diff --git a/Data/BERT/Parser.hs b/Data/BERT/Parser.hs
--- a/Data/BERT/Parser.hs
+++ b/Data/BERT/Parser.hs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverlappingInstances, TypeSynonymInstances #-}
 -- |
 -- Module      : Data.BERT.Parser
 -- Copyright   : (c) marius a. eriksen 2009
@@ -22,12 +23,12 @@
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy.Char8 as C
 import Data.BERT.Types (Term(..))
 
-instance Applicative (GenParser s a) where
-  pure  = return
-  (<*>) = ap
-instance Alternative (GenParser s a) where
-  empty = mzero
-  (<|>) = mplus
+--instance Applicative (GenParser s a) where
+--  pure  = return
+--  (<*>) = ap
+--instance Alternative (GenParser s a) where
+--  empty = mzero
+--  (<|>) = mplus
 
 -- | Parse a simple BERT (erlang) term from a string in the erlang
 -- grammar. Does not attempt to decompose complex terms.
diff --git a/bert.cabal b/bert.cabal
--- a/bert.cabal
+++ b/bert.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version: >= 1.6
 name:          bert
-version:       1.1
+version:       1.1.1
 build-type:    Simple
 license:       BSD3
 license-file:  LICENSE
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
 
 library
   build-depends: base == 4.*, containers >= 0.2, 
-                 bytestring >= 0.9, binary >= 0.5, 
-                 mtl >= 1.1, network-bytestring >= 0.1,
+                 bytestring >= 0.9, binary >= 0.5, mtl >= 1.1,
                  network >= 2.2, unix >= 2.0, time >= 1.1, 
                  parsec >= 2.0
   exposed-modules: