diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 4966ca6d115..859e7ea8fb9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ self: super: {
 
   # The package doesn't know about the AL include hierarchy.
   # https://github.com/phaazon/al/issues/1
-  al = doJailbreak (appendConfigureFlag super.al "--extra-include-dirs=${pkgs.openal}/include/AL");
+  al = appendConfigureFlag super.al "--extra-include-dirs=${pkgs.openal}/include/AL";
 
   # Depends on code distributed under a non-free license.
   bindings-yices = dontDistribute super.bindings-yices;