diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
index 49881c53bc06..3c8d0bf897ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
@@ -212,18 +212,7 @@ self: super: builtins.intersectAttrs super {
   }) super.tz;
 
   # Nix-specific workaround
-  xmonad = appendPatch ./patches/xmonad-nix.patch (dontCheck super.xmonad);
-  xmonad_0_17_0 = doDistribute (appendPatch ./patches/xmonad_0_17_0-nix.patch (super.xmonad_0_17_0));
-
-  # Need matching xmonad version
-  xmonad-contrib_0_17_0 = doDistribute (super.xmonad-contrib_0_17_0.override {
-    xmonad = self.xmonad_0_17_0;
-  });
-
-  xmonad-extras_0_17_0 = doDistribute (super.xmonad-extras_0_17_0.override {
-    xmonad = self.xmonad_0_17_0;
-    xmonad-contrib = self.xmonad-contrib_0_17_0;
-  });
+  xmonad = appendPatch ./patches/xmonad_0_17_0-nix.patch (dontCheck super.xmonad);
 
   # wxc supports wxGTX >= 3.0, but our current default version points to 2.8.
   # http://hydra.cryp.to/build/1331287/log/raw
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/patches/xmonad-nix.patch b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/patches/xmonad-nix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index cce011347f47..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/patches/xmonad-nix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/XMonad/Core.hs b/src/XMonad/Core.hs
-index 7810522..3262934 100644
---- a/src/XMonad/Core.hs
-+++ b/src/XMonad/Core.hs
-@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import System.Posix.Types (ProcessID)
- import System.Process
- import System.Directory
- import System.Exit
-+import System.Environment (lookupEnv)
- import Graphics.X11.Xlib
- import Graphics.X11.Xlib.Extras (getWindowAttributes, WindowAttributes, Event)
- import Data.Typeable
-@@ -601,6 +602,7 @@ recompile force = io $ do
-         lib  = cfgdir </> "lib"
-         buildscript = cfgdir </> "build"
- 
-+    ghc <- fromMaybe "ghc" <$> liftIO (lookupEnv "NIX_GHC")
-     libTs <- mapM getModTime . Prelude.filter isSource =<< allFiles lib
-     srcT <- getModTime src
-     binT <- getModTime bin
-@@ -643,7 +645,7 @@ recompile force = io $ do
-         status <- bracket (openFile err WriteMode) hClose $ \errHandle ->
-             waitForProcess =<< if useBuildscript
-                                then compileScript bin cfgdir buildscript errHandle
--                               else compileGHC bin cfgdir errHandle
-+                               else compileGHC ghc bin cfgdir errHandle
- 
-         -- re-enable SIGCHLD:
-         installSignalHandlers
-@@ -653,6 +655,7 @@ recompile force = io $ do
-             then trace "XMonad recompilation process exited with success!"
-             else do
-                 ghcErr <- readFile err
-+                xmessage <- fromMaybe "xmessage" <$> liftIO (lookupEnv "XMONAD_XMESSAGE")
-                 let msg = unlines $
-                         ["Error detected while loading xmonad configuration file: " ++ src]
-                         ++ lines (if null ghcErr then show status else ghcErr)
-@@ -660,7 +663,7 @@ recompile force = io $ do
-                 -- nb, the ordering of printing, then forking, is crucial due to
-                 -- lazy evaluation
-                 hPutStrLn stderr msg
--                forkProcess $ executeFile "xmessage" True ["-default", "okay", replaceUnicode msg] Nothing
-+                forkProcess $ executeFile xmessage True ["-default", "okay", replaceUnicode msg] Nothing
-                 return ()
-         return (status == ExitSuccess)
-       else return True
-@@ -678,16 +681,16 @@ recompile force = io $ do
-            '\8216' -> '`'  -- ‘
-            '\8217' -> '`'  -- ’
-            _ -> c
--       compileGHC bin dir errHandle =
--         runProcess "ghc" ["--make"
--                          , "xmonad.hs"
--                          , "-i"
--                          , "-ilib"
--                          , "-fforce-recomp"
--                          , "-main-is", "main"
--                          , "-v0"
--                          , "-o", bin
--                          ] (Just dir) Nothing Nothing Nothing (Just errHandle)
-+       compileGHC ghc bin dir errHandle =
-+         runProcess ghc ["--make"
-+                        , "xmonad.hs"
-+                        , "-i"
-+                        , "-ilib"
-+                        , "-fforce-recomp"
-+                        , "-main-is", "main"
-+                        , "-v0"
-+                        , "-o", bin
-+                        ] (Just dir) Nothing Nothing Nothing (Just errHandle)
-        compileScript bin dir script errHandle =
-          runProcess script [bin] (Just dir) Nothing Nothing Nothing (Just errHandle)
-