diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
index 45299e013696..3f45a795586c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
       buildInputs = systemBuildInputs;
       nativeBuildInputs = [ ghcEnv ] ++ nativeBuildInputs;
       LANG = "en_US.UTF-8";
-      LOCALE_ARCHIVE = optionalString stdenv.isLinux "${glibcLocales}/lib/locale/locale-archive";
+      LOCALE_ARCHIVE = optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform.libc == "glibc") "${glibcLocales}/lib/locale/locale-archive";
       shellHook = ''
         export NIX_${ghcCommandCaps}="${ghcEnv}/bin/${ghcCommand}"
         export NIX_${ghcCommandCaps}PKG="${ghcEnv}/bin/${ghcCommand}-pkg"
@@ -435,5 +435,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 // optionalAttrs (postFixup != "")      { inherit postFixup; }
 // optionalAttrs (dontStrip)            { inherit dontStrip; }
 // optionalAttrs (hardeningDisable != []) { inherit hardeningDisable; }
-// optionalAttrs (buildPlatform.isLinux){ LOCALE_ARCHIVE = "${glibcLocales}/lib/locale/locale-archive"; }
+// optionalAttrs (buildPlatform.libc == "glibc"){ LOCALE_ARCHIVE = "${glibcLocales}/lib/locale/locale-archive"; }
 )