diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/head_stage2.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/head_stage2.nix
index d4247f51b3e3..5808891d4303 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/head_stage2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/head_stage2.nix
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@
         version = "1.24.0.0";
         src = "${ghcjsBoot}/boot/cabal/Cabal";
         doCheck = false;
+        hyperlinkSource = false;
         libraryHaskellDepends = [
           array base binary bytestring containers deepseq directory filepath
           pretty process time unix