diff --git a/MicroCabal.cabal b/MicroCabal.cabal
--- a/MicroCabal.cabal
+++ b/MicroCabal.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:         3.0
 name:                  MicroCabal
-version:               0.2.1.0
+version:               0.2.1.1
 synopsis:              A partial Cabal replacement
 license:               Apache-2.0
 license-file:          LICENSE
diff --git a/src/MicroCabal/Main.hs b/src/MicroCabal/Main.hs
--- a/src/MicroCabal/Main.hs
+++ b/src/MicroCabal/Main.hs
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@
       sect s@(Section "executable" _ _) | TgtExe `elem` targets env = buildExe env glob s
       sect s@(Section "library"    _ _) | TgtLib `elem` targets env = buildLib env glob s
       sect _ = return ()
+  message env 2 $ "Normalized Cabal file:\n" ++ show ncbl
   mapM_ sect $ addMissing sects
 
 buildExe :: Env -> Section -> Section -> IO ()
@@ -309,6 +310,7 @@
       sect s@(Section "executable" _ _) | TgtExe `elem` targets env = installExe env glob s
       sect s@(Section "library"    _ _) | TgtLib `elem` targets env = installLib env glob s
       sect _ = return ()
+  message env 2 $ "Normalized Cabal file:\n" ++ show ncbl
   mapM_ sect $ addMissing sects
 
 installExe :: Env -> Section -> Section -> IO ()
diff --git a/src/MicroCabal/Parse.hs b/src/MicroCabal/Parse.hs
--- a/src/MicroCabal/Parse.hs
+++ b/src/MicroCabal/Parse.hs
@@ -47,11 +47,6 @@
     loop _ ('\r':cs) =        loop 0     cs
     loop n ('\t':cs) = replicate k ' ' ++ loop 0 cs
          where k = 8 - n `rem` 8
-    -- Remove '--MHS'.
-    -- Hackage does not recognize mhs as a valid compiler yet.
-    -- Work around this by having mhs stuff in comments that
-    -- MicroCabal ignores.
-    loop 0 ('-':'-':'M':'H':'S':cs) = loop 0 cs
     loop n (c:cs)    = c    : loop (n+1) cs
 
 ------------------------------
@@ -102,9 +97,14 @@
 lower = map toLower
 
 -- Change lines with first non-space being '--' into just a newline
+-- Remove '--MHS'.
+-- Hackage does not recognize mhs as a valid compiler yet.
+-- Work around this by having mhs stuff in comments that
+-- MicroCabal ignores.
 dropCabalComments :: String -> String
 dropCabalComments = unlines . map cmt . lines
   where
+    cmt ('-':'-':'M':'H':'S':cs) = cmt cs
     cmt s | take 2 (dropWhile (== ' ') s) == "--" = ""
           | otherwise = s