diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index aa40f5e0f62e..ec8e8ae248a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -176,13 +176,23 @@ self: super: {
   }) super.math-functions;
 
   # Deal with infinite and NaN values generated by QuickCheck-2.14.3
-  aeson = appendPatches [
-    (pkgs.fetchpatch {
-      name = "aeson-quickcheck-2.14.3-double-workaround.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/haskell/aeson/commit/58766a1916b4980792763bab74f0c86e2a7ebf20.patch";
-      sha256 = "1jk2xyi9g6dfjsi6hvpvkpmag3ivimipwy1izpbidf3wvc9cixs3";
-    })
-  ] super.aeson;
+  inherit (
+    let
+      aesonQuickCheckPatch = appendPatches [
+        (pkgs.fetchpatch {
+          name = "aeson-quickcheck-2.14.3-double-workaround.patch";
+          url = "https://github.com/haskell/aeson/commit/58766a1916b4980792763bab74f0c86e2a7ebf20.patch";
+          sha256 = "1jk2xyi9g6dfjsi6hvpvkpmag3ivimipwy1izpbidf3wvc9cixs3";
+        })
+      ];
+    in
+    {
+      aeson = aesonQuickCheckPatch super.aeson;
+      aeson_2_1_2_1 = aesonQuickCheckPatch super.aeson_2_1_2_1;
+    }
+  ) aeson
+    aeson_2_1_2_1
+    ;
 
   # There are numerical tests on random data, that may fail occasionally
   lapack = dontCheck super.lapack;