diff --git a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/default.nix
index 8e0db062e3d7..686fedb24d6d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/default.nix
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ makeScopeWithSplicing' {
         mixAppConfigPatchHook
         mixBuildDirHook
         mixCompileHook
+        mixDepsCompileHook
         mixEscriptSetupHook
         mixFodDepsSetupHook
         mixNixDepsSetupHook
diff --git a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/default.nix b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/default.nix
index 335a181ebba7..495b9532cc5a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/default.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@
     meta.license = lib.licenses.mit;
   } ./mix-compile-hook.sh;
 
+  mixDepsCompileHook = makeSetupHook {
+    name = "mix-deps-compile-hook.sh";
+    meta.license = lib.licenses.mit;
+  } ./mix-deps-compile-hook.sh;
+
   mixEscriptSetupHook = makeSetupHook {
     name = "mix-escript-setup-hook.sh";
     meta.license = lib.licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/mix-deps-compile-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/mix-deps-compile-hook.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..cd6473eb6702
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/mix-deps-compile-hook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+#
+# This is needed for projects that have a specific compile step
+# the dependency needs to be compiled in order for the task
+# to be available.
+#
+# Phoenix projects for example will need compile.phoenix.
+
+mixDepsCompileHook() {
+  echo "Executing mixDepsCompileHook"
+
+  mix deps.compile --no-deps-check --skip-umbrella-children
+
+  echo "Finished mixDepsCompileHook"
+}
+
+postConfigureHooks+=(mixDepsCompileHook)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/mix-release.nix b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/mix-release.nix
index 1d14209fd469..2d3b21642878 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/mix-release.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/mix-release.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
   gawk,
   mixBuildDirHook,
   mixCompileHook,
+  mixDepsCompileHook,
   mixEscriptSetupHook,
   mixFodDepsSetupHook,
   mixNixDepsSetupHook,
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ lib.extendMkDerivation {
 
             mixBuildDirHook
             mixCompileHook
+            mixDepsCompileHook
           ]
         ++ lib.optionals (escriptBinName != null) [ mixEscriptSetupHook ]
         ++ lib.optionals (escriptBinName == null) [ mixReleaseSetupHook ]
@@ -165,20 +167,6 @@ lib.extendMkDerivation {
       }
       // (attrs.env or { });
 
-      configurePhase =
-        attrs.configurePhase or ''
-          runHook preConfigure
-
-          # This is needed for projects that have a specific compile step
-          # the dependency needs to be compiled in order for the task
-          # to be available.
-          #
-          # Phoenix projects for example will need compile.phoenix.
-          mix deps.compile --no-deps-check --skip-umbrella-children
-
-          runHook postConfigure
-        '';
-
       postFixup = ''
         echo "removing files for Microsoft Windows"
         rm -f "$out"/bin/*.bat