diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-7.8.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-7.8.x.nix
index e3b7859b1717..7c729138ff5e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-7.8.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-7.8.x.nix
@@ -71,9 +71,6 @@ self: super: {
   seqid = super.seqid_0_1_0;
   seqid-streams = super.seqid-streams_0_1_0;
 
-  # https://github.com/avieth/smtp-mail-ng/issues/1
-  smtp-mail-ng = dontDistribute super.smtp-mail-ng;
-
 }
 
 // # packages relating to amazonka