diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/lens/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/lens/default.nix
index 4531603214e0..8bc221f14933 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/lens/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/lens/default.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     transformers unorderedContainers vector
   ];
   doCheck = false;
+  patchPhase = ''
+    sed -i -e 's|generic-deriving.*,|generic-deriving,|' lens.cabal
+  '';
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://github.com/ekmett/lens/";
     description = "Lenses, Folds and Traversals";