diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
 ```dash-haskell parsec-3.1.5 ```
 
-builds ```docsets/parsec-3.1.5.docset``` using the default db ordering (global, sandbox, user). 
+builds ```docsets/parsec-3.1.5.docset``` using the default db ordering (global, user). 
 
 Note: haddock documentation for the package must first be built prior to calling dash-haskell on it, e.g.
 ```
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 Summary
 =======
 ```
-dash-haskell v1.1.0.0, a dash docset construction tool for Haskell packages
+dash-haskell v1.1.0.1, a dash docset construction tool for Haskell packages
 
 Usage: dash-haskell [-o|--output <dir>] [-q|--quiet] [-c|--cabal <file.cabal>]
                     [-x|--cabal-excludes ghc,lens..] [-s|--sandbox]
diff --git a/dash-haskell.cabal b/dash-haskell.cabal
--- a/dash-haskell.cabal
+++ b/dash-haskell.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                dash-haskell
-version:             1.1.0.0
+version:             1.1.0.1
 synopsis:            Convert package Haddock to Dash docsets (IDE docs)
 homepage:            http://www.github.com/jfeltz/dash-haskell
 Bug-reports:         https://github.com/jfeltz/dash-haskell/issues
@@ -35,9 +35,8 @@
   .
   >$ dash-haskell -c foo.cabal -s
   .           
-  builds all packages listed as dependencies in the cabal file using atleast the cabal sandbox db
-  .
-  using the default db ordering (global, sandbox, user).
+  builds all packages listed as dependencies in the cabal file, using the
+  default db ordering (global, sandbox, user).
   .
   Note: haddock documentation for the package must first be built prior to calling dash-haskell on it, e.g.
   .
@@ -75,19 +74,15 @@
 
   build-depends:  Cabal                  >= 1.18.0
                   , base                 >= 4.7 && <= 4.9
-                  , bytestring           >= 0.10.0.1
                   , containers           >= 0.5.5.1
-                  , direct-sqlite >= 2.3.13
+                  , direct-sqlite        >= 2.3.13
                   , directory            >= 1.2.1.0
                   , either               >= 4.3
                   , filepath             >= 1.4.0.0
                   , ghc                  >= 7.10.1
-                  , mtl                  >= 2.1.3.1
                   , optparse-applicative >= 0.11.0.1
                   , pipes                >= 4.1.0
-                  , process              >= 1.2.0.0
                   , sqlite-simple        >= 0.4.5.0
-                  , system-fileio        >= 0.3.12 && < 0.4.0
                   , tagsoup              >= 0.12.7
                   , text                 >= 0.7.1
                   , transformers         >= 0.2 && < 0.5
diff --git a/src/Main.hs b/src/Main.hs
--- a/src/Main.hs
+++ b/src/Main.hs
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@
   where 
    parserInfo :: ParserInfo O.Options
    parserInfo = info (helper <*> O.parser)  $
-     header "dash-haskell v1.1.0.0, a dash docset construction tool for Haskell packages"
+     header "dash-haskell v1.1.0.1, a dash docset construction tool for Haskell packages"
      <> progDesc "additional help is available with \"dash-haskell help <topic|option>\""
      <> footer "http://www.github.com/jfeltz/dash-haskell (C) John P. Feltz 2014, 2015"
diff --git a/src/Pipe/FileSystem.hs b/src/Pipe/FileSystem.hs
--- a/src/Pipe/FileSystem.hs
+++ b/src/Pipe/FileSystem.hs
@@ -4,12 +4,9 @@
 module Pipe.FileSystem where
 import           Control.Monad
 import           Control.Monad.M
-import qualified Data.ByteString as BS
-import           Data.ByteString.Char8 (unpack, pack)
 import qualified Data.List as L
 import           Data.String.Util
 import qualified Data.Text as T
-import           Data.Text.Encoding
 import           Database.SQLite.Simple
 import           System.FilePath
 import           PackageConf
@@ -24,8 +21,8 @@
 
 -- TODO the utility of some of these fields is still unclear to me,
 -- at the moment they are filled simply to satisfy the docset spec.
-plist :: String -> BS.ByteString
-plist str = pack . unlines $
+plist :: String -> String 
+plist str = unlines $
   [ "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>"
   , "<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC \"-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN\" \"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd\">"
   , "<plist version=\"1.0\">"
@@ -142,7 +139,7 @@
         Right . TagOpen "a" $ ("href", url') : preserved 
 
 pipe_htmlConvert :: 
-  Ghc.PackageKey -> PipeM FilePath (FilePath, Maybe BS.ByteString) ()
+  Ghc.PackageKey -> PipeM FilePath (FilePath, Maybe String) ()
 pipe_htmlConvert p = 
   forever $ do
     src <- await
@@ -150,15 +147,15 @@
       then  
         yield (src, Nothing)
       else do 
-        buf <- T.pack <$> liftIO (readFile src)
+        buf <- liftIO . readFile $ src
         -- Link conversion errors are non-fatal.
-        case mapM (convertLink p src) . parseTags $ buf of
+        case mapM (convertLink p src) . parseTags $ T.pack buf of
           Left e -> do 
             lift . warning $ 
               preposition "failed to convert links" "for" "file" src [e]
             yield (src, Nothing) 
           Right tags ->
-            yield (src, Just . encodeUtf8 . renderTags $ tags) 
+            yield (src, Just . T.unpack . renderTags $ tags) 
 
 -- | This consumes a doc file and copies it to a path in 'dstRoot'. 
 -- By pre-condition: 
@@ -166,8 +163,7 @@
 -- By post-condition: 
 --   written dst is the difference of path and src_root,
 --   with by the concatenation of dst_root as it's parent. 
-cons_writeFile :: 
-  FilePath -> FilePath -> ConsumerM (FilePath, Maybe BS.ByteString) () 
+cons_writeFile :: FilePath -> FilePath -> ConsumerM (FilePath, Maybe String) () 
 cons_writeFile src_root dst_root = forever $ do 
   (path, buf) <- await
   dst_relative_path <- lift . fromE $ stripPrefix src_root path 
@@ -183,7 +179,7 @@
     D.createDirectoryIfMissing True $ parent dst_path 
     case buf of 
       Nothing   -> D.copyFile path dst_path 
-      Just buf' -> writeFile dst_path $ unpack buf'
+      Just buf' -> writeFile dst_path buf'
   
 cons_writeFiles :: FilePath -> ConsumerM PackageConf ()
 cons_writeFiles docsets_root = forever $ do
@@ -210,7 +206,7 @@
   --    putStrLn "running haddock indexes"
   --    runHaddockIndex (interfaceFile conf) dst_doc_root
   lift . indentM 2 $ msg "writing plist.."
-  liftIO . writeFile (dst_root </> "Contents/Info.plist") . unpack . plist . 
+  liftIO . writeFile (dst_root </> "Contents/Info.plist") . plist . 
     Ghc.packageKeyString . pkg $ conf 
 
   let db_path = dst_root </> "Contents/Resources/docSet.dsidx"