diff --git a/doctests/Main.hs b/doctests/Main.hs
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/doctests/Main.hs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-module Main where
-
-import Build_doctests (flags, pkgs, module_sources)
-import Data.Foldable (traverse_)
-import Test.DocTest (doctest)
-
-main :: IO ()
-main = do
-  traverse_ putStrLn args -- optionally print arguments
-  doctest args
-  where
-    args = flags ++ pkgs ++ module_sources
diff --git a/html-entities.cabal b/html-entities.cabal
--- a/html-entities.cabal
+++ b/html-entities.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name:
   html-entities
 version:
-  1.1.4.1
+  1.1.4.2
 synopsis:
   A codec library for HTML-escaped text and HTML-entities
 description:
@@ -30,16 +30,10 @@
 license-file:
   LICENSE
 build-type:
-  Custom
+  Simple
 cabal-version:
   >= 1.24
 
-custom-setup
-  setup-depends:
-    base >= 4.5 && < 5,
-    Cabal >= 1.24 && < 3,
-    cabal-doctest >= 1 && < 2
-
 source-repository head
   type:
     git
@@ -67,25 +61,3 @@
     Arrows, BangPatterns, ConstraintKinds, DataKinds, DefaultSignatures, DeriveDataTypeable, DeriveFoldable, DeriveFunctor, DeriveGeneric, DeriveTraversable, EmptyDataDecls, FlexibleContexts, FlexibleInstances, FunctionalDependencies, GADTs, GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving, LambdaCase, LiberalTypeSynonyms, MagicHash, MultiParamTypeClasses, MultiWayIf, NoImplicitPrelude, NoMonomorphismRestriction, OverloadedStrings, PatternGuards, ParallelListComp, QuasiQuotes, RankNTypes, RecordWildCards, ScopedTypeVariables, StandaloneDeriving, TemplateHaskell, TupleSections, TypeFamilies, TypeOperators, UnboxedTuples
   default-language:
     Haskell2010
-
-test-suite doctests
-  type:
-    exitcode-stdio-1.0
-  hs-source-dirs:
-    doctests
-  main-is:
-    Main.hs
-  ghc-options:
-    -threaded
-    "-with-rtsopts=-N"
-    -funbox-strict-fields
-  default-extensions:
-    Arrows, BangPatterns, ConstraintKinds, DataKinds, DefaultSignatures, DeriveDataTypeable, DeriveFoldable, DeriveFunctor, DeriveGeneric, DeriveTraversable, EmptyDataDecls, FlexibleContexts, FlexibleInstances, FunctionalDependencies, GADTs, GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving, LambdaCase, LiberalTypeSynonyms, MagicHash, MultiParamTypeClasses, MultiWayIf, NoMonomorphismRestriction, OverloadedStrings, PatternGuards, ParallelListComp, QuasiQuotes, RankNTypes, RecordWildCards, ScopedTypeVariables, StandaloneDeriving, TemplateHaskell, TupleSections, TypeFamilies, TypeOperators, UnboxedTuples
-  default-language:
-    Haskell2010
-  build-depends:
-    doctest == 0.12.*,
-    directory >= 1.2 && < 2,
-    filepath >= 1.3 && < 2,
-    base-prelude,
-    base