diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 778047891d99..3503dfdfb3ec 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 c6710ba0dd00..bfc337871b38 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
@@ -5396,7 +5396,6 @@ broken-packages:
   - github-webhooks
   - githud
   - gitignore
-  - gitit
   - gitlab-api
   - gitlib
   - gitlib-cmdline
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
index 45c57c37b6aa..d5fa761bab6a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
@@ -102751,8 +102751,6 @@ self: {
        ];
        description = "Wiki using happstack, git or darcs, and pandoc";
        license = "GPL";
-       hydraPlatforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.none;
-       broken = true;
      }) {};
 
   "gitlab-api" = callPackage