diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 30a9420b2bbf..58bb73e4445d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -1164,8 +1164,10 @@ self: super: {
   # $HOME, which we don't have in our build sandbox.
   cabal-install-parsers = dontCheck super.cabal-install-parsers;
 
-  # gitit is unbroken in the latest release
-  gitit = markUnbroken super.gitit;
+  # version constraints break the build, so we jailbreak
+  # can be removed at a new release which also fixes
+  # https://github.com/jgm/gitit/issues/665
+  gitit = doJailbreak super.gitit;
 
   # Test suite requires database
   persistent-mysql = dontCheck super.persistent-mysql;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
index 9585b6964688..fdc8651728e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
@@ -5540,7 +5540,6 @@ broken-packages:
   - github-webhook-handler-snap
   - githud
   - gitignore
-  - gitit
   - gitlab-api
   - gitlib
   - gitlib-cmdline