diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index bb6031092d41..0627fc9e45a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -3061,4 +3061,7 @@ self: super: {
     tasty = super.tasty_1_5;
     tasty-quickcheck = super.tasty-quickcheck_0_10_3;
   });
+
+  # Too strict bounds on text. Can be removed after https://github.com/alx741/currencies/pull/3 is merged
+  currencies = doJailbreak super.currencies;
 } // import ./configuration-tensorflow.nix {inherit pkgs haskellLib;} self super
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml
index 467d0ddc46c4..f8d16ce0c340 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml
@@ -1082,7 +1082,6 @@ broken-packages:
   - curl-aeson # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/233210106 at 2023-09-02
   - curl-runnings # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/233258680 at 2023-09-02
   - curly-expander # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/233250838 at 2023-09-02
-  - currencies # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/233216717 at 2023-09-02
   - currency-convert # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/233224509 at 2023-09-02
   - curry-base # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/233246647 at 2023-09-02
   - CurryDB # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/233238995 at 2023-09-02
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
index 792e10c294f9..c80f544d34e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
@@ -78929,7 +78929,6 @@ self: {
        description = "Currencies representation, pretty printing and conversion";
        license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
        hydraPlatforms = lib.platforms.none;
-       broken = true;
      }) {};
 
   "currency" = callPackage