diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index bd1e3a1f0b79..900ab20e137d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -817,9 +817,6 @@ with haskellLib;
   # Upstream notified by e-mail.
   permutation = dontCheck super.permutation;
 
-  # https://github.com/jputcu/serialport/issues/25
-  serialport = dontCheck super.serialport;
-
   # Test suite depends on source code being available
   simple-affine-space = dontCheck super.simple-affine-space;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
index 75b9f19b7ec4..dcbbddbf611b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
@@ -286,6 +286,10 @@ builtins.intersectAttrs super {
     }))
   ];
 
+  # Test suite requires access to an actual serial port
+  # https://github.com/jputcu/serialport/issues/25 krank:ignore-line
+  serialport = dontCheck super.serialport;
+
   # Provides a library and an executable (pretty-derivation)
   nix-derivation = enableSeparateBinOutput super.nix-derivation;