diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
index ff485620e5e..8aa931028a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
@@ -6251,7 +6251,6 @@ broken-packages:
   - heterolist
   - hetris
   - heukarya
-  - hevm
   - hevolisa
   - hevolisa-dph
   - hex-text
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
index 0a08fb89cbf..530e2707a2a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
@@ -830,4 +830,7 @@ self: super: builtins.intersectAttrs super {
       export HOME=$TMPDIR
     '';
   });
+
+  # tests depend on a specific version of solc
+  hevm = dontCheck (doJailbreak super.hevm);
 }