diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix b/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix
index e0d56172d99b..0312b70e9255 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ let
       gcc34
       gcc43
       gdb
-      ghc
       ghostscript
       gimp
       git
@@ -106,7 +105,6 @@ let
       kvm
       less
       lftp
-      lhs2tex
       libtool
       libxml2
       libxslt
@@ -202,7 +200,6 @@ let
       w3m
       wget
       wirelesstools
-      wxHaskell
       x11_ssh_askpass
       xchm
       xfig
@@ -385,7 +382,6 @@ let
       autoconf
       automake110x
       automake19x
-      ghc
       libtool
       libxml2
       libxslt