diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
index de37a8e9244..14a8a628b58 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@ assert enableSplitObjs == null;
 let
 
   inherit (stdenv.lib) optional optionals optionalString versionOlder versionAtLeast
-                       concatStringsSep enableFeature optionalAttrs toUpper
-                       filter makeLibraryPath;
+                       concatStringsSep enableFeature optionalAttrs toUpper;
 
   isGhcjs = ghc.isGhcjs or false;
   isHaLVM = ghc.isHaLVM or false;
@@ -392,9 +391,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
         export NIX_${ghcCommandCaps}PKG="${ghcEnv}/bin/${ghcCommand}-pkg"
         # TODO: is this still valid?
         export NIX_${ghcCommandCaps}_DOCDIR="${ghcEnv}/share/doc/ghc/html"
-        export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:}${
-          makeLibraryPath (filter (x: !isNull x) systemBuildInputs)
-        }"
         ${if isHaLVM
             then ''export NIX_${ghcCommandCaps}_LIBDIR="${ghcEnv}/lib/HaLVM-${ghc.version}"''
             else ''export NIX_${ghcCommandCaps}_LIBDIR="${ghcEnv}/lib/${ghcCommand}-${ghc.version}"''}