diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 Internal/api/developer-ish changes in the hledger-lib (and hledger) packages.
 For user-visible changes, see the hledger package changelog.
 
+# 1.13.1 (2019/02/02)
+
+- stop depending on here to avoid haskell-src-meta/stackage blockage.
+
 # 1.13 (2019/02/01)
 
 - in Journal's jtxns field, forecasted txns are appended rather than prepended
diff --git a/Hledger/Utils.hs b/Hledger/Utils.hs
--- a/Hledger/Utils.hs
+++ b/Hledger/Utils.hs
@@ -37,18 +37,18 @@
 import Control.Monad (liftM, when)
 -- import Data.Char
 import Data.Default
-import Data.FileEmbed (makeRelativeToProject, embedFile)
+import Data.FileEmbed (makeRelativeToProject, embedStringFile)
 import Data.List
 -- import Data.Maybe
 -- import Data.PPrint
-import Data.String.Here (hereFile)
+-- import Data.String.Here (hereFile)
 import Data.Text (Text)
 import qualified Data.Text.IO as T
 import Data.Time.Clock
 import Data.Time.LocalTime
 -- import Data.Text (Text)
 -- import qualified Data.Text as T
-import Language.Haskell.TH.Quote (QuasiQuoter(..))
+-- import Language.Haskell.TH.Quote (QuasiQuoter(..))
 import Language.Haskell.TH.Syntax (Q, Exp)
 import System.Directory (getHomeDirectory)
 import System.FilePath((</>), isRelative)
@@ -225,16 +225,16 @@
 mapM' f = sequence' . map f
 
 -- | Like embedFile, but takes a path relative to the package directory.
--- Similar to hereFileRelative ?
+-- Similar to embedFileRelative ?
 embedFileRelative :: FilePath -> Q Exp
-embedFileRelative f = makeRelativeToProject f >>= embedFile
+embedFileRelative f = makeRelativeToProject f >>= embedStringFile
 
--- | Like hereFile, but takes a path relative to the package directory.
--- Similar to embedFileRelative ?
-hereFileRelative :: FilePath -> Q Exp
-hereFileRelative f = makeRelativeToProject f >>= hereFileExp
-  where
-    QuasiQuoter{quoteExp=hereFileExp} = hereFile
+-- -- | Like hereFile, but takes a path relative to the package directory.
+-- -- Similar to embedFileRelative ?
+-- hereFileRelative :: FilePath -> Q Exp
+-- hereFileRelative f = makeRelativeToProject f >>= hereFileExp
+--   where
+--     QuasiQuoter{quoteExp=hereFileExp} = hereFile
     
 tests_Utils = tests "Utils" [
   tests_Text
diff --git a/hledger-lib.cabal b/hledger-lib.cabal
--- a/hledger-lib.cabal
+++ b/hledger-lib.cabal
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 --
--- hash: c17b44c345a89a13650ca3efcba7d7e8311e9312acfd08dff5f2716e70ca29d7
+-- hash: 37a0c290958e641dd8779201025f1614b90535b0922970496375bb95d60024bf
 
 name:           hledger-lib
-version:        1.13
+version:        1.13.1
 synopsis:       Core data types, parsers and functionality for the hledger accounting tools
 description:    This is a reusable library containing hledger's core functionality.
                 .
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@
     , file-embed >=0.0.10
     , filepath
     , hashtables >=1.2.3.1
-    , here
     , megaparsec >=7.0.0 && <8
     , mtl
     , mtl-compat
@@ -227,7 +226,6 @@
     , file-embed >=0.0.10
     , filepath
     , hashtables >=1.2.3.1
-    , here
     , megaparsec >=7.0.0 && <8
     , mtl
     , mtl-compat
@@ -329,7 +327,6 @@
     , file-embed >=0.0.10
     , filepath
     , hashtables >=1.2.3.1
-    , here
     , hledger-lib
     , megaparsec >=7.0.0 && <8
     , mtl