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 d91d25b8d31..e82e10edc58 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.0.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.0.x.nix
@@ -55,5 +55,7 @@ self: super: {
   # https://github.com/thoughtbot/yesod-auth-oauth2/pull/77
   yesod-auth-oauth2 = doJailbreak super.yesod-auth-oauth2;
 
+  # https://github.com/nominolo/ghc-syb/issues/20
+  ghc-syb-utils = dontCheck super.ghc-syb-utils;
 
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.2.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.2.x.nix
index e1bdfb776f3..35cd857b662 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.2.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.2.x.nix
@@ -56,5 +56,7 @@ self: super: {
   # https://github.com/thoughtbot/yesod-auth-oauth2/pull/77
   yesod-auth-oauth2 = doJailbreak super.yesod-auth-oauth2;
 
+  # https://github.com/nominolo/ghc-syb/issues/20
+  ghc-syb-utils = dontCheck super.ghc-syb-utils;
 
 }