diff --git a/hledger-lib/hledger-lib.cabal b/hledger-lib/hledger-lib.cabal
index 1b44884db..69c9807cd 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/hledger-lib.cabal
+++ b/hledger-lib/hledger-lib.cabal
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ cabal-version: 1.12
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 --
--- hash: 4cfc4e9879ec711800e91c2cfe108a99c36d80ccb81b59e1df314915e94d5523
+-- hash: 540aab47f6186c280e13c9bcc60863d8e29fc9830886c34aa95bfc9805623dad
 
 name:           hledger-lib
 version:        1.14.99
@@ -248,6 +248,8 @@ test-suite doctests
   if (!impl(ghc >= 8.0))
     build-depends:
         semigroups ==0.18.*
+  if (impl(ghc < 8.2))
+    buildable: False
   default-language: Haskell2010
 
 test-suite easytests
diff --git a/hledger-lib/package.yaml b/hledger-lib/package.yaml
index 944b8f371..8abab19e4 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/package.yaml
+++ b/hledger-lib/package.yaml
@@ -174,6 +174,16 @@ tests:
     # - condition: os(darwin) && impl(ghc >= 8.4)
     #   buildable: false
 
+    # 201907 hard-to-debug doctest breakages
+    # ghc 7.10 on linux:
+    #  doctests: <command line>: Can't parse package flag: package-db /home/simon/.stack/snapshots/i386-linux/026d718ac4d5f70d983bbeebb712f79d402a8e7003bbfe787f9e853573ed7ed6/7.10.3/pkgdb
+    # ghc 8.0 on linux:
+    #  Hledger/Read/JournalReader.hs:126: failure in expression `rejp (journalp <* eof) "2015/1/1\n a  0\n"' ... Variable not in scope: rejp :: f0 a0 -> [Char] -> t
+    when:
+    - condition: (impl(ghc < 8.2))
+      buildable: false
+
+
   easytests:
     main: easytests.hs
     source-dirs: test