diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml
index 86f6972c23c1..ef7c6dc75f5c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml
@@ -4532,7 +4532,6 @@ broken-packages:
   - resource-embed
   - respond
   - restartable
-  - rest-rewrite
   - restyle
   - resumable-exceptions
   - rethinkdb
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
index b316ded90311..95238591c6e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
@@ -1299,8 +1299,19 @@ self: super: builtins.intersectAttrs super {
   scalendar = dontCheck super.scalendar;
 
   halide-haskell = super.halide-haskell.override { Halide = pkgs.halide; };
-  # Sydtest has a brittle test suite that will only work with the exact
 
+  rest-rewrite =
+    overrideCabal
+      (oldAttrs: {
+        # Directory is needed for tests.
+        # https://github.com/zgrannan/rest/issues/37
+        postPatch = oldAttrs.postPatch or "" + ''
+          mkdir graphs
+        '';
+      })
+      super.rest-rewrite;
+
+  # Sydtest has a brittle test suite that will only work with the exact
   # versions that it ships with.
   sydtest = dontCheck super.sydtest;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
index 8fc8bf82e474..f2b2a34dc6f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
@@ -247937,8 +247937,6 @@ self: {
        doHaddock = false;
        description = "Rewriting library with online termination checking";
        license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
-       hydraPlatforms = lib.platforms.none;
-       broken = true;
      }) {inherit (pkgs) graphviz; inherit (pkgs) z3;};
 
   "rest-snap" = callPackage