diff --git a/hxt.cabal b/hxt.cabal
--- a/hxt.cabal
+++ b/hxt.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -- arch-tag: Haskell XML Toolbox main description file
 Name:           hxt
-Version:        9.1.5
+Version:        9.1.6
 Synopsis:       A collection of tools for processing XML with Haskell.
 Description:    The Haskell XML Toolbox bases on the ideas of HaXml and HXML,
                 but introduces a more general approach for processing XML with Haskell.
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@
  extensions: MultiParamTypeClasses DeriveDataTypeable FunctionalDependencies FlexibleInstances
 
  build-depends: base       >= 4   && < 5,
-                haskell98  >= 1   && < 2,
                 containers >= 0.2 && < 1,
                 directory  >= 1   && < 2,
                 filepath   >= 1   && < 2,