diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index e152a1325dae..8c67d212f991 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -474,12 +474,6 @@ self: super: {
   # https://github.com/kkardzis/curlhs/issues/6
   curlhs = dontCheck super.curlhs;
 
-  # Too strict upper bounds on bytestring & time
-  # https://github.com/barrucadu/irc-conduit/issues/35
-  irc-conduit = doJailbreak super.irc-conduit;
-  # https://github.com/barrucadu/irc-client/issues/77
-  irc-client = doJailbreak super.irc-client;
-
   # https://github.com/hvr/token-bucket/issues/3
   token-bucket = dontCheck super.token-bucket;