diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 07e9d4978428..de5d068187d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -2372,6 +2372,8 @@ self: super: {
   colourista = assert super.colourista.version == "0.1.0.1";
     doJailbreak super.colourista;
 
+  # 2022-02-26: https://github.com/emilypi/base64/issues/39
+  base64 = dontCheck super.base64;
   # Too strict bounds on chell: https://github.com/fpco/haskell-filesystem/issues/24
   system-fileio = doJailbreak super.system-fileio;