diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/wrapper.nix
index 24deb89c2ec..bcfbd49b98a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/wrapper.nix
@@ -82,6 +82,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   inherit ghc GHCGetPackages GHCPackages;
-  inherit (ghc) meta;
-  ghcVersion = ghc.version;
+  inherit (ghc) meta version;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/uhc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/uhc/default.nix
index fa66306721d..31f45086ba0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/uhc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/uhc/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # this check won't be needed anymore after ghc-wrapper is fixed
 # to show ghc-builtin packages in "ghc-pkg list" output.
-let binaryIsBuiltIn = builtins.compareVersions "7.2.1" ghc.ghcVersion != 1;
+let binaryIsBuiltIn = builtins.compareVersions "7.2.1" ghc.version != 1;
 
 in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "uhc-svn-git20120502";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ghc-mod/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ghc-mod/default.nix
index 977a15d28e0..accce6f5c86 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ghc-mod/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ghc-mod/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     #!/bin/sh
     COMMAND=\$1
     shift
-    eval exec $out/ghc-mod \$COMMAND \$( ${self.ghc.GHCGetPackages} ${self.ghc.ghcVersion} | tr " " "\n" | tail -n +2 | paste -d " " - - | sed 's/.*/-g "&"/' | tr "\n" " ") "\$@"
+    eval exec $out/ghc-mod \$COMMAND \$( ${self.ghc.GHCGetPackages} ${self.ghc.version} | tr " " "\n" | tail -n +2 | paste -d " " - - | sed 's/.*/-g "&"/' | tr "\n" " ") "\$@"
     EOF
     chmod +x $out/bin/ghc-mod
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/documentation/haddock/2.7.2.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/documentation/haddock/2.7.2.nix
index 8dd3460b6f8..fd31a96b291 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/documentation/haddock/2.7.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/documentation/haddock/2.7.2.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self : {
   doCheck = false;
 
   postInstall = ''
-   wrapProgram $out/bin/haddock --add-flags "\$(${self.ghc.GHCGetPackages} ${self.ghc.ghcVersion} \"\$(dirname \$0)\" \"--optghc=-package-conf --optghc=\")"
+   wrapProgram $out/bin/haddock --add-flags "\$(${self.ghc.GHCGetPackages} ${self.ghc.version} \"\$(dirname \$0)\" \"--optghc=-package-conf --optghc=\")"
   '';
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/documentation/haddock/2.9.2.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/documentation/haddock/2.9.2.nix
index 61e457426de..fcae14d789e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/documentation/haddock/2.9.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/documentation/haddock/2.9.2.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self : {
   doCheck = false;
 
   postInstall = ''
-   wrapProgram $out/bin/haddock --add-flags "\$(${self.ghc.GHCGetPackages} ${self.ghc.ghcVersion} \"\$(dirname \$0)\" \"--optghc=-package-conf --optghc=\")"
+   wrapProgram $out/bin/haddock --add-flags "\$(${self.ghc.GHCGetPackages} ${self.ghc.version} \"\$(dirname \$0)\" \"--optghc=-package-conf --optghc=\")"
   '';
 
   meta = {