diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.0.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.0.x.nix
index f6e00bad49a..2c1c825af53 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.0.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.0.x.nix
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ self: super: {
   # jailbreak-cabal can use the native Cabal library.
   jailbreak-cabal = super.jailbreak-cabal.override { Cabal = null; };
 
-  # Older versions of QuickCheck don't support our version of Template Haskell.
-  QuickCheck = self.QuickCheck_2_8_2;
-
   # https://github.com/hspec/HUnit/issues/7
   HUnit = dontCheck super.HUnit;