diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 20a908858e9c..439e033acb0d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ self: super: {
   statistics = dontCheck super.statistics;
   vector-builder = dontCheck super.vector-builder;
 
+  # These packages (and their reverse deps) cannot be built with profiling enabled.
+  ghc-heap-view = disableLibraryProfiling super.ghc-heap-view;
+  ghc-datasize = disableLibraryProfiling super.ghc-datasize;
+
   # This test keeps being aborted because it runs too quietly for too long
   Lazy-Pbkdf2 = if pkgs.stdenv.isi686 then dontCheck super.Lazy-Pbkdf2 else super.Lazy-Pbkdf2;