diff --git a/builder/comp-builder.nix b/builder/comp-builder.nix
index 8a071b8489..dce42bb9ec 100644
--- a/builder/comp-builder.nix
+++ b/builder/comp-builder.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, buildPackages, ghc, lib, gobject-introspection ? null, haskellLib, makeConfigFiles, ghcForComponent, hsPkgs, runCommand, libffi, gmp, zlib, ncurses, nodejs }:
 
 lib.makeOverridable (
+let self = 
 { componentId
 , component
 , package
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ lib.makeOverridable (
 
 # Debug
 , enableDebugRTS ? false
-}:
+}@drvArgs:
 
 let
   # TODO fix cabal wildcard support so hpack wildcards can be mapped to cabal wildcards
@@ -188,6 +189,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     # The directory containing the haddock documentation.
     # `null' if no haddock documentation was built.
     haddockDir = if doHaddock' then "${docdir drv.doc}/html" else null;
+    profiled = self (drvArgs // { enableLibraryProfiling = true; });
   };
 
   meta = {
@@ -379,4 +381,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     preInstall postInstall preHaddock postHaddock;
 }
 // lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.buildPlatform.libc == "glibc"){ LOCALE_ARCHIVE = "${buildPackages.glibcLocales}/lib/locale/locale-archive"; }
-)))
+)); in self)
diff --git a/builder/make-config-files.nix b/builder/make-config-files.nix
index 43156caa8d..e497fbae37 100644
--- a/builder/make-config-files.nix
+++ b/builder/make-config-files.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ in { identifier, component, fullName, flags ? {}, needsProfiling ? false }:
   # Filters out only library packages that for this GHC target
   # TODO investigate why this is needed
   # TODO find out why p ? configFiles helps (for instance for `R1909.aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tests.cabal-22.run.x86_64-linux`)
-  let libDeps = (if needsProfiling then (x: map (p: p.override { enableLibraryProfiling = true; }) x) else x: x)
+  let libDeps = (if needsProfiling then (x: map (p: p.profiled or p) x) else x: x)
         (lib.filter (p: (p ? configFiles) && p.configFiles.targetPrefix == ghc.targetPrefix)
          (map getLibComponent component.depends));
       cfgFiles =