diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0907b9121b65a..0f58b6d76629e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5155,10 +5155,10 @@ with pkgs;
 
   # Haskell and GHC
 
-  haskell = callPackage ./haskell-packages.nix { };
+  haskell = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ./haskell-packages.nix { });
 
   haskellPackages =
-    dontRecurseIntoAttrs
+    recurseIntoAttrs
       # Prefer native-bignum to avoid linking issues with gmp
       # GHC 9.6 rts can't be built statically with hadrian, so we need to use 9.4
       # until 9.8 is ready
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index e990d8753f55b..6504271d512b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ in
   # `name: pkgs: pkgs.haskell.packages.${name}.ghc == pkgs.buildPackages.haskell.compiler.${name}.ghc`.
   # This isn't problematic since pkgsBuildBuild.buildPackages is also build->build,
   # just something to keep in mind.
-  compiler =
+  compiler = pkgs.lib.recurseIntoAttrs (
     let
       bb = pkgsBuildBuild.haskell;
     in
@@ -496,7 +496,8 @@ in
             name: compiler.${name}.override { enableNativeBignum = true; }
           )
         );
-    };
+    }
+  );
 
   # Default overrides that are applied to all package sets.
   packageOverrides = self: super: { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/packages-config.nix b/pkgs/top-level/packages-config.nix
index bb65f5ecdc2f5..67fa5a2ec73b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/packages-config.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/packages-config.nix
@@ -13,19 +13,11 @@
       inherit (super)
         fusePackages
         gns3Packages
-        haskellPackages
         platformioPackages
         rPackages
         sourceHanPackages
         ;
 
-      # Make sure haskell.compiler is included, so alternative GHC versions show up,
-      # but don't add haskell.packages.* since they contain the same packages (at
-      # least by name) as haskellPackages.
-      haskell = super.haskell // {
-        compiler = recurseIntoAttrs super.haskell.compiler;
-      };
-
       # emacsPackages is an alias for emacs.pkgs
       # Re-introduce emacsPackages here so that emacs.pkgs can be searched.
       emacsPackages = emacs.pkgs;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
index f087876479c84..f2fb056ab1ca2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
@@ -359,27 +359,27 @@ let
         if attrNamesOnly then id else release-lib.getPlatforms
       );
       packageJobs = packagePlatforms pkgs // {
-        haskell.compiler = packagePlatforms pkgs.haskell.compiler;
-        haskellPackages = packagePlatforms pkgs.haskellPackages;
         # Build selected packages (HLS) for multiple Haskell compilers to rebuild
         # the cache after a staging merge
-        haskell.packages =
-          genAttrs
-            [
-              # TODO: share this list between release.nix and release-haskell.nix
-              "ghc90"
-              "ghc92"
-              "ghc94"
-              "ghc96"
-              "ghc98"
-              "ghc910"
-              "ghc912"
-            ]
-            (compilerName: {
-              inherit (packagePlatforms pkgs.haskell.packages.${compilerName})
-                haskell-language-server
-                ;
-            });
+        haskell = packagePlatforms pkgs.haskell // {
+          packages =
+            genAttrs
+              [
+                # TODO: share this list between release.nix and release-haskell.nix
+                "ghc90"
+                "ghc92"
+                "ghc94"
+                "ghc96"
+                "ghc98"
+                "ghc910"
+                "ghc912"
+              ]
+              (compilerName: {
+                inherit (packagePlatforms pkgs.haskell.packages.${compilerName})
+                  haskell-language-server
+                  ;
+              });
+        };
 
         pkgsLLVM.stdenv = [
           "x86_64-linux"