diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.8.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.8.x.nix
index a34c2210e7dfc..91b24ebf94293 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.8.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.8.x.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ with haskellLib;
 
 let
   inherit (pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform) isDarwin;
-
+  inherit (pkgs) lib;
 in
 
 self: super: {
@@ -147,3 +147,8 @@ self: super: {
   }) super.reflex;
 
 }
+// lib.optionalAttrs (lib.versionAtLeast super.ghc.version "9.8.3") {
+  # Breakage related to GHC 9.8.3 / deepseq 1.5.1.0
+  # https://github.com/typeable/generic-arbitrary/issues/18
+  generic-arbitrary = dontCheck super.generic-arbitrary;
+}