diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
index 8b15570e6219..18a6c1ea12b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
@@ -2401,9 +2401,6 @@ extra-packages:
   - binary > 0.7 && < 0.8               # keep a 7.x major release around for older compilers
   - binary > 0.8 && < 0.9               # keep a 8.x major release around for older compilers
   - blank-canvas < 0.6.3                # more recent versions depend on base-compat-batteries == 0.10.* but we're on base-compat-0.9.*
-  - Cabal == 1.18.*                     # required for cabal-install et al on old GHC versions
-  - Cabal == 1.20.*                     # required for cabal-install et al on old GHC versions
-  - Cabal == 1.24.*                     # required for jailbreak-cabal etc.
   - Cabal == 2.2.*                      # required for jailbreak-cabal etc.
   - colour < 2.3.4                      # newer versions don't support GHC 7.10.x
   - conduit >=1.1 && <1.3               # pre-lts-11.x versions neeed by git-annex 6.20180227