diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
index 8f54a9260e35..d18f22c3e62d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
@@ -259,8 +259,18 @@ self: super: builtins.intersectAttrs super {
     '';
   }));
 
-  # Patch to consider NIX_GHC just like xmonad does
-  dyre = appendPatch super.dyre ./patches/dyre-nix.patch;
+  dyre =
+    appendPatch
+      # dyre's tests appear to be trying to directly call GHC.
+      (dontCheck super.dyre)
+      # Dyre needs special support for reading the NIX_GHC env var.  This is
+      # available upstream in https://github.com/willdonnelly/dyre/pull/43, but
+      # hasn't been released to Hackage as of dyre-0.9.1.  Likely included in
+      # next version.
+      (pkgs.fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://github.com/willdonnelly/dyre/commit/c7f29d321aae343d6b314f058812dffcba9d7133.patch";
+        sha256 = "10m22k35bi6cci798vjpy4c2l08lq5nmmj24iwp0aflvmjdgscdb";
+      });
 
   # https://github.com/edwinb/EpiVM/issues/13
   # https://github.com/edwinb/EpiVM/issues/14
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/patches/dyre-nix.patch b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/patches/dyre-nix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 458e540e0c4a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/patches/dyre-nix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
---- dyre-0.8.12/Config/Dyre/Compile.hs	2015-04-13 11:00:20.794278350 +0100
-+++ dyre-0.8.12-patched/Config/Dyre/Compile.hs	2015-04-13 11:07:26.938893502 +0100
-@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@
- import System.FilePath   ( (</>) )
- import System.Directory  ( getCurrentDirectory, doesFileExist
-                          , createDirectoryIfMissing )
-+import System.Environment ( lookupEnv )
-+import Control.Applicative ((<$>))
- import Control.Exception ( bracket )
--import GHC.Paths         ( ghc )
- 
- import Config.Dyre.Paths  ( getPaths )
- import Config.Dyre.Params ( Params(..) )
-+import Data.Maybe         ( fromMaybe )
- 
- -- | Return the path to the error file.
- getErrorPath :: Params cfgType -> IO FilePath
-@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@
-     errFile <- getErrorPath params
-     result <- bracket (openFile errFile WriteMode) hClose $ \errHandle -> do
-         ghcOpts <- makeFlags params configFile tempBinary cacheDir libsDir
-+        ghc <- fromMaybe "ghc" <$> lookupEnv "NIX_GHC"
-         ghcProc <- runProcess ghc ghcOpts (Just cacheDir) Nothing
-                               Nothing Nothing (Just errHandle)
-         waitForProcess ghcProc