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 60c4146c79bf..af6718bfd8dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-7.10.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-7.10.x.nix
@@ -38,28 +38,14 @@ self: super: {
     prePatch = "sed -i 's/-Werror//g' linear.cabal";
   });
 
-  # Cabal_1_22_1_1 requires filepath >=1 && <1.4
+  # Our core version of Cabal is good enough for this build.
   cabal-install = dontCheck (super.cabal-install.override { Cabal = null; });
 
-  # Don't compile jailbreak-cabal with Cabal 1.22.x because of https://github.com/peti/jailbreak-cabal/issues/9.
-  Cabal_1_23_0_0 = overrideCabal super.Cabal_1_22_4_0 (drv: {
-    version = "1.23.0.0";
-    src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "haskell";
-      repo = "cabal";
-      rev = "fe7b8784ac0a5848974066bdab76ce376ba67277";
-      sha256 = "1d70ryz1l49pkr70g8r9ysqyg1rnx84wwzx8hsg6vwnmg0l5am7s";
-    };
-    jailbreak = false;
-    doHaddock = false;
-    postUnpack = "sourceRoot+=/Cabal";
-  });
-  jailbreak-cabal = super.jailbreak-cabal.override {
-    Cabal = self.Cabal_1_23_0_0;
-    mkDerivation = drv: self.mkDerivation (drv // {
-      preConfigure = "sed -i -e 's/Cabal == 1.20\\.\\*/Cabal >= 1.23/' jailbreak-cabal.cabal";
-    });
-  };
+  # Jailbreaking is required for the test suite only (which we don't run).
+  Cabal_1_24_0_0 = dontJailbreak (dontCheck super.Cabal_1_24_0_0);
+
+  # Build jailbreak-cabal with the latest version of Cabal.
+  jailbreak-cabal = super.jailbreak-cabal.override { Cabal = self.Cabal_1_24_0_0; };
 
   idris = overrideCabal super.idris (drv: {
     # "idris" binary cannot find Idris library otherwise while building.