diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/extensible-effects/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/extensible-effects/default.nix
index 8c188bf6820..a4c4f8ecc7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/extensible-effects/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/extensible-effects/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     HUnit QuickCheck testFramework testFrameworkHunit
     testFrameworkQuickcheck2
   ];
+  jailbreak = true;
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/RobotGymnast/extensible-effects";
     description = "An Alternative to Monad Transformers";
@@ -18,5 +19,4 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
     maintainers = [ self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.ocharles ];
   };
-  jailbreak = true;
 })