diff --git a/Language/Haskell/Lexer/Lex.hs b/Language/Haskell/Lexer/Lex.hs
--- a/Language/Haskell/Lexer/Lex.hs
+++ b/Language/Haskell/Lexer/Lex.hs
@@ -1119,7 +1119,6 @@
   case cclass i of
     0 -> err as iis
     3 -> err as iis
-    79 -> err as iis
     2 -> state77 err (i:as) is
     4 -> state77 err (i:as) is
     5 -> state78 err (i:as) is
@@ -3820,7 +3819,6 @@
 state166 err as iis@(i:is) =
   case cclass i of
     0 -> err as iis
-    79 -> err as iis
     76 -> state169 err (i:as) is
     _ -> state166 err (i:as) is
 
@@ -3831,7 +3829,6 @@
 state169 err as iis@(i:is) =
   case cclass i of
     0 -> err as iis
-    79 -> err as iis
     76 -> state169 err (i:as) is
     49 -> state172 err (i:as) is
     _ -> state166 err (i:as) is
@@ -7369,5 +7366,4 @@
 
 state275 :: LexerState
 state275 err as is = output NestedComment as (start1 is)
-
 
diff --git a/haskell-lexer.cabal b/haskell-lexer.cabal
--- a/haskell-lexer.cabal
+++ b/haskell-lexer.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Cabal-version:  2.2
 Name:           haskell-lexer
-Version:        1.2
+Version:        1.2.1
 License:        MIT
 License-file:   LICENSE
 Author:         Thomas Hallgren