diff --git a/Stackage/Config.hs b/Stackage/Config.hs
index 31880ca0..354afb74 100644
--- a/Stackage/Config.hs
+++ b/Stackage/Config.hs
@@ -598,10 +598,6 @@ defaultStablePackages ghcVer requireHP = unPackageMap $ execWriter $ do
     -- https://github.com/fpco/stackage/issues/320
     addRange "Michael Snoyman" "lens" "< 4.5"
 
-    -- https://github.com/fpco/stackage/issues/326
-    addRange "Michael Snoyman" "hspec" "< 2"
-    addRange "Michael Snoyman" "hspec2" "< 0.6"
-
     when (ghcVer == GhcMajorVersion 7 8 && requireHP) $ do
         -- Yay workarounds for unnecessarily old versions
         let peg x y = addRange "Haskell Platform" x y
diff --git a/Stackage/Select.hs b/Stackage/Select.hs
index 72d0b6bb..f7665957 100644
--- a/Stackage/Select.hs
+++ b/Stackage/Select.hs
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ defaultSelectSettings version requireHP = SelectSettings
     , allowedPackage = const $ Right ()
     , useGlobalDatabase = False
     , skippedTests =
+        Set.insert (PackageName "ReadArgs") $ -- old version of hspec
         if version >= GhcMajorVersion 7 8
             then Set.fromList
                     [ PackageName "punycode" -- pulls in encoding