diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 97407ee29526..69d88939f34e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -20893,6 +20893,23 @@ with pkgs;
 
   sphinx = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication sphinx;
 
+  # A variation of sphinx that is only suitable for offline use as it excludes
+  # pyopenssl, which is broken on aarch64-darwin.
+  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/175875
+  sphinx_offline =
+    if !(stdenv.buildPlatform.isDarwin && stdenv.buildPlatform.isAarch64)
+    then sphinx
+    else
+      sphinx.override (o: {
+        requests = pkgsBuildTarget.python3Packages.requests.override (o: {
+          urllib3 = pkgsBuildTarget.python3Packages.urllib3.overrideAttrs (o: {
+            # urllib3 adds the optional pyopenssl to propagatedBuildInputs
+            # pkgs/development/python-modules/urllib3/default.nix
+            propagatedBuildInputs = [];
+          });
+        });
+      });
+
   sphinx-autobuild = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication sphinx-autobuild;
 
   sphinx-serve = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication sphinx-serve;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 68a323099569..54a050be73f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ let
   # Use this rather than `rec { ... }` below for sake of overlays.
   inherit (pkgs.haskell) compiler packages;
 
+  sphinx = buildPackages.sphinx_offline;
+
 in {
   lib = haskellLibUncomposable;
 
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ in {
           packages.ghc8102Binary
         else
           packages.ghc865Binary;
-      inherit (buildPackages.python3Packages) sphinx;
+      inherit sphinx;
       buildTargetLlvmPackages = pkgsBuildTarget.llvmPackages_7;
       llvmPackages = pkgs.llvmPackages_7;
     };
@@ -110,7 +112,7 @@ in {
           packages.ghc8107BinaryMinimal
         else
           packages.ghc8107Binary;
-      inherit (buildPackages.python3Packages) sphinx;
+      inherit sphinx;
       # Need to use apple's patched xattr until
       # https://github.com/xattr/xattr/issues/44 and
       # https://github.com/xattr/xattr/issues/55 are solved.
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ in {
           packages.ghc8107BinaryMinimal
         else
           packages.ghc8107Binary;
-      inherit (buildPackages.python3Packages) sphinx;
+      inherit sphinx;
       inherit (buildPackages.darwin) autoSignDarwinBinariesHook xattr;
       buildTargetLlvmPackages = pkgsBuildTarget.llvmPackages_12;
       llvmPackages = pkgs.llvmPackages_12;
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ in {
           packages.ghc8107BinaryMinimal
         else
           packages.ghc8107Binary;
-      inherit (buildPackages.python3Packages) sphinx;
+      inherit sphinx;
       # Need to use apple's patched xattr until
       # https://github.com/xattr/xattr/issues/44 and
       # https://github.com/xattr/xattr/issues/55 are solved.
@@ -148,7 +150,7 @@ in {
     };
     ghcHEAD = callPackage ../development/compilers/ghc/head.nix {
       bootPkgs = packages.ghc8107Binary;
-      inherit (buildPackages.python3Packages) sphinx;
+      inherit sphinx;
       # Need to use apple's patched xattr until
       # https://github.com/xattr/xattr/issues/44 and
       # https://github.com/xattr/xattr/issues/55 are solved.