diff --git a/build-constraints.yaml b/build-constraints.yaml
index 51a8512c..db79506a 100644
--- a/build-constraints.yaml
+++ b/build-constraints.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ packages:
     "Daniel Brice <danielbrice@gmail.com> @friedbrice":
         - generic-lexicographic-order
         - text-convert
-        - text-encode
+        - text-encode < 0 # depends on disable postgresql-simple internally
 
     "Ernesto Hernandez-Novich <haskell@iamemhn.link> @iamemhn":
         - monad-logger-syslog