diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/pandoc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/pandoc/default.nix
index 1e9eec3f804c..7df96859a748 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/pandoc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/pandoc/default.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ in
       remove-references-to \
         -t ${haskellPackages.warp} \
         $out/bin/pandoc
+      remove-references-to \
+        -t ${haskellPackages.pandoc_3_1_8} \
+        $out/bin/pandoc
     '' + lib.optionalString (stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform) ''
       mkdir -p $out/share/bash-completion/completions
       $out/bin/pandoc --bash-completion > $out/share/bash-completion/completions/pandoc
@@ -36,5 +39,5 @@ in
     # lead to a transitive runtime dependency on the whole GHC distribution.
     # This should ideally be fixed in haskellPackages (or even Cabal),
     # but a minimal pandoc is important enough to patch it manually.
-    disallowedReferences = [ haskellPackages.pandoc-types haskellPackages.warp ];
+    disallowedReferences = [ haskellPackages.pandoc-types haskellPackages.warp haskellPackages.pandoc_3_1_8 ];
   })