diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/aeson/0.7.0.6.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/aeson/0.7.0.6.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 955248de5b31..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/aeson/0.7.0.6.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-# This file was auto-generated by cabal2nix. Please do NOT edit manually!
-
-{ cabal, attoparsec, blazeBuilder, deepseq, dlist, hashable, HUnit
-, mtl, QuickCheck, scientific, syb, testFramework
-, testFrameworkHunit, testFrameworkQuickcheck2, text, time
-, unorderedContainers, vector
-}:
-
-cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
-  pname = "aeson";
-  version = "0.7.0.6";
-  sha256 = "0vsf9msz9iv7xvsnys5c0kbkldb0pvhiai02vz50b0d1kdsk2mb4";
-  buildDepends = [
-    attoparsec blazeBuilder deepseq dlist hashable mtl scientific syb
-    text time unorderedContainers vector
-  ];
-  testDepends = [
-    attoparsec HUnit QuickCheck testFramework testFrameworkHunit
-    testFrameworkQuickcheck2 text time unorderedContainers vector
-  ];
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/bos/aeson";
-    description = "Fast JSON parsing and encoding";
-    license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
-    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
-    maintainers = [ self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.andres ];
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index a30cc39e4d8e..23ef3918b81c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -142,9 +142,8 @@ self : let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope self x y); in
   AES = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/AES {};
 
   aeson_0_7_0_4 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/aeson/0.7.0.4.nix { blazeBuilder = null; };
-  aeson_0_7_0_6 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/aeson/0.7.0.6.nix { blazeBuilder = null; };
   aeson_0_8_0_0 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/aeson/0.8.0.0.nix { blazeBuilder = null; };
-  aeson = self.aeson_0_7_0_6;   # 0.8.0.0 breaks too many packages at the moment
+  aeson = self.aeson_0_8_0_0;
 
   aesonPretty = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/aeson-pretty {};