diff --git a/configuration/modules.yaml b/configuration/modules.yaml
index 9c2383dc..2df73520 100644
--- a/configuration/modules.yaml
+++ b/configuration/modules.yaml
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ modules:
       'tar%gcc@4.8.5',
       'tensorflow',
       'tmux',
+      'tophat',
       'totalview',
       'trimmomatic',
     ]
diff --git a/paien.yaml b/paien.yaml
index 77f931b5..f9d64069 100644
--- a/paien.yaml
+++ b/paien.yaml
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ packages:
       - sra-toolkit@2.9.2
       - tar@1.30
       - tmux@2.7
+      - tophat@2.1.2 ^bowtie2@2.3.4.1 ^intel-tbb@2018.2
       - trimmomatic@0.38
 
   # List of third-party tools or of packages that are maintained
@@ -471,8 +472,6 @@ packages:
       - bowtie2@2.3.4.1 ^intel-tbb@2018.2
       - bcl2fastq2@2.20.0.422 ^boost+icu+python ^python@2.7.14+tk
       - ncview ^netcdf@4.6.1~mpi ^hdf5@1.10.1+szip~mpi+hl+fortran+cxx
-      # FIXME: see https://github.com/spack/spack/issues/8025
-      # - tophat@2.1.1 ^bowtie2@2.3.4.1 ^intel-tbb@2018.2
 
   # Serial applications built with the GNU stable stack and LAPACK
   gnu-lapack-applications: