diff --git a/hxt-unicode.cabal b/hxt-unicode.cabal
--- a/hxt-unicode.cabal
+++ b/hxt-unicode.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                hxt-unicode
-Version:             9.0.2.1
+Version:             9.0.2.2
 Synopsis:            Unicode en-/decoding functions for utf8, iso-latin-* and other encodings
 Description:         Unicode encoding and decoding functions for utf8, iso-latin-* and somes other encodings,
                      used in the Haskell XML Toolbox.
diff --git a/src/Data/String/UTF8.hs b/src/Data/String/UTF8.hs
--- a/src/Data/String/UTF8.hs
+++ b/src/Data/String/UTF8.hs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 
 import Data.Char (ord, chr)
 import Data.Word (Word8, Word16, Word32)
-import Data.Bits (Bits, shiftL, shiftR, (.&.), (.|.))
+import Data.Bits (shiftL, shiftR, (.&.), (.|.))
 
 import Data.List (unfoldr)