diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
index 87d3b5ae496c..bf16e534f3e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ in
 , doBenchmark ? false
 , doHoogle ? true
 , editedCabalFile ? null
-, enableLibraryProfiling ? true
+, enableLibraryProfiling ? !(ghc.isGhcjs or false)
 , enableExecutableProfiling ? false
 , profilingDetail ? "exported-functions"
 # TODO enable shared libs for cross-compiling