diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 7c4ba04f1b6..17d071832b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ self: super: {
   hackage-security = dontCheck super.hackage-security;
 
   # Link statically to avoid runtime dependency on GHC.
-  jailbreak-cabal = (disableSharedExecutables super.jailbreak-cabal).override { Cabal = self.Cabal_1_20_0_4; };
+  jailbreak-cabal = disableSharedExecutables super.jailbreak-cabal;
 
   # enable using a local hoogle with extra packagages in the database
   # nix-shell -p "haskellPackages.hoogleLocal { packages = with haskellPackages; [ mtl lens ]; }"
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 30be6a031d4..757c1d8c32d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.0.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.0.x.nix
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ self: super: {
   unix = null;
   xhtml = null;
 
-  # jailbreak-cabal can use the native Cabal library.
-  jailbreak-cabal = super.jailbreak-cabal.override { Cabal = null; };
-
   # https://github.com/bmillwood/applicative-quoters/issues/6
   applicative-quoters = appendPatch super.applicative-quoters (pkgs.fetchpatch {
     url = "https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/bmillwood/applicative-quoters/pull/7.patch";