   markUnbroken = overrideCabal (drv: { broken = false; });
 
+  /* disableParallelBuilding drops the -j<n> option from the GHC
+     command line for the given package. This can be useful in rare
+     situations where parallel building of a package causes GHC to
+     fail for some reason.
+   */
+  disableParallelBuilding = overrideCabal (drv: { enableParallelBuilding = false; });
+
   enableLibraryProfiling = overrideCabal (drv: { enableLibraryProfiling = true; });
   disableLibraryProfiling = overrideCabal (drv: { enableLibraryProfiling = false; });
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/lib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/lib/default.nix
index 2bcd8f25d114..976e62afc630 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/lib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/lib/default.nix
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ rec {
   markBrokenVersion = compose.markBrokenVersion;
   markUnbroken = compose.markUnbroken;
 
+  disableParallelBuilding = compose.disableParallelBuilding;
+
   enableLibraryProfiling = compose.enableLibraryProfiling;
   disableLibraryProfiling = compose.disableLibraryProfiling;