diff --git a/m4/ghc_toolchain.m4 b/m4/ghc_toolchain.m4
index 128b285aeeea79a05d17c5a8cef29687efe77aea..6f3fa1c703434998d09e8c957e96c7e47a3a8d11 100644
--- a/m4/ghc_toolchain.m4
+++ b/m4/ghc_toolchain.m4
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([FIND_GHC_TOOLCHAIN_BIN],[
                 -ilibraries/ghc-platform/src -iutils/ghc-toolchain/src \
                 -XNoImplicitPrelude \
                 -odir actmp-ghc-toolchain -hidir actmp-ghc-toolchain \
+                -package-env=- \
                 utils/ghc-toolchain/exe/Main.hs -o acghc-toolchain || AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not compile ghc-toolchain])
             GHC_TOOLCHAIN_BIN="./acghc-toolchain"
             ;;