diff --git a/utils/haddock/CONTRIBUTING.md b/utils/haddock/CONTRIBUTING.md
index eccc51fdf5ab110934148409a3acb6757d36d810..bd8b0acf13cc0a523f670e33995e717652fce4ef 100644
--- a/utils/haddock/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/utils/haddock/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -28,6 +28,17 @@ Then, run the following command from the top-level:
 $ ./hadrian/build -j --flavour=Quick --freeze1 _build/stage1/bin/haddock
 ```
 
+### Running the test suites
+
+Currently, this cannot be done with hadrian but has to be done with a
+`cabal-install` built from `master`.
+
+```
+cabal test -w <absolute-path-to-ghc-repo>/_build/stage1/bin/ghc
+```
+
+For more details, see https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/24976.
+
 ## Working with the codebase
 
 The project provides a Makefile with rules to accompany you during development:
diff --git a/utils/haddock/cabal.project b/utils/haddock/cabal.project
index 28290fd794e84b6938c9dfcc8eb22b73e2798417..426ca8283700d41b856579a2e21d0a37e4da3b0d 100644
--- a/utils/haddock/cabal.project
+++ b/utils/haddock/cabal.project
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-with-compiler: ghc-9.7
-
 packages: ./
           ./haddock-api
           ./haddock-library