diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/lib.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/lib.nix
index 6155e158e9de..f4ebe549c502 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/lib.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/lib.nix
@@ -245,12 +245,13 @@ rec {
      on hackage. This can be used as a test for the source distribution,
      assuming the build fails when packaging mistakes are in the cabal file.
    */
-  buildFromSdist = pkg: lib.overrideDerivation pkg (drv: {
-    unpackPhase = let src = sdistTarball pkg; tarname = "${pkg.pname}-${pkg.version}"; in ''
-      echo "Source tarball is at ${src}/${tarname}.tar.gz"
-      tar xf ${src}/${tarname}.tar.gz
-      cd ${pkg.pname}-*
-    '';
+  buildFromSdist = pkg: overrideCabal pkg (drv: {
+    src = "${sdistTarball pkg}/${pkg.pname}-${pkg.version}.tar.gz";
+
+    # Revising and jailbreaking the cabal file has been handled in sdistTarball
+    revision = null;
+    editedCabalFile = null;
+    jailbreak = false;
   });
 
   /* Build the package in a strict way to uncover potential problems.