diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 3be34a38bbf..fc2fd874dd9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ self: super: {
   # release: bumped language-ecmascript's limit in git already.
   elm-compiler = doJailbreak super.elm-compiler;
 
+  safecopy = dontCheck super.safecopy;
+
   # "curl" means pkgs.curl
   git-annex = super.git-annex.override { inherit (pkgs) git rsync gnupg1 curl lsof openssh which bup perl wget; };