diff --git a/pkgs/data/misc/hackage/default.nix b/pkgs/data/misc/hackage/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..812362d6b30c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/misc/hackage/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{ fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+# Use builtins.fetchTarball "https://github.com/commercialhaskell/all-cabal-hashes/archive/hackage.tar.gz"
+# instead if you want the latest Hackage automatically at the price of frequent re-downloads.
+
+fetchFromGitHub {
+  owner = "commercialhaskell";
+  repo = "all-cabal-hashes";
+  rev = "ee101d34ff8bd59897aa2eb0a124bcd3fb47ceec";
+  sha256 = "1hky0s2c1rv1srfnhbyi3ny14rnfnnp2j9fsr4ylz76xyxgjf5wm";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/default.nix
index 9020f1ee4671..0c72173d2d0a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ pkgs, stdenv, ghc
+{ pkgs, stdenv, ghc, all-cabal-hashes
 , compilerConfig ? (self: super: {})
 , packageSetConfig ? (self: super: {})
 , overrides ? (self: super: {})
@@ -6,14 +6,6 @@
 
 let
 
-  allCabalFiles = stdenv.mkDerivation {
-    name = "all-cabal-hashes-0";
-    buildCommand = ''
-      mkdir -p $out
-      tar -C $out --strip-components=1 -x -f ${builtins.fetchurl "https://github.com/commercialhaskell/all-cabal-hashes/archive/hackage.tar.gz"}
-    '';
-  };
-
   inherit (stdenv.lib) fix' extends;
 
   haskellPackages = self:
@@ -69,8 +61,8 @@ let
         installPhase = ''
           export HOME="$TMP"
           mkdir $out
-          hash=$(sed -e 's/.*"SHA256":"//' -e 's/".*$//' ${allCabalFiles}/${name}/${version}/${name}.json)
-          cabal2nix --compiler=${self.ghc.name} --system=${stdenv.system} --sha256=$hash ${allCabalFiles}/${name}/${version}/${name}.cabal >$out/default.nix
+          hash=$(sed -e 's/.*"SHA256":"//' -e 's/".*$//' ${all-cabal-hashes}/${name}/${version}/${name}.json)
+          cabal2nix --compiler=${self.ghc.name} --system=${stdenv.system} --sha256=$hash ${all-cabal-hashes}/${name}/${version}/${name}.cabal >$out/default.nix
         '';
       };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9a4614b6e5c6..1bd3e6d63f47 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4821,6 +4821,8 @@ in
     postFixup = "rm -rf $out/lib $out/nix-support $out/share/doc";
   });
 
+  all-cabal-hashes = callPackage ../data/misc/hackage/default.nix { };
+
   inherit (ocamlPackages) haxe;
 
   hxcpp = callPackage ../development/compilers/haxe/hxcpp.nix { };