diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 72716e9da8cff..efebdbc3b1841 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -1057,7 +1057,20 @@ self: super:
               }
               + "/${name}";
             # 2025-04-09: jailbreak to allow bytestring >= 0.12, text >= 2.1
-            jailbreak = true;
+            # Note: jailbreak ignores constraints under an if(flag)
+            postPatch = ''
+              check_sed() {
+                if ! test -s "$1"; then
+                  echo "sed: pattern '$2' doesn't match anything" >&2
+                  exit 1
+                fi
+              }
+              sed -i ${name}.cabal \
+                -e 's/\(bytestring\) .*/\1/w c1' \
+                -e 's/\(text\) .*/\1/w c2'
+              check_sed c1 'bytestring .*'
+              check_sed c2 'text .*'
+            '';
           }) super.${name};
       in
       lib.genAttrs [ "selda" "selda-sqlite" "selda-json" ] mkSeldaPackage
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml
index 1dfd4600a3416..b86c05f8f5fb2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml
@@ -5370,7 +5370,6 @@ broken-packages:
   - secureUDP # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/233215410 at 2023-09-02
   - SegmentTree # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/233216161 at 2023-09-02
   - selda-postgresql # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/245539286 at 2024-01-02
-  - selda-sqlite # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/295096791 at 2025-04-22
   - selectors # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/233227433 at 2023-09-02
   - selenium # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/233214276 at 2023-09-02
   - sel # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/255671988 at 2024-04-16