diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 3ee452e4845e..abf477189f07 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -63,20 +63,20 @@ self: super: {
 
   # The Hackage tarball is purposefully broken, because it's not intended to be, like, useful.
   # https://git-annex.branchable.com/bugs/bash_completion_file_is_missing_in_the_6.20160527_tarball_on_hackage/
-  git-annex = (((overrideCabal super.git-annex (drv: {
+  git-annex = (overrideCabal (super.git-annex.overrideScope (self: super: {
+      optparse-applicative = self.optparse-applicative_0_14_0_0;
+    })) (drv: {
     src = pkgs.fetchgit {
       name = "git-annex-${drv.version}-src";
       url = "git://git-annex.branchable.com/";
       rev = "refs/tags/" + drv.version;
       sha256 = "1psyklfyjf4zqh3qxjn11sp2jiwvp8mfxqvsi1wggqpidfmk39jx";
     };
-  }))).override {
+  })).override {
     dbus = if pkgs.stdenv.isLinux then self.dbus else null;
     fdo-notify = if pkgs.stdenv.isLinux then self.fdo-notify else null;
     hinotify = if pkgs.stdenv.isLinux then self.hinotify else self.fsnotify;
-  }).overrideScope (self: super: {
-    optparse-applicative = self.optparse-applicative_0_14_0_0;
-  });
+  };
 
   # https://github.com/froozen/kademlia/issues/2
   kademlia = dontCheck super.kademlia;