diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 559bde0c1c1..17ba0daabdc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -1502,6 +1502,8 @@ self: super: {
   # 2020-11-19: Jailbreaking until: https://github.com/snapframework/heist/pull/124
   heist = doJailbreak super.heist;
 
+  hinit = generateOptparseApplicativeCompletion "hi" (super.hinit.override { haskeline = self.haskeline_0_8_1_1; });
+
   # 2020-11-19: Jailbreaking until: https://github.com/snapframework/snap/pull/219
   snap = doJailbreak super.snap;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
index 21c1aa9a206..1e16468aa77 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
@@ -6443,7 +6443,6 @@ broken-packages:
   - hinduce-classifier
   - hinduce-classifier-decisiontree
   - hinduce-examples
-  - hinit
   - hinquire
   - hinstaller
   - hint-server