diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 042d76cb0c77..e2886d245973 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -75,13 +75,30 @@ self: super: {
 
   # The Hackage tarball is purposefully broken, because it's not intended to be, like, useful.
   # https://git-annex.branchable.com/bugs/bash_completion_file_is_missing_in_the_6.20160527_tarball_on_hackage/
-  git-annex = (overrideCabal super.git-annex (drv: {
+  git-annex = ((overrideCabal super.git-annex (drv: {
     src = pkgs.fetchgit {
       name = "git-annex-${drv.version}-src";
       url = "git://git-annex.branchable.com/";
       rev = "refs/tags/" + drv.version;
       sha256 = "0fdcv9nig896ckl9x51ximxsvja1ii8qysf6c9ickvc0511hvr9w";
     };
+  })).overrideScope (self: super: {
+    aws = dontCheck (self.aws_0_18);
+    conduit = self.conduit_1_2_13_1;
+    conduit-extra = self.conduit-extra_1_2_3_2;
+    cryptonite-conduit = dontCheck super.cryptonite-conduit;  # test suite does not compile with old versions used here
+    html-conduit = self.html-conduit_1_2_1_2;
+    http-conduit = self.http-conduit_2_2_4;
+    persistent = self.persistent_2_7_3_1;
+    persistent-sqlite = self.persistent-sqlite_2_6_4;
+    resourcet = self.resourcet_1_1_11;
+    xml-conduit = self.xml-conduit_1_7_1_2;
+    yesod = self.yesod_1_4_5;
+    yesod-core = self.yesod-core_1_4_37_3;
+    yesod-form = self.yesod-form_1_4_16;
+    yesod-persistent = self.yesod-persistent_1_4_3;
+    yesod-static = self.yesod-static_1_5_3_1;
+    yesod-test = self.yesod-test_1_5_9_1;
   })).override {
     dbus = if pkgs.stdenv.isLinux then self.dbus else null;
     fdo-notify = if pkgs.stdenv.isLinux then self.fdo-notify else null;