diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/MonadCatchIO-transformers/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/MonadCatchIO-transformers/default.nix
index 5aef95f246e2..8b32bbbdf657 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/MonadCatchIO-transformers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/MonadCatchIO-transformers/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{cabal, transformers, extensibleExceptions} :
+{cabal, transformers} :
 
 cabal.mkDerivation (self : {
   pname = "MonadCatchIO-transformers";