diff --git a/cabal.project b/cabal.project
index 5f0af8dfa4cc69481f3f655eeab421cabc027d26..8cd40a33fc4483cc1386d19b07de5928276b1daf 100644
--- a/cabal.project
+++ b/cabal.project
@@ -13,17 +13,9 @@ packages: cabal-benchmarks/
 
 optional-packages: ./vendored/*/*.cabal
 
-allow-newer:
-  hackage-security:Cabal
-
 -- avoiding extra dependencies
 constraints: rere -rere-cfg
 constraints: these -assoc
 
--- Andreas, 2022-08-19, https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/8377
--- Force latest dependencies in the development version:
-constraints: text >= 2.0
-constraints: time >= 1.12
-
 program-options
   ghc-options: -fno-ignore-asserts