diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 60efe5720608..f83e14d87072 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -2145,5 +2145,9 @@ self: super: {
       "--skip" "/attributes-with/mixed/"
     ] ++ drv.testFlags or [];
   }) super.lucid;
+  # Basically the entire doctest suite of swagger2 fails for the same reason
+  swagger2 = assert super.swagger2.version == "2.6"; overrideCabal (drv: {
+    testTarget = "spec";
+  }) super.swagger2;
 
 } // import ./configuration-tensorflow.nix {inherit pkgs haskellLib;} self super