diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -286,6 +286,8 @@
 
 CHANGELOG
 ---------
+### 0.5.0
+* Drop depdendency on MissingH
 
 ### 0.4.4
 
diff --git a/angel.cabal b/angel.cabal
--- a/angel.cabal
+++ b/angel.cabal
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 -- The package version. See the Haskell package versioning policy
 -- (http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Package_versioning_policy) for
 -- standards guiding when and how versions should be incremented.
-Version:             0.4.4
+Version:             0.5.0
 
 -- A short (one-line) description of the package.
 -- Synopsis:            
@@ -69,9 +69,8 @@
   -- Packages needed in order to build this package.
   Build-depends: base >= 4.0 && < 5
   -- binding to the internals of process here, gotta be careful
-  Build-depends: process >= 1.0 && < 2.0
+  Build-depends: process >= 1.2.0.0 && < 2.0
   Build-depends: mtl
-  Build-depends: MissingH
   Build-depends: configurator >= 0.1
   Build-depends: stm >= 2.0
   Build-depends: containers >= 0.3
@@ -108,7 +107,6 @@
   Build-depends: base >= 4.0 && < 5
   Build-depends: process >= 1.0 && < 2.0
   Build-depends: mtl
-  Build-depends: MissingH
   Build-depends: configurator >= 0.1
   Build-depends: stm >= 2.0
   Build-depends: containers >= 0.3
diff --git a/src/Angel/Job.hs b/src/Angel/Job.hs
--- a/src/Angel/Job.hs
+++ b/src/Angel/Job.hs
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
                  , pollStale ) where
 
 import Control.Exception ( finally )
-import Data.String.Utils ( split
-                         , strip )
 import Data.Maybe ( mapMaybe
                   , fromMaybe
                   , fromJust )
@@ -39,6 +37,8 @@
                   , defaultStderr )
 import qualified Angel.Data as D
 import Angel.Util ( sleepSecs
+                  , strip
+                  , split
                   , nnull )
 import Angel.Files ( getFile )
 import Angel.PidFile ( startMaybeWithPidFile
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
     where
         log = logger $ "- program: " ++ id ++ " -"
         cmdSplit fullcmd = (head parts, tail parts) 
-            where parts = (filter (/="") . map strip . split " ") fullcmd
+            where parts = (filter (/="") . map strip . split ' ') fullcmd
 
         find_me cfg = M.findWithDefault defaultProgram id (spec cfg)
         updateRunningPid my_spec mpid = atomically $ do 
diff --git a/src/Angel/PidFile.hs b/src/Angel/PidFile.hs
--- a/src/Angel/PidFile.hs
+++ b/src/Angel/PidFile.hs
@@ -48,5 +48,5 @@
 
 getPID :: ProcessHandle -> IO (Maybe PHANDLE)
 getPID pHandle = withProcessHandle pHandle getPID'
-  where getPID' h @ (OpenHandle t) = return (h, Just t)
-        getPID' h @ (ClosedHandle t) = return (h, Nothing)
+  where getPID' h @ (OpenHandle t) = return (Just t)
+        getPID' h @ (ClosedHandle t) = return Nothing
diff --git a/src/Angel/Util.hs b/src/Angel/Util.hs
--- a/src/Angel/Util.hs
+++ b/src/Angel/Util.hs
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@
 module Angel.Util ( sleepSecs
                   , waitForWake
                   , expandPath
+                  , split
+                  , strip
                   , nnull ) where
 
 import Control.Concurrent
 import Control.Concurrent.STM
 import Control.Concurrent.STM.TVar (readTVar, writeTVar)
 import Control.Concurrent (threadDelay, forkIO, forkOS)
+import Data.Char (isSpace)
+import Data.Maybe (catMaybes)
 import System.Posix.User (getEffectiveUserName,
                           UserEntry(homeDirectory),
                           getUserEntryForName)
@@ -36,3 +40,15 @@
 
 nnull :: [a] -> Bool
 nnull = not . null
+
+split :: Eq a => a -> [a] -> [[a]]
+split a = catMaybes . foldr go []
+  where
+    go x acc = case (x == a, acc) of
+      (True, xs) -> Nothing:xs
+      (False, []) -> [Just [x]]
+      (False, Nothing:rest) -> Just [x]:Nothing:rest
+      (False, Just xs:rest) -> Just (x:xs):rest
+
+strip :: String -> String
+strip = reverse . dropWhile isSpace . reverse . dropWhile isSpace