diff --git a/build-constraints.yaml b/build-constraints.yaml
index 21e99e33..e9d20636 100644
--- a/build-constraints.yaml
+++ b/build-constraints.yaml
@@ -3615,10 +3615,6 @@ packages:
         # https://github.com/fpco/stackage/issues/3566
         - network < 2.7
 
-        # needed by statistics, in turn needed by criterion
-        # https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stackage/issues/3781
-        - base-orphans < 0.8
-
         # can't unconstrain until base-orphans is unconstrained
         # https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stackage/issues/3787
         - semigroupoids < 5.3