diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 47b030d77cf..13ce36eff06 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -1403,4 +1403,7 @@ self: super: {
     '';
   });
 
+  # cabal-fmt requires Cabal3
+  cabal-fmt = super.cabal-fmt.override { Cabal = self.Cabal_3_0_0_0; };
+
 } // import ./configuration-tensorflow.nix {inherit pkgs haskellLib;} self super
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
index f69e068d637..a25977eff3b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
@@ -3328,7 +3328,6 @@ broken-packages:
   - cabal-dev
   - cabal-dir
   - cabal-flatpak
-  - cabal-fmt
   - cabal-ghc-dynflags
   - cabal-ghci
   - cabal-graphdeps