1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/make-package-set.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/make-package-set.nix
index 5a2f7fb89f0d..b91d73c9748c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/make-package-set.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/make-package-set.nix
@@ -146,7 +146,9 @@ in package-set { inherit pkgs stdenv callPackage; } self // {
       overrideCabal (self.callPackage (haskellSrc2nix {
         inherit name;
         src = pkgs.lib.cleanSourceWith
-          { inherit src;
+          { src = if pkgs.lib.canCleanSource src
+                    then src
+                    else pkgs.safeDiscardStringContext src;
             filter = path: type:
               pkgs.lib.hasSuffix "${name}.cabal" path ||
               pkgs.lib.hasSuffix "package.yaml" path;