diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix
index e6568a56c7c..2b95f0f5f78 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix
@@ -77,10 +77,7 @@ self: super: {
   regex-posix = self.regex-posix_0_96_0_0;
   regex-tdfa = self.regex-tdfa_1_3_0;
   shelly = self.shelly_1_9_0;
-  string-qq = self.string-qq_0_0_4;
   tls = self.tls_1_5_1;
-  vector-th-unbox = self.vector-th-unbox_0_2_1_7;
-  X11 = self.X11_1_9_1;
   xmonad-contrib = self.xmonad-contrib_0_16;
 
   # These packages don't work and need patching and/or an update.
@@ -88,10 +85,6 @@ self: super: {
     url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hvr/head.hackage/master/patches/hackage-security-0.5.3.0.patch";
     sha256 = "0l8x0pbsn18fj5ak5q0g5rva4xw1s9yc4d86a1pfyaz467b9i5a4";
   });
-  socks = appendPatch (doJailbreak super.socks) (pkgs.fetchpatch {
-    url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hvr/head.hackage/master/patches/socks-0.6.0.patch";
-    sha256 = "1dsqmx0sw62x4glh43c0sbizd2y00v5xybiqadn96v6pmfrap5cp";
-  });
   polyparse = appendPatch (doJailbreak super.polyparse) (pkgs.fetchpatch {
     url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hvr/head.hackage/master/patches/polyparse-1.12.1.patch";
     sha256 = "01b2gnsq0x4fd9na8zpk6pajym55mbz64hgzawlwxdw0y6681kr5";
@@ -101,10 +94,6 @@ self: super: {
     url = "https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/head.hackage/raw/master/patches/haskell-src-meta-0.8.3.patch";
     sha256 = "1asl932mibr5y057xx8v1a7n3qy87lcnclsfh8pbxq1m3iwjkxy8";
   });
-  asn1-encoding = appendPatch (dontCheck (doJailbreak super.asn1-encoding)) (pkgs.fetchpatch {
-    url = "https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/head.hackage/raw/master/patches/asn1-encoding-0.9.5.patch";
-    sha256 = "0a3159rnaw6shjzdm46799crd4pxh33s23qy51xa7z6nv5q8wsb5";
-  });
   vault = dontHaddock super.vault;
   monad-par = dontCheck super.monad-par;   # test suite does not compile in monad-par-0.3.4.8