diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-arm.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-arm.nix
index 2ea0f56634b8..f3b65167ea66 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-arm.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-arm.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ self: super: {
   headroom = dontCheck super.headroom;
   hgeometry = dontCheck super.hgeometry;
   hhp = dontCheck super.hhp;
-  hint = dontCheck super.hint;
   hls-splice-plugin = dontCheck super.hls-splice-plugin;
   hsakamai = dontCheck super.hsakamai;
   hsemail-ns = dontCheck super.hsemail-ns;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
index a9cbdfe035e0..5b9164711ea0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
@@ -998,4 +998,7 @@ self: super: builtins.intersectAttrs super {
   hls-tactics-plugin = dontCheck super.hls-tactics-plugin;
   hls-call-hierarchy-plugin = dontCheck super.hls-call-hierarchy-plugin;
   hls-selection-range-plugin = dontCheck super.hls-selection-range-plugin;
+
+  # Wants to execute cabal-install to (re-)build itself
+  hint = dontCheck super.hint;
 }