diff --git a/build-constraints.yaml b/build-constraints.yaml
index 8c7ee59f..ef0265ee 100644
--- a/build-constraints.yaml
+++ b/build-constraints.yaml
@@ -1115,12 +1115,6 @@ packages:
         # https://github.com/fpco/stackage/issues/615
         - syb < 0.5
 
-        # https://github.com/fpco/stackage/issues/627
-        - persistent < 2.2
-        - persistent-mysql < 2.2
-        - persistent-postgresql < 2.2
-        - persistent-sqlite < 2.2
-
         # https://github.com/gtk2hs/gtk2hs/issues/109
         - gtk < 0.13.8
 
@@ -1258,6 +1252,9 @@ skipped-tests:
     - machines
     - semigroupoids
 
+    # https://github.com/fpco/stackage/issues/627
+    - esqueleto
+
 # Tests which we should build and run, but which are expected to fail. We
 # should not fail a build based on a test failure for one of these packages.
 expected-test-failures: