diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 6cff2e9d3c5..fdebcef16fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ self: super: {
 
   # Some packages need a non-core version of Cabal.
   Cabal_1_18_1_6 = dontCheck super.Cabal_1_18_1_6;
-  Cabal_1_20_0_3 = doJailbreak (dontCheck super.Cabal_1_20_0_3);
+  Cabal_1_20_0_3 = dontCheck super.Cabal_1_20_0_3;
   Cabal_1_22_0_0 = dontCheck super.Cabal_1_22_0_0;
   cabal-install = dontCheck (super.cabal-install.override { Cabal = self.Cabal_1_22_0_0; });
 
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ self: super: {
   elm-make = super.elm-make.override { optparse-applicative = self.optparse-applicative_0_10_0; };
   elm-package = super.elm-package.override { optparse-applicative = self.optparse-applicative_0_10_0; };
 
-  # elm-compiler jail-break can be removed after next elm-compiler
-  # release: bumped language-ecmascript's limit in git already.
-  elm-compiler = doJailbreak super.elm-compiler;
-
   # https://github.com/acid-state/safecopy/issues/17
   safecopy = dontCheck super.safecopy;
 
@@ -62,27 +58,12 @@ self: super: {
   # https://github.com/haskell/time/issues/23
   time_1_5_0_1 = dontCheck super.time_1_5_0_1;
 
-  # Won't accept recent random: https://bitbucket.org/dafis/arithmoi/issue/14/outdated-dependency-on-random.
-  arithmoi = doJailbreak super.arithmoi;
-
   # Doesn't accept modern versions of hashtable.
-  Agda = dontHaddock (doJailbreak super.Agda);
+  Agda = dontHaddock super.Agda;
 
   # Cannot compile its own test suite: https://github.com/haskell/network-uri/issues/10.
   network-uri = dontCheck super.network-uri;
 
-  # 0.7.0.2 doesn't accept recent versions of HaXml.
-  encoding = doJailbreak super.encoding;
-
-  # Doesn't accept recent versions of vector-space.
-  active = doJailbreak super.active;
-  diagrams-core = doJailbreak super.diagrams-core; # https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-core/issues/78
-  diagrams-contrib = doJailbreak super.diagrams-contrib;
-  diagrams-lib = doJailbreak super.diagrams-lib;
-  diagrams-svg = doJailbreak super.diagrams-svg;
-  force-layout = doJailbreak super.force-layout;
-  vector-space-points = doJailbreak super.vector-space-points;
-
   # The Haddock phase fails for one reason or another.
   attoparsec-conduit = dontHaddock super.attoparsec-conduit;
   blaze-builder-conduit = dontHaddock super.blaze-builder-conduit;
@@ -118,9 +99,6 @@ self: super: {
   # https://github.com/techtangents/ablist/issues/1
   ABList = dontCheck super.ABList;
 
-  # https://github.com/gcross/AbortT-transformers/issues/1
-  AbortT-transformers = doJailbreak super.AbortT-transformers;
-
   # Depends on broken NewBinary package.
   ASN1 = markBroken super.ASN1;
 
@@ -137,14 +115,14 @@ self: super: {
   hbro-contrib = markBroken super.hbro-contrib;
 
   # https://github.com/prowdsponsor/fb/pull/33
-  fb = doJailbreak (overrideCabal super.fb (drv: {
+  fb = overrideCabal super.fb (drv: {
     patches = [
       (pkgs.fetchpatch {
         url = https://github.com/prowdsponsor/fb/pull/31.patch;
         sha256 = "0ip8mhpbbvlp4pz7d27d6cg39gm6ypfsf4rdmfrmdh3pkig0axls";
       })
     ];
-  }));
+  });
 
   # https://github.com/haskell/vector/issues/47
   vector = if pkgs.stdenv.isi686 then appendConfigureFlag super.vector "--ghc-options=-msse2" else super.vector;