diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index ee93a406340..50285f5c769 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -978,4 +978,7 @@ self: super: {
   scalendar = markBroken super.scalendar;
   SCalendar = markBroken super.SCalendar;
 
+  # Needs QuickCheck >=2.4 && <2.10, which we don't have.
+  edit-distance = doJailbreak super.edit-distance;
+
 }