diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
index edec2724d84d..d55c230dcc85 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
@@ -492,11 +492,8 @@ self: super: builtins.intersectAttrs super {
   liquid-fixpoint = disableSharedExecutables super.liquid-fixpoint;
   liquidhaskell = dontCheck (disableSharedExecutables super.liquidhaskell);
 
-  # Haskell OpenCV bindings need contrib code enabled in the C++ library.
-  opencv = super.opencv.override { opencv3 = pkgs.opencv3.override { enableContrib = true; }; };
-
   # Without this override, the builds lacks pkg-config.
-  opencv-extra = addPkgconfigDepend super.opencv-extra (pkgs.opencv3.override { enableContrib = true; });
+  opencv-extra = addPkgconfigDepend super.opencv-extra pkgs.opencv3;
 
   # Break cyclic reference that results in an infinite recursion.
   partial-semigroup = dontCheck super.partial-semigroup;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/3.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/3.x.nix
index 51be387d75cb..ff3ac3b03635 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/3.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/3.x.nix
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@
 , enableJPEG2K    ? true, jasper
 , enableEigen     ? true, eigen
 , enableOpenblas  ? true, openblas
+, enableContrib   ? true
 
 , enableCuda      ? (config.cudaSupport or false), cudatoolkit
 
 , enableUnfree    ? false
 , enableIpp       ? false
-, enableContrib   ? false
 , enablePython    ? false, pythonPackages
 , enableGtk2      ? false, gtk2
 , enableGtk3      ? false, gtk3
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1599c517c7f0..83c445cad750 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18577,7 +18577,6 @@ with pkgs;
   digikam = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/graphics/digikam {
     inherit (plasma5) oxygen;
     inherit (kdeApplications) kcalcore;
-    opencv3 = opencv3.override { enableContrib = true; };
   };
 
   displaycal = (newScope pythonPackages) ../applications/graphics/displaycal {};