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diff --git a/hadrian/src/Settings/Builders/Ghc.hs b/hadrian/src/Settings/Builders/Ghc.hs
index 947172ecb8..b211657b9e 100644
--- a/hadrian/src/Settings/Builders/Ghc.hs
+++ b/hadrian/src/Settings/Builders/Ghc.hs
@@ -250,6 +250,16 @@ packageGhcArgs :: Args
packageGhcArgs = do
package <- getPackage
ghc_ver <- readVersion <$> (expr . ghcVersionStage =<< getStage)
+ -- ROMES: Until the boot compiler no longer needs ghc's
+ -- unit-id to be "ghc", the stage0 compiler must be built
+ -- with `-this-unit-id ghc`, while the wired-in unit-id of
+ -- ghc is correctly set to the unit-id we'll generate for
+ -- stage1 (set in generateVersionHs in Rules.Generate).
+ --
+ -- However, we don't need to set the unit-id of "ghc" to "ghc" when
+ -- building stage0 because we have a flag in compiler/ghc.cabal.in that is
+ -- sets `-this-unit-id ghc` when hadrian is building stage0, which will
+ -- overwrite this one.
pkgId <- expr $ pkgIdentifier package
mconcat [ arg "-hide-all-packages"
, arg "-no-user-package-db"