diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index a6f5a4ace679..782c9335779c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -939,13 +939,6 @@ self: super: {
     '';
   });
 
-  # libmpd has an upper-bound on time which doesn't seem to be a real build req
-  libmpd = dontCheck (overrideCabal super.libmpd (drv: {
-    postPatch = (drv.postPatch or "") + ''
-      substituteInPlace libmpd.cabal --replace "time >=1.5 && <1.6" "time >=1.5"
-    '';
-  }));
-
   # https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/issues/2263
   stack = appendPatch super.stack (pkgs.fetchpatch {
     url = "https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/commit/7f7f1a5f67f4ecdd1f3009495f1ff101dd38047e.patch";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-7.10.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-7.10.x.nix
index d594170d4580..bf2ca43fc875 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-7.10.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-7.10.x.nix
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ self: super: {
 
   timezone-series = doJailbreak super.timezone-series;
   timezone-olson = doJailbreak super.timezone-olson;
-  libmpd = dontCheck super.libmpd;
   xmonad-extras = overrideCabal super.xmonad-extras (drv: {
     postPatch = ''
       sed -i -e "s,<\*,<¤,g" XMonad/Actions/Volume.hs