diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 69c0d073bc0c..82073ff09897 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -1058,8 +1058,6 @@ self: super: {
   dataenc = doJailbreak super.dataenc;
 
   libsystemd-journal = overrideCabal super.libsystemd-journal (old: {
-    # https://github.com/ocharles/libsystemd-journal/pull/17
-    jailbreak = true;
     librarySystemDepends = old.librarySystemDepends or [] ++ [ pkgs.systemd ];
   });