diff --git a/ghcup-0.0.4.yaml b/ghcup-0.0.4.yaml
index 2a2d03e505411bc3753dcf87e8af7aac94235424..d67dcc934d2aa33c7f03900415b3e5a5c0421091 100644
--- a/ghcup-0.0.4.yaml
+++ b/ghcup-0.0.4.yaml
@@ -1383,7 +1383,7 @@ ghcupDownloads:
         dlSubdir: ghc-8.10.4
         dlHash: 52af871b4e08550257d720c2944ac85727d0b948407cef1bebfe7508c224910e
       viPostRemove: *ghc-post-remove
-      viPreCompile: "If you have autoconf >= 2.70 you'll need this patch https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/snippets/2040 (see the --patchdir option)"
+      viPreCompile: &ghc-pre-compile "If you have autoconf >= 2.70 you'll need this patch https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/snippets/2040 (see the --patchdir option)"
       viArch:
         A_64:
           Linux_Debian:
@@ -1474,7 +1474,7 @@ ghcupDownloads:
         dlSubdir: ghc-8.10.5
         dlHash: f10941f16e4fbd98580ab5241b9271bb0851304560c4d5ca127e3b0e20e3076f
       viPostRemove: *ghc-post-remove
-      viPreCompile: "If you have autoconf >= 2.70 you'll need this patch https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/snippets/2040 (see the --patchdir option)"
+      viPreCompile: *ghc-pre-compile
       viArch:
         A_64:
           Linux_Debian:
diff --git a/ghcup-0.0.5.yaml b/ghcup-0.0.5.yaml
index 78fb861be9d9825374c90a6d5e7e70710ca7281f..a2959b7e734387b32b07e58845ffb9870d136bfc 100644
--- a/ghcup-0.0.5.yaml
+++ b/ghcup-0.0.5.yaml
@@ -1489,7 +1489,7 @@ ghcupDownloads:
         dlSubdir: ghc-8.10.4
         dlHash: 52af871b4e08550257d720c2944ac85727d0b948407cef1bebfe7508c224910e
       viPostRemove: *ghc-post-remove
-      viPreCompile: "If you have autoconf >= 2.70 you'll need this patch https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/snippets/2040 (see the --patchdir option)"
+      viPreCompile: &ghc-pre-compile "If you have autoconf >= 2.70 you'll need this patch https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/snippets/2040 (see the --patchdir option)"
       viArch:
         A_64:
           Linux_Debian:
@@ -1585,7 +1585,7 @@ ghcupDownloads:
         dlSubdir: ghc-8.10.5
         dlHash: f10941f16e4fbd98580ab5241b9271bb0851304560c4d5ca127e3b0e20e3076f
       viPostRemove: *ghc-post-remove
-      viPreCompile: "If you have autoconf >= 2.70 you'll need this patch https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/snippets/2040 (see the --patchdir option)"
+      viPreCompile: *ghc-pre-compile
       viArch:
         A_64:
           Linux_Debian: