diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 25e8d69cc35..cf3a519db27 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ self: super: {
 
   # 2020-06-05: HACK: does not passes own build suite - `dontCheck`
   hnix = generateOptparseApplicativeCompletion "hnix" (
-    dontCheck (doJailbreak (super.hnix.override { these = self.these_0_7_6; }))
+    dontCheck (doJailbreak super.hnix)
     );
 
   # Fails for non-obvious reasons while attempting to use doctest.