diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.0.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.0.x.nix
index e3099bfe510..1b8b087326e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.0.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.0.x.nix
@@ -43,12 +43,14 @@ self: super: {
   unix = null;
   xhtml = null;
 
-  # Build cabal-install with the compiler's native Cabal.
-  cabal-install = (doJailbreak super.cabal-install).override {
-    # Use dontCheck to break test dependency cycles
-    edit-distance = dontCheck (super.edit-distance.override { random = super.random_1_2_0; });
-    random = super.random_1_2_0;
-  };
+  # cabal-install needs more recent versions of random, but an older
+  # version of base16-bytestring.
+  cabal-install = (doJailbreak super.cabal-install).overrideScope (self: super: {
+    Cabal = null;
+    base16-bytestring = self.base16-bytestring_0_1_1_7;
+    random = dontCheck super.random_1_2_0;  # break infinite recursion
+    hashable = doJailbreak super.hashable;  # allow random 1.2.x
+  });
 
   # Jailbreaks & Version Updates
   async = doJailbreak super.async;