diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix
index f49aa03e07e0..be852679c9a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ self: super: {
   microlens-th = self.microlens-th_0_4_3_2;
   network = self.network_3_1_1_1;
   optparse-applicative = self.optparse-applicative_0_15_1_0;
-  pandoc = self.pandoc_2_9_1_1;
+  pandoc = dontCheck super.pandoc_2_9_1_1;        # https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/issues/6086
   pandoc-types = self.pandoc-types_1_20;
   prettyprinter = self.prettyprinter_1_6_0;
   primitive = dontCheck super.primitive_0_7_0_0;  # evaluating the test suite gives an infinite recursion