diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/X11/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/X11/default.nix
index f8eef4dcb366..9d01b2fdd863 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/X11/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/X11/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-{cabal, syb, libX11, xineramaSupport ? true, libXinerama ? null, libXext ? null}:
+{ cabal, libX11, libXext, libXinerama, syb }:
 
-assert xineramaSupport -> (libXinerama != null && libXext != null);
-
-cabal.mkDerivation (self : {
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   pname = "X11";
   version = "1.5.0.0";
   sha256 = "653ff8aa4053574a36dbb1729459df6e5a1a87a223bc3eeced8e40c6e3a5406f";
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [libX11 syb] ++ (if xineramaSupport then [libXinerama libXext] else []);
+  buildDepends = [ syb ];
+  extraLibraries = [ libX11 libXext libXinerama ];
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://code.haskell.org/X11";
     description = "A binding to the X11 graphics library";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 7c217b97fae4..b3cb53f34df8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -1283,10 +1283,7 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   wxdirect = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/wxHaskell/wxdirect.nix {};
 
-  X11 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/X11 {
-    inherit (pkgs.xlibs) libX11 libXinerama libXext;
-    xineramaSupport = true;
-  };
+  X11 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/X11 {};
 
   X11Xft = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/X11-xft {
     inherit (pkgs) pkgconfig freetype fontconfig;