diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index d30e3061d8d0..df7846b8e07c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -462,6 +462,9 @@ self: super: {
     doHaddock = false;
   });
 
+  # https://github.com/afcowie/http-streams/issues/80
+  http-streams = dontCheck super.http-streams;
+
 } // {
 
   # Not on Hackage.