diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/codec-image-devil/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/codec-image-devil/default.nix
index fc8631f07a6e..1ee26a80d0b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/codec-image-devil/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/codec-image-devil/default.nix
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   pname = "Codec-Image-DevIL";
   version = "0.2.3";
   sha256 = "1kv3hns9f0bhfb723nj9szyz3zfqpvy02azzsiymzjz4ajhqmrsz";
-  buildDepends = [ libdevil ];
+  extraLibraries = [ libdevil ];
   meta = {
-    homepage = "http://hackage.haskell.org/package/Codec-Image-DevIL";
-    description = "Simple FFI interface to the DevIL image library";
+    description = "An FFI interface to the DevIL library";
     license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
     platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
   };