diff --git a/CHANGELOG.markdown b/CHANGELOG.markdown
--- a/CHANGELOG.markdown
+++ b/CHANGELOG.markdown
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+0.11.4
+------
+* Fixed issue #6 with regards to the test harness performance.
+
 0.11.3
 ------
 * Fixed the doctests from 0.11.2
diff --git a/bytes.cabal b/bytes.cabal
--- a/bytes.cabal
+++ b/bytes.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name:          bytes
 category:      Data, Serialization
-version:       0.11.3
+version:       0.11.4
 license:       BSD3
 cabal-version: >= 1.8
 license-file:  LICENSE
diff --git a/tests/doctests.hsc b/tests/doctests.hsc
--- a/tests/doctests.hsc
+++ b/tests/doctests.hsc
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@
   : "-optPdist/build/autogen/cabal_macros.h"
   : "-hide-all-packages"
   : "-Iincludes"
-  : map ("-package="++) deps ++ sources
+  : "dist/build/cbits/i2d.o"
+  : map ("-package="++) (filter (not . ("bytes-" `isPrefixOf`)) deps) ++ sources
 
 getSources :: IO [FilePath]
 getSources = filter (isSuffixOf ".hs") <$> go "src"