diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 6c951bac748..ac1420051da 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -58,13 +58,15 @@ self: super: {
   hasql-postgres = dontCheck super.hasql-postgres;
   hspec-expectations = dontCheck super.hspec-expectations;
   hspec = super.hspec.override { stringbuilder = dontCheck super.stringbuilder; };
-  hspec-core = super.hspec-core.override { silently = dontCheck super.silently; temporary = dontCheck super.temporary; };
   HTTP = dontCheck super.HTTP;
   nanospec = dontCheck super.nanospec;
   options = dontCheck super.options;
   statistics = dontCheck super.statistics;
   http-streams = dontCheck super.http-streams;
 
+  # https://github.com/hspec/hspec/issues/330
+  hspec-core = dontCheck (super.hspec-core.override { silently = dontCheck super.silently; temporary = dontCheck super.temporary; });
+
   # segfault due to missing return: https://github.com/haskell/c2hs/pull/184
   c2hs = dontCheck super.c2hs;