diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 69ab8139668e..8beca9572e7e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -927,8 +927,9 @@ self: super: {
   text-icu = dontCheck super.text-icu;
 
   # https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/4969
-  haddock-library_1_4_4 = dontHaddock super.haddock-library_1_4_4;
-  haddock-api = super.haddock-api.override { haddock-library = self.haddock-library_1_4_4; };
+  haddock-api = (super.haddock-api.overrideScope (self: super: {
+    haddock-library = self.haddock-library_1_6_0;
+  })).override { hspec = self.hspec_2_4_8; };
 
   # Jailbreak "unix-compat >=0.1.2 && <0.5".
   # Jailbreak "graphviz >=2999.18.1 && <2999.20".
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
index 2eefe636ca97..7f9e31432892 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
@@ -2400,7 +2400,6 @@ extra-packages:
   - haddock-api == 2.17.*               # required on GHC 8.0.x
   - haddock-library == 1.2.*            # required for haddock-api-2.16.x
   - haddock-library == 1.4.3            # required for haddock-api-2.17.x
-  - haddock-library == 1.4.4            # required for haddock-api-2.18.x
   - haddock-library == 1.5.*            # required for stylish-cabal-0.4.0.1
   - happy <1.19.6                       # newer versions break Agda
   - haskell-gi-overloading == 0.0       # gi-* packages use this dependency to disable overloading support