diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index adb46777001..d05769b10e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 
 { pkgs, newScope, ghc, prefFun, modifyPrio ? (x : x)
 , enableLibraryProfiling ? false
-, enableSharedLibraries ? true
+, enableSharedLibraries ? false
 , enableSharedExecutables ? false
 , enableCheckPhase ? pkgs.stdenv.lib.versionOlder "7.4" ghc.version
 }: