diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 73831e717df7..7b3ce43827a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -1167,6 +1167,15 @@ self: super: {
     sha256 = "097wqn8hxsr50b9mhndg5pjim5jma2ym4ylpibakmmb5m98n17zp";
   });
 
+  # Pick patch from 1.6.0 which allows compilation with doctest 0.18
+  polysemy = appendPatches super.polysemy [
+    (pkgs.fetchpatch {
+      name = "allow-doctest-0.18.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/polysemy-research/polysemy/commit/dbcf851eb69395ce3143ecf2dd616dcad953a339.patch";
+      sha256 = "1qf5pghc8p1glwaadkr95x12d74vhb98mg8dqwilyxbc6gq763w2";
+    })
+  ];
+
   # polysemy-plugin 0.2.5.0 has constraint ghc-tcplugins-extra (==0.3.*)
   # This upstream issue is relevant:
   # https://github.com/polysemy-research/polysemy/issues/322
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml
index aa1b33cad3f0..4670b40b423c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml
@@ -3677,7 +3677,6 @@ broken-packages:
   - poly-control
   - polydata-core
   - polynomial
-  - polysemy
   - polysemy-zoo
   - polytypeable
   - pomaps
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
index d655adb8d73d..1a6502e04eda 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
@@ -208596,8 +208596,6 @@ self: {
        ];
        description = "Higher-order, low-boilerplate free monads";
        license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
-       hydraPlatforms = lib.platforms.none;
-       broken = true;
      }) {};
 
   "polysemy_1_6_0_0" = callPackage
@@ -208630,7 +208628,6 @@ self: {
        description = "Higher-order, low-boilerplate free monads";
        license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
        hydraPlatforms = lib.platforms.none;
-       broken = true;
      }) {};
 
   "polysemy-RandomFu" = callPackage