diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
index a221ce38c8a2..e135374511fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ in
 , profilingDetail ? "exported-functions"
 # TODO enable shared libs for cross-compiling
 , enableSharedExecutables ? false
-, enableSharedLibraries ? (ghc.enableShared or false)
+, enableSharedLibraries ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic && (ghc.enableShared or false)
 , enableDeadCodeElimination ? (!stdenv.isDarwin)  # TODO: use -dead_strip for darwin
 , enableStaticLibraries ? !(stdenv.hostPlatform.isWindows or stdenv.hostPlatform.isWasm)
 , enableHsc2hsViaAsm ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isWindows && stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast ghc.version "8.4"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/static.nix b/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
index 48e4618762a6..b3fe7bf8c94f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
@@ -50,15 +50,6 @@ self: super: let
     # ++ optional (super.stdenv.hostPlatform.libc == "glibc") ((flip overrideInStdenv) [ self.stdenv.glibc.static ])
   ;
 
-  # Force everything to link statically.
-  haskellStaticAdapter = self: super: {
-    mkDerivation = attrs: super.mkDerivation (attrs // {
-      enableSharedLibraries = false;
-      enableSharedExecutables = false;
-      enableStaticLibraries = true;
-    });
-  };
-
   removeUnknownConfigureFlags = f: with self.lib;
     remove "--disable-shared"
     (remove "--enable-static" f);
@@ -102,12 +93,6 @@ in {
   clangStdenv = foldl (flip id) super.clangStdenv staticAdapters;
   libcxxStdenv = foldl (flip id) super.libcxxStdenv staticAdapters;
 
-  haskell = super.haskell // {
-    packageOverrides = composeExtensions
-      (super.haskell.packageOverrides or (_: _: {}))
-      haskellStaticAdapter;
-  };
-
   zlib = super.zlib.override {
     # Don’t use new stdenv zlib because
     # it doesn’t like the --disable-shared flag