diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 387983003af3..b7419a1ff403 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -1049,6 +1049,12 @@ self: super: {
   # Work around overspecified constraint on github ==0.18.
   github-backup = doJailbreak super.github-backup;
 
+  # Work around large number of repeated arguments
+  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/40013
+  taffybar = super.taffybar.overrideDerivation (drv: {
+    strictDeps = true;
+  });
+
 }
 
 //