diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghcjs-8.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghcjs-8.x.nix
index 6b52216fa770..fd85cb75531c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghcjs-8.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghcjs-8.x.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ self: super:
   # evaluation errors.
   ghcjs-prim = null;
 
+  ghcjs-websockets = markUnbroken super.ghcjs-websockets;
+
   # GHCJS does not ship with the same core packages as GHC.
   # https://github.com/ghcjs/ghcjs/issues/676
   stm = doJailbreak self.stm_2_5_3_1;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml
index 9cc21e201a20..59b5bc7abce2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml
@@ -1999,6 +1999,7 @@ broken-packages:
   - ghcjs-fetch # timeout
   - ghcjs-promise # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/233243985 at 2023-09-02
   - ghcjs-xhr # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/233235693 at 2023-09-02
+  - ghcjs-websockets # Does not work on the js backend added in 9.6+, only on ghcjs, where we markUnbroken
   - ghc-justdoit # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/233221884 at 2023-09-02
   - ghclive # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/233231592 at 2023-09-02
   - ghc-man-completion # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/233245740 at 2023-09-02
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
index ac300d764c84..90155cd0fef6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
@@ -121565,6 +121565,8 @@ self: {
        ];
        description = "Deprecated: use ghcjs-base's native websockets";
        license = lib.licenses.mit;
+       hydraPlatforms = lib.platforms.none;
+       broken = true;
      }) {};
 
   "ghcjs-xhr" = callPackage