diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 893d6b974ada..846c80f4859d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -579,6 +579,9 @@ self: super: {
   buffer-builder = markBroken super.buffer-builder;
   buffer-builder-aeson = markBroken super.buffer-builder-aeson;
 
+  # https://github.com/chrisdone/hindent/issues/93
+  descriptive = dontCheck super.descriptive;
+
 } // {
 
   # Not on Hackage.