diff --git a/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-8.10.1.ebuild b/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-8.10.1.ebuild
index 7845cce005cc5..9749ccd0b25db 100644
--- a/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-8.10.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-8.10.1.ebuild
@@ -113,7 +113,11 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 		>=dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.2 )
 	!ghcbootstrap? ( ${PREBUILT_BINARY_DEPENDS} )"
 
-REQUIRED_USE="?? ( ghcbootstrap binary )"
+# we build binaries without profiling support
+REQUIRED_USE="
+	?? ( ghcbootstrap binary )
+	?? ( profile binary )
+"
 
 # haskell libraries built with cabal in configure mode, #515354
 QA_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS+=" --with-compiler --with-gcc"
diff --git a/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-8.8.3.ebuild b/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-8.8.3.ebuild
index 1690685595315..f59a40a4139e9 100644
--- a/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-8.8.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-8.8.3.ebuild
@@ -112,7 +112,11 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 		>=dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.2 )
 	!ghcbootstrap? ( ${PREBUILT_BINARY_DEPENDS} )"
 
-REQUIRED_USE="?? ( ghcbootstrap binary )"
+# we build binaries without profiling support
+REQUIRED_USE="
+	?? ( ghcbootstrap binary )
+	?? ( profile binary )
+"
 
 # haskell libraries built with cabal in configure mode, #515354
 QA_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS+=" --with-compiler --with-gcc"
diff --git a/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-8.8.4.ebuild b/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-8.8.4.ebuild
index 9ada4d7c1c104..5d1674fac8d92 100644
--- a/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-8.8.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-8.8.4.ebuild
@@ -112,7 +112,11 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 		>=dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.2 )
 	!ghcbootstrap? ( ${PREBUILT_BINARY_DEPENDS} )"
 
-REQUIRED_USE="?? ( ghcbootstrap binary )"
+# we build binaries without profiling support
+REQUIRED_USE="
+	?? ( ghcbootstrap binary )
+	?? ( profile binary )
+"
 
 # haskell libraries built with cabal in configure mode, #515354
 QA_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS+=" --with-compiler --with-gcc"