diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.0.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.0.x.nix
index 513df67ae0e..292d8d74680 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.0.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.0.x.nix
@@ -41,116 +41,6 @@ self: super: {
   # jailbreak-cabal can use the native Cabal library.
   jailbreak-cabal = super.jailbreak-cabal.override { Cabal = null; };
 
-  # # https://github.com/hspec/HUnit/issues/7
-  # HUnit = dontCheck super.HUnit;
-
-  # # https://github.com/hspec/hspec/issues/253
-  # hspec-core = dontCheck super.hspec-core;
-
-  # # Deviate from Stackage here to fix lots of builds.
-  # transformers-compat = self.transformers-compat_0_5_1_4;
-
-  # # No modules defined for this compiler.
-  # fail = dontHaddock super.fail;
-
-  # # Version 4.x doesn't compile with transformers 0.5 or later.
-  # comonad_5 = dontCheck super.comonad_5;  # https://github.com/ekmett/comonad/issues/33
-  # comonad = self.comonad_5;
-
-  # # Versions <= 5.2 don't compile with transformers 0.5 or later.
-  # bifunctors = self.bifunctors_5_3;
-
-  # # https://github.com/ekmett/semigroupoids/issues/42
-  # semigroupoids = dontCheck super.semigroupoids;
-
-  # # Version 4.x doesn't compile with transformers 0.5 or later.
-  # kan-extensions = self.kan-extensions_5_0_1;
-
-  # # Earlier versions don't support kan-extensions 5.x.
-  # lens = self.lens_4_14;
-
-  # # https://github.com/dreixel/generic-deriving/issues/37
-  # generic-deriving = dontHaddock super.generic-deriving;
-
-  # # https://github.com/haskell-suite/haskell-src-exts/issues/302
-  # haskell-src-exts = dontCheck super.haskell-src-exts;
-
-  # active         = doJailbreak super.active;
-
-  # authenticate-oauth = doJailbreak super.authenticate-oauth;
-
-  # diagrams-core  = doJailbreak super.diagrams-core;
-
-  # diagrams-lib   = doJailbreak super.diagrams-lib;
-
-  # foldl          = doJailbreak super.foldl;
-
-  # force-layout   = doJailbreak super.force-layout;
-
-  # # packaged 0.2.2.6 is missing: base >=4.7 && <4.9
-  # freer          = doJailbreak super.freer;
-
-  # # Partial fixes released in 1.20.5 upstream, full fixes only in git
-  # linear         = pkgs.haskell.lib.overrideCabal super.linear (oldAttrs: {
-  #   editedCabalFile = null;
-  #   revision        = null;
-  #   src = pkgs.fetchgit {
-  #           url    = https://github.com/ekmett/linear.git;
-  #           rev    = "8da21dc72714441cb34d6eabd6c224819787365c";
-  #           sha256 = "0f4r7ww8aygxv0mqdsn9d7fjvrvr66f04v004kh2v5d01dp8d7f9";
-  #   };
-  # });
-
-  # lucid-svg      = doJailbreak super.lucid-svg;
-
-  # monads-tf      = doJailbreak super.monads-tf;
-
-  # parsers        = doJailbreak super.parsers;
-
-  # pointed        = super.pointed_5;
-
-  # reducers       = doJailbreak super.reducers;
-
-  # sdl2           = doJailbreak super.sdl2;
-
-  # servant        = dontCheck (doJailbreak super.servant_0_7);
-  # servant-client = dontCheck (doJailbreak super.servant-client_0_7);
-  # servant-server = dontCheck (doJailbreak super.servant-server_0_7);
-
-  # # packaged shelly 1.6.6 complains: time >=1.3 && <1.6
-  # shelly         = doJailbreak super.shelly;
-
-  # # The essential part is released in 2.1 upstream (needs hackage import)
-  # singletons     = (pkgs.haskell.lib.overrideCabal super.singletons (oldAttrs: {
-  #   src = pkgs.fetchgit {
-  #           url    = https://github.com/goldfirere/singletons.git;
-  #           rev    = "277fa943e8c260973effb2291672b166bdd951c1";
-  #           sha256 = "1ll9fcgs5nxqihvv5vr2bf9z6ijvn3yyk5ss3cgcfvcd95ayy1wz";
-  #   };
-  # }));
-
-  # # The essential part only in upstream git, last released upstream version 2.7.0, Dec 8
-  # stm-conduit    = doJailbreak (pkgs.haskell.lib.overrideCabal super.stm-conduit (oldAttrs: {
-  #   src          = pkgs.fetchgit {
-  #           url    = https://github.com/cgaebel/stm-conduit.git;
-  #           rev    = "3f831d703c422239e56a9da0f42db8a7059238e0";
-  #           sha256 = "0bmym2ps0yjcsbyg02r8v1q8z5hpml99n72hf2pjmd31dy8iz7v9";
-  #   };
-  # }));
-
-  # # The essential part only in upstream git, last released upstream version 1.6.0, Jan 27
-  # th-desugar          = doJailbreak (pkgs.haskell.lib.overrideCabal super.th-desugar (oldAttrs: {
-  #   src = pkgs.fetchgit {
-  #           url    = https://github.com/goldfirere/th-desugar.git;
-  #           rev    = "7496de0243a12c14be1b37b89eb41cf9ef6f5229";
-  #           sha256 = "10awknqviq7jb738r6n9rlyra0pvkrpnk0hikz4459hny4hamn75";
-  #   };
-  # }));
-
-  # trifecta       = doJailbreak super.trifecta;
-
-  # turtle         = doJailbreak super.turtle;
-
   ghcjs-prim = self.callPackage ({ mkDerivation, fetchgit, primitive }: mkDerivation {
     pname = "ghcjs-prim";
     version = "0.1.0.0";
@@ -163,6 +53,4 @@ self: super: {
     license = pkgs.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
   }) {};
 
-  # MonadCatchIO-transformers = doJailbreak super.MonadCatchIO-transformers;
-
 }