diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index dcac1c900e3..e7221b340e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ with haskellLib;
 
 self: super: {
 
+  # Arion's test suite needs a Nixpkgs, which is cumbersome to do from Nixpkgs
+  # itself. For instance, pkgs.path has dirty sources and puts a huge .git in the
+  # store. Testing is done upstream.
+  arion-compose = dontCheck super.arion-compose;
+
   # This used to be a core package provided by GHC, but then the compiler
   # dropped it. We define the name here to make sure that old packages which
   # depend on this library still evaluate (even though they won't compile
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
index c9d0e955784..8a97cc2943f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
@@ -2581,6 +2581,8 @@ package-maintainers:
     - shakespeare
   abbradar:
     - Agda
+  roberth:
+    - arion-compose
 
 unsupported-platforms:
   alsa-mixer:                                   [ x86_64-darwin ]
@@ -2969,7 +2971,6 @@ broken-packages:
   - arguedit
   - ariadne
   - arion
-  - arion-compose
   - arith-encode
   - armada
   - armor