1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 073643bccb88..887c4d21cf85 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -779,8 +779,9 @@ self: super: {
     # Statically linked Haskell libraries make the tool start-up much faster,
     # which is important for use in Emacs.
     enableSharedExecutables = false;
-    # Byte-compile elisp code for Emacs.
-    executableToolDepends = drv.executableToolDepends or [] ++ [pkgs.emacs];
+    # Make elisp files available at a location where people expect it. We
+    # cannot easily byte-compile these files, unfortunately, because they
+    # depend on a new version of haskell-mode that we don't have yet.
     postInstall = ''
       local lispdir=( "$out/share/"*"-${self.ghc.name}/${drv.pname}-"*"/elisp" )
       mkdir -p $out/share/emacs