diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index cc24b84c8ea4..ce2c3143bb67 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -2944,7 +2944,7 @@ with haskellLib;
       substituteInPlace pdftotext.cabal --replace-quiet BSD3 BSD-3-Clause
     ''
     + (drv.postPatch or "");
-  }) (addExtraLibrary pkgs.pkg-config (addExtraLibrary pkgs.poppler super.pdftotext));
+  }) (super.pdftotext.override { poppler-cpp = pkgs.poppler; });
 
   # QuickCheck <2.15
   # https://github.com/google/proto-lens/issues/403