diff --git a/GhcFlags/Plugin.hs b/GhcFlags/Plugin.hs
--- a/GhcFlags/Plugin.hs
+++ b/GhcFlags/Plugin.hs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE TupleSections #-}
 
--- | A ghc plugin that creates `.ghc.flags` files (and `.ghc.version`) populated
---   with the flags that were last used to invoke ghc for some modules, for
---   consumption by tools that need to know the build parameters.
+-- | A ghc plugin that creates `.ghc.flags` files populated with the flags that
+--   were last used to invoke ghc for some modules, for consumption by tools
+--   that need to know the build parameters.
 --
 --   https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/latest/docs/html/users_guide/extending_ghc.html#compiler-plugins
 module GhcFlags.Plugin
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
   )
 where
 
-import qualified Config as GHC
 import Control.Exception (finally, onException)
 import Control.Monad (unless, when)
 import Control.Monad.IO.Class (MonadIO, liftIO)
@@ -46,8 +45,10 @@
   unless written write
   pure core
 
--- TODO this only supports ghc being called with directories and home modules.
--- That means we don't support incremental compilation where ghc is called with
+-- TODO support incremental compilation
+--
+-- This only supports ghc being called with directories and home modules. That
+-- means we don't support incremental compilation where ghc is called with
 -- explicit filenames and dependencies. There are cases where the .ghc.flags may
 -- get out of date, e.g. adding / removing home modules. To handle those cases
 -- we need to detect them and write to a different (per-file) .ghc.flags
@@ -69,7 +70,6 @@
 
   when enable $ liftIO $ do
     traverse_ writeGhcFlags paths
-    writeDifferent ".ghc.version" GHC.cProjectVersion
 
 -- Only writes out the file when it will result in changes, and silently fails
 -- on exceptions because the plugin should never interrupt normal ghc work. The
diff --git a/ghcflags.cabal b/ghcflags.cabal
--- a/ghcflags.cabal
+++ b/ghcflags.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version: 2.2
 name:          ghcflags
-version:       1.0.1
+version:       1.0.2
 synopsis:      Dump the ghc flags during compilation
 license:       BSD-2-Clause
 license-file:  LICENSE
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 maintainer:    Tseen She
 copyright:     2019 Tseen She
 bug-reports:   https://gitlab.com/tseenshe/hsinspect/merge_requests
-tested-with:   GHC ^>=8.4.4 || ^>=8.6.5
+tested-with:   GHC ^>=8.4.4 || ^>=8.6.5 || ^>=8.8.1
 category:      Building
 description:
-  Generate @.ghc.flags@ and @.ghc.version@ files during compilation
+  Generate @.ghc.flags@ files during compilation
 
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