diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index cf47ea821666..95271c1fc64d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -851,6 +851,18 @@ self: super: {
   # test suite requires git and does a bunch of git operations
   restless-git = dontCheck super.restless-git;
 
+  # requires git at test-time *and* runtime, but we'll just rely on users to
+  # bring their own git at runtime
+  sensei = overrideCabal (drv: {
+    testHaskellDepends = drv.testHaskellDepends or [] ++ [ self.hspec-meta_2_9_3 ];
+    testToolDepends = drv.testToolDepends or [] ++ [ pkgs.git ];
+  }) (super.sensei.overrideScope (self: super: {
+    hspec-meta = self.hspec-meta_2_9_3;
+    hspec = self.hspec_2_9_7;
+    hspec-core = dontCheck self.hspec-core_2_9_7;
+    hspec-discover = self.hspec-discover_2_9_7;
+  }));
+
   # Depends on broken fluid.
   fluid-idl-http-client = markBroken super.fluid-idl-http-client;
   fluid-idl-scotty = markBroken super.fluid-idl-scotty;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml
index f18d261ce1a1..b942853b0bc5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml
@@ -4467,7 +4467,6 @@ broken-packages:
   - semigroups-actions
   - sendgrid-haskell
   - sendgrid-v3
-  - sensei
   - sensu-run
   - sentry
   - separated
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
index 7387c81da321..af58a443114a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
@@ -241978,8 +241978,6 @@ self: {
        testToolDepends = [ hspec-discover ];
        description = "Automatically run Hspec tests on file modifications";
        license = lib.licenses.mit;
-       hydraPlatforms = lib.platforms.none;
-       broken = true;
      }) {};
 
   "sensenet" = callPackage