diff --git a/build-constraints.yaml b/build-constraints.yaml
index 2808f16a..27663b88 100644
--- a/build-constraints.yaml
+++ b/build-constraints.yaml
@@ -5637,6 +5637,22 @@ skipped-haddocks:
 # or if Setup fails because of missing foreign libraries.
 # Otherwise place them in expected-benchmark-failures.
 skipped-benchmarks:
+    # An attempt to avoid cyclic dependencies
+    # https://github.com/fpco/stackage/issues/3368
+    - clock # tasty
+    - stringbuilder # hspec
+    # some stabs in the dark...
+    - HUnit
+    - aeson
+    - async
+    - attoparsec
+    - criterion
+    - doctest
+    - hashable
+    - hspec
+    - http-types
+    - semigroupoids
+    - tasty
 
     # Outdated dependencies
     # These can periodically be checked for updates;