diff --git a/cabal.project b/cabal.project
index 8e857ca51d3..4bd55605da2 100644
--- a/cabal.project
+++ b/cabal.project
@@ -14,16 +14,6 @@ packages: vendor/cabal-doctest-1.0.8
 
 optional-packages: ./vendored/*/*.cabal
 
--- Remove after hackage-repo-tool release
-allow-newer:
-  hackage-repo-tool:optparse-applicative
-
-allow-newer:
-  hackage-security:Cabal
-
--- https://github.com/haskell-hvr/windns/pull/2
-allow-newer: windns-0.1.0.1:base
-
 -- avoiding extra dependencies
 constraints: rere -rere-cfg
 constraints: these -assoc
diff --git a/cabal.project.validate.libonly b/cabal.project.validate.libonly
index 625f8f4e739..bacfc0e709a 100644
--- a/cabal.project.validate.libonly
+++ b/cabal.project.validate.libonly
@@ -19,6 +19,3 @@ package Cabal
   ghc-options: -Werror -fno-ignore-asserts
 package cabal-testsuite
   ghc-options: -Werror -fno-ignore-asserts
-
--- https://github.com/haskell-hvr/cryptohash-sha256/issues/12
-allow-newer: cryptohash-sha256:base