diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix
index aaef02f058f..3db1f35bf11 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix
@@ -113,10 +113,7 @@ self: super: {
     url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hvr/head.hackage/master/patches/socks-0.6.0.patch";
     sha256 = "1dsqmx0sw62x4glh43c0sbizd2y00v5xybiqadn96v6pmfrap5cp";
   });
-  lens = appendPatch (doJailbreak super.lens) (pkgs.fetchpatch {
-    url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hvr/head.hackage/master/patches/lens-4.17.1.patch";
-    sha256 = "0w89ipi6dfkx5vlw4a64hh6fd0bm9hg33mwpghliyyxik5jmilv1";
-  });
+  lens = self.lens_4_18_1;
   polyparse = appendPatch (doJailbreak super.polyparse) (pkgs.fetchpatch {
     url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hvr/head.hackage/master/patches/polyparse-1.12.1.patch";
     sha256 = "01b2gnsq0x4fd9na8zpk6pajym55mbz64hgzawlwxdw0y6681kr5";