diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/lib.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/lib.nix
index 9f9eba0675d..5b2ba44d86d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/lib.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/lib.nix
@@ -82,11 +82,6 @@ rec {
 
   triggerRebuild = drv: i: overrideCabal drv (drv: { postUnpack = ": trigger rebuild ${toString i}"; });
 
-  withHoogle = haskellEnv: with haskellEnv.haskellPackages;
-    import ./hoogle.nix {
-      inherit (pkgs) stdenv;
-      inherit (pkgs.stdenv) lib;
-      inherit hoogle rehoo ghc;
-      packages = haskellEnv.paths;
-    };
+  #FIXME: throw this away sometime in the future. added 2015-08-18
+  withHoogle = throw "withHoogle is no longer supported, use ghcWithHoogle instead";
 }