diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b3df755dc93..d333251dd4d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ in
 
   cue2pops = callPackage ../tools/cd-dvd/cue2pops { };
 
-  cabal2nix = haskell.lib.overrideCabal (haskell.lib.generateOptparseApplicativeCompletion "cabal2nix" haskellPackages.cabal2nix) (drv: {
+  cabal2nix = haskell.lib.overrideCabal (haskell.lib.generateOptparseApplicativeCompletion "cabal2nix" haskell.packages.ghc881.cabal2nix) (drv: {
     isLibrary = false;
     enableSharedExecutables = false;
     executableToolDepends = (drv.executableToolDepends or []) ++ [ makeWrapper ];