diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/hasktags/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/hasktags/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a9cb8cef14bf..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/hasktags/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-args:
-args.stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "hasktags-modified";
-
-  src = args.fetchurl {
-    url = http://mawercer.de/hasktags.hs;
-    sha256 = "1dpf91s8k5gnykdhp6y94gimbh7z58156f5d8y918wxmj08gbb8g";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs =(with args; [ghc]);
-
-  phases = "buildPhase";
-
-  # calling it hasktags-modified to not clash with the one distributed with ghc
-  buildPhase = "
-    ensureDir \$out/bin
-    ghc --make \$src -o \$out/bin/hasktags-modified
-  ";
-
-  meta = { 
-      # this can be removed again when somone comitts my changes into the distribution
-      description = "Marc's modified hasktags";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/ghc68executables/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/ghc68executables/default.nix
index 52b28f3ba2cd..d2d53344d8ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/ghc68executables/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/ghc68executables/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,28 @@ executables = lib.mapAttrs ( name_dummy : a : ghcCabalExecutableFun (a // { libs
     inherit (args) lib pkgs;
     inherit bleedingEdgeRepos;
   };
+
+  hasktags = {
+    # calling it hasktags-modified to not clash with the one distributed with ghc
+    name = "hasktags-modified";
+    src = args.fetchurl {
+      url = http://mawercer.de/~nix/hasktags.hs;
+      sha256 = "9d1be56133f468f5a2302d8531742eba710ad89d5a271308453b44cc9f47e94a";
+    };
+    libsFun = x : [x.base x.directory x.haskell98 x.mtl];
+    pass = {
+      phases = "buildPhase";
+      buildPhase = "
+        ensureDir \$out/bin; cp $src hasktags.hs
+        ghc --make hasktags.hs -o \$out/bin/hasktags-modified
+      ";
+    };
+    meta = {
+        # this package can be removed again when somone comitts my changes into the distribution
+        description = "Marc's modified hasktags";
+    };
+  };
+
   happy = {
     name = "happy-1.17";
     libsFun = x : [x.base x.directory x.haskell98 x.mtl];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b3c011ff6fe1..9e5e1b824432 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1457,7 +1457,8 @@ let pkgs = rec {
     assert builtins ? listToAttrs;
     recurseIntoAttrs (import ../development/compilers/ghcs {
       inherit ghcboot fetchurl stdenv recurseIntoAttrs perl gnum4 gmp readline lib;
-      inherit ghcPkgUtil hasktags ctags autoconf automake getConfig;
+      inherit ghcPkgUtil ctags autoconf automake getConfig;
+      inherit (ghc68executables) hasktags;
       inherit (bleedingEdgeRepos) sourceByName;
 
       # needed for install darcs ghc version
@@ -2254,11 +2255,6 @@ let pkgs = rec {
     inherit cabal perl;
   };
 
-  hasktags = import ../development/tools/misc/hasktags {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
-    ghc = ghcsAndLibs.ghc68.ghc;
-  };
-
   help2man = import ../development/tools/misc/help2man {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv perl gettext perlLocaleGettext;
   };
@@ -7398,7 +7394,8 @@ let pkgs = rec {
   };
 
   sourceAndTags = import ../misc/source-and-tags {
-    inherit pkgs stdenv unzip lib ctags hasktags;
+    inherit pkgs stdenv unzip lib ctags;
+    inherit (ghc68executables) hasktags;
   };
 
   synaptics = import ../misc/synaptics {