diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.4.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.4.x.nix
index 0bf9cda5516..bad0d642b06 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.4.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.4.x.nix
@@ -42,16 +42,6 @@ self: super: {
   unix = null;
   xhtml = null;
 
-  # Undo the override in `configuration-common.nix`: GHC 8.4 bumps Cabal to 2.1:
-  # Distribution/Simple/CCompiler.hs:64:10: error:
-  #  • No instance for (Semigroup CDialect)
-  #      arising from the superclasses of an instance declaration
-  #  • In the instance declaration for ‘Monoid CDialect’
-  #     |
-  #  64 | instance Monoid CDialect where
-  #     |          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-  jailbreak-cabal = super.jailbreak-cabal.override { Cabal = self.Cabal; }; #pkgs.haskell.packages.ghc822.jailbreak-cabal;
-
   ## Shadowed:
 
   ## Needs bump to a versioned attribute
@@ -66,7 +56,7 @@ self: super: {
     ## Setup: Encountered missing dependencies:
     ## ghc >=7.0 && <8.4
     ##
-    ##        uncaught exception: IOException of type NoSuchThing (test/integration/testImport: changeWorkingDirectory: does not exist (No such file or directory))
+    ##        uncaught exception: IOException of type NoSuchThing (cabal: rawSystem: runInteractiveProcess: exec: does not exist (No such file or directory))
     doCheck         = false;
   });
 
@@ -77,6 +67,8 @@ self: super: {
   free = super.free_5;
 
   ## Needs bump to a versioned attribute
+  ## Setup: Encountered missing dependencies:
+  ## base >=3 && <4.11
   ## Needed for (<>) in prelude
   funcmp = super.funcmp_1_9;
 
@@ -107,9 +99,8 @@ self: super: {
   });
 
   ## Needs bump to a versioned attribute
-  ## breaks hspec:
   ## Setup: Encountered missing dependencies:
-  ## hspec-discover ==2.4.7
+  ## hspec-discover ==2.4.8
   hspec-discover = super.hspec-discover_2_4_8;
 
   ## Needs bump to a versioned attribute
@@ -117,9 +108,6 @@ self: super: {
   ## free ==4.*, template-haskell >=2.4 && <2.13
   lens = super.lens_4_16;
 
-  ## Needs bump to a versioned attribute
-  QuickCheck = super.QuickCheck_2_11_3;
-
   ## Needs bump to a versioned attribute
   ## Setup: Encountered missing dependencies:
   ## doctest >=0.11.1 && <0.14
@@ -595,6 +583,8 @@ self: super: {
   });
 
   deepseq-generics = overrideCabal super.deepseq-generics (drv: {
+    ## Setup: Encountered missing dependencies:
+    ## base >=4.5 && <4.11
     ## https://github.com/haskell-hvr/deepseq-generics/pull/4
     jailbreak       = true;
   });
@@ -642,6 +632,14 @@ self: super: {
     jailbreak       = true;
   });
 
+  jailbreak-cabal = super.jailbreak-cabal.override {
+    ##     • No instance for (Semigroup CDialect)
+    ##         arising from the superclasses of an instance declaration
+    ##     • In the instance declaration for ‘Monoid CDialect’
+    ## Undo the override in `configuration-common.nix`: GHC 8.4 bumps Cabal to 2.1:
+    Cabal = self.Cabal;
+  };
+
   kan-extensions = overrideCabal super.kan-extensions (drv: {
     ## Setup: Encountered missing dependencies:
     ## free ==4.*
@@ -678,13 +676,6 @@ self: super: {
     jailbreak       = true;
   });
 
-  ## Issue: https://github.com/pcapriotti/optparse-applicative/issues/288
-  optparse-applicative = overrideCabal super.optparse-applicative (drv: {
-    ## Setup: Encountered missing dependencies:
-    ## QuickCheck >=2.8 && <2.11
-    doCheck         = false;
-  });
-
   quickcheck-instances = overrideCabal super.quickcheck-instances (drv: {
     ## Setup: Encountered missing dependencies:
     ## base >=4.5 && <4.11
@@ -711,7 +702,7 @@ self: super: {
 
   tasty-hedgehog = overrideCabal super.tasty-hedgehog (drv: {
     ## Setup: Encountered missing dependencies:
-    ## base >=4.8 && <4.11, tasty ==0.11.*
+    ## base >=4.8 && <4.11
     jailbreak       = true;
   });
 
@@ -738,12 +729,6 @@ self: super: {
     jailbreak       = true;
   });
 
-  th-abstraction = overrideCabal super.th-abstraction (drv: {
-    ## Setup: Encountered missing dependencies:
-    ## template-haskell >=2.5 && <2.13
-    jailbreak       = true;
-  });
-
   these = overrideCabal super.these (drv: {
     ## Setup: Encountered missing dependencies:
     ## base >=4.5 && <4.11