diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.6.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.6.x.nix
index 915f7b3e635..9461f6cf34d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.6.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.6.x.nix
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ self: super: {
   # hackage-db uses must match, so take the latest
   cabal2nix = super.cabal2nix.overrideScope (self: super: {
     Cabal = self.Cabal_3_0_0_0;
-    hackage-db = self.hackage-db_2_1_0;
   });
 
   # cabal2spec needs a recent version of Cabal