diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-7.0.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-7.0.x.nix
index 3173189c430a..cc5d03f05f5b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-7.0.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-7.0.x.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ self: super: {
   unix = null;
 
   # These packages are core libraries in GHC 7.10.x, but not here.
-  binary = self.binary_0_8_0_0;
+  binary = self.binary_0_7_6_1;
   deepseq = self.deepseq_1_3_0_1;
   haskeline = self.haskeline_0_7_2_1;
   hoopl = self.hoopl_3_10_2_0;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
index c75d0916b233..c024d705dff1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ default-package-overrides:
 
 extra-packages:
   - aeson < 0.8                         # newer versions don't work with GHC 6.12.3
+  - binary > 0.7 && < 0.8               # binary 0.8.x is the latest, but it's largely unsupported so far
   - Cabal == 1.18.*                     # required for cabal-install et al on old GHC versions
   - Cabal == 1.20.*                     # required for cabal-install et al on old GHC versions
   - containers < 0.5                    # required to build alex with GHC 6.12.3