diff --git a/maintainers/scripts/haskell/update-stackage.sh b/maintainers/scripts/haskell/update-stackage.sh
index 13f8913a048a..e049064c7564 100755
--- a/maintainers/scripts/haskell/update-stackage.sh
+++ b/maintainers/scripts/haskell/update-stackage.sh
@@ -111,9 +111,4 @@ sed -r \
 # ShellCheck: latest version of command-line dev tool.
 # Agda: The Agda community is fast-moving; we strive to always include the newest versions of Agda and the Agda packages in nixpkgs.
 
-# Work around Stackage LTS including a bogus version of cassava which has been deprecated on Hackage.
-# See <https://github.com/haskell-hvr/cassava/issues/248>.
-# TODO(@sternenseemann): drop this once the situation has been resolved in Stackage LTS
-sed -e 's/cassava ==0.5.5.0/cassava >= 0.5.4.0 \&\& (> 0.5.5.0 || < 0.5.5.0) \&\& < 0.6.0.0/' -i "$stackage_config"
-
 echo "$old_version -> $version"