diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.0.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.0.x.nix
index c398ec615da9..b01620e7a9ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.0.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.0.x.nix
@@ -60,10 +60,7 @@ self: super: {
     sha256 = "026vv2k3ks73jngwifszv8l59clg88pcdr4mz0wr0gamivkfa1zy";
   });
 
-  xxhash = overrideCabal super.xxhash (drv: {
-    postPatch = (drv.postPatch or "") + ''
-      sed -i -e 's| && <4.7||g' xxhash.cabal
-    '';
-  });
+  # https://github.com/christian-marie/xxhash/issues/3
+  xxhash = doJailbreak super.xxhash;
 
 }