diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
index 1f5d97941ce5..d39e1bacd71d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ let
   ] ++ optionals (enableDeadCodeElimination && (stdenv.lib.versionOlder "8.0.1" ghc.version)) [
      "--ghc-option=-split-sections"
   ] ++ optionals isGhcjs [
-    "--with-hsc2hs=${nativeGhc}/bin/hsc2hs"
     "--ghcjs"
   ] ++ optionals isCross ([
     "--configure-option=--host=${ghc.cross.config}"
@@ -150,6 +149,8 @@ let
                      buildTools ++ libraryToolDepends ++ executableToolDepends ++
                      optionals (allPkgconfigDepends != []) ([pkgconfig] ++ allPkgconfigDepends) ++
                      optionals doCheck (testDepends ++ testHaskellDepends ++ testSystemDepends ++ testToolDepends) ++
+                     # ghcjs's hsc2hs calls out to the native hsc2hs
+                     optional isGhcjs nativeGhc ++
                      optionals withBenchmarkDepends (benchmarkDepends ++ benchmarkHaskellDepends ++ benchmarkSystemDepends ++ benchmarkToolDepends);
   allBuildInputs = propagatedBuildInputs ++ otherBuildInputs;