diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-7.9.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-7.9.x.nix
index c67f924ee7a..c489e8c6921 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-7.9.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-7.9.x.nix
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ self: super: {
   # https://code.google.com/p/scrapyourboilerplate/issues/detail?id=24
   syb = dontCheck super.syb;
 
+  # Test suite has stricter version bounds
+  retry = dontCheck super.retry;
+
   # Version 1.19.5 fails its test suite.
   happy = dontCheck super.happy;