diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index f526895d171b..23139af6fda2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -2901,7 +2901,6 @@ self: super: {
   # Workaround for Cabal failing to find nonexistent SDL2 library?!
   # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/260863
   sdl2-gfx = overrideCabal { __propagatePkgConfigDepends = false; } super.sdl2-gfx;
-  sdl2-ttf = overrideCabal { __onlyPropagateKnownPkgConfigModules = true; } super.sdl2-ttf;
 
   # Needs git for compile-time insertion of commit hash into --version string.
   kmonad = overrideCabal (drv: {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
index c03f19c939d0..d63895d4b343 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
@@ -1371,6 +1371,7 @@ self: super: builtins.intersectAttrs super {
       gi-gdk_4_0_8
       gi-gsk
       gi-adwaita
+      sdl2-ttf
       ;
 
     webkit2gtk3-javascriptcore = lib.pipe super.webkit2gtk3-javascriptcore [