diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 466af76185f..1f634f3f55f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -504,9 +504,6 @@ self: super: {
   # https://github.com/bos/bloomfilter/issues/7
   bloomfilter = overrideCabal super.bloomfilter (drv: { broken = !pkgs.stdenv.is64bit; });
 
-  # https://github.com/ekmett/exceptions/issues/42
-  exceptions = dontCheck super.exceptions;
-
   # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/6350
   paypal-adaptive-hoops = overrideCabal super.paypal-adaptive-hoops (drv: { testTarget = "local"; });