diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
     - env: CABALVER=1.24 GHCVER=8.0.2
       compiler: ": #GHC 8.0.2"
       addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.24,ghc-8.0.2,hlint], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - env: CABALVER=2.0 GHCVER=8.2.1
-      compiler: ": #GHC 8.2.1"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-2.0,ghc-8.2.1,hlint], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - env: CABALVER=2.0 GHCVER=8.2.2
+      compiler: ": #GHC 8.2.2"
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-2.0,ghc-8.2.2,hlint], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
 
 before_install:
  - unset CC
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.markdown b/CHANGELOG.markdown
--- a/CHANGELOG.markdown
+++ b/CHANGELOG.markdown
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+0.12.8
+------
+* Remove the `doctest` test suite, as there are no actual doctests anywhere
+  in `parsers`.
+
 0.12.7
 ------
 * Add `sepByNonEmpty`, `sepEndByNonEmpty`, and `endByNonEmpty` to
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Setup.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/Setup.lhs b/Setup.lhs
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/Setup.lhs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-\begin{code}
-{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
-{-# OPTIONS_GHC -Wall #-}
-module Main (main) where
-
-#ifndef MIN_VERSION_cabal_doctest
-#define MIN_VERSION_cabal_doctest(x,y,z) 0
-#endif
-
-#if MIN_VERSION_cabal_doctest(1,0,0)
-
-import Distribution.Extra.Doctest ( defaultMainWithDoctests )
-main :: IO ()
-main = defaultMainWithDoctests "doctests"
-
-#else
-
-#ifdef MIN_VERSION_Cabal
--- If the macro is defined, we have new cabal-install,
--- but for some reason we don't have cabal-doctest in package-db
---
--- Probably we are running cabal sdist, when otherwise using new-build
--- workflow
-import Warning ()
-#endif
-
-import Distribution.Simple
-
-main :: IO ()
-main = defaultMain
-
-#endif
-
-\end{code}
diff --git a/Warning.hs b/Warning.hs
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/Warning.hs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-module Warning
-  {-# WARNING ["You are configuring this package without cabal-doctest installed.",
-               "The doctests test-suite will not work as a result.",
-               "To fix this, install cabal-doctest before configuring."] #-}
-  () where
diff --git a/parsers.cabal b/parsers.cabal
--- a/parsers.cabal
+++ b/parsers.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name:          parsers
 category:      Text, Parsing
-version:       0.12.7
+version:       0.12.8
 license:       BSD3
 cabal-version: >= 1.10
 license-file:  LICENSE
@@ -17,21 +17,14 @@
   Given a few simple instances, e.g. for the class 'Text.Parser.Combinators.Parsing' in "Text.Parser.Combinators.Parsing" you
   get access to a large number of canned definitions. Instances exist for the parsers provided by @parsec@,
   @attoparsec@ and base’s "Text.Read".
-build-type:    Custom
-tested-with:   GHC==7.0.4, GHC==7.2.2, GHC==7.4.2, GHC==7.6.3, GHC==7.8.4, GHC==7.10.3, GHC==8.0.2, GHC==8.2.1
+build-type:    Simple
+tested-with:   GHC==7.0.4, GHC==7.2.2, GHC==7.4.2, GHC==7.6.3, GHC==7.8.4, GHC==7.10.3, GHC==8.0.2, GHC==8.2.2
 
 extra-source-files:
   .travis.yml
   CHANGELOG.markdown
   README.markdown
-  Warning.hs
 
-custom-setup
-  setup-depends:
-    base          >= 4.3 && <5,
-    Cabal         >= 1.10,
-    cabal-doctest >= 1 && <1.1
-
 source-repository head
   type: git
   location: git://github.com/ekmett/parsers.git
@@ -67,24 +60,6 @@
     mtl                  >= 2.0.1    && < 2.3,
     scientific           >= 0.3      && < 0.4,
     unordered-containers >= 0.2      && < 0.3
-
--- Verify the results of the examples
-test-suite doctests
-  type:    exitcode-stdio-1.0
-  main-is: doctests.hs
-  default-language: Haskell2010
-  build-depends:
-    base,
-    bytestring,
-    containers,
-    directory >= 1.0,
-    doctest >= 0.9.1,
-    filepath,
-    parsers,
-    QuickCheck,
-    quickcheck-instances
-  ghc-options: -Wall -threaded
-  hs-source-dirs: tests
 
 test-suite quickcheck
   type:    exitcode-stdio-1.0
diff --git a/tests/doctests.hs b/tests/doctests.hs
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/tests/doctests.hs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- |
--- Module      :  Main (doctests)
--- Copyright   :  (C) 2012-14 Edward Kmett
--- License     :  BSD-style (see the file LICENSE)
--- Maintainer  :  Edward Kmett <ekmett@gmail.com>
--- Stability   :  provisional
--- Portability :  portable
---
--- This module provides doctests for a project based on the actual versions
--- of the packages it was built with. It requires a corresponding Setup.lhs
--- to be added to the project
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-module Main where
-
-import Build_doctests (flags, pkgs, module_sources)
-import Data.Foldable (traverse_)
-import Test.DocTest
-
-main :: IO ()
-main = do
-    traverse_ putStrLn args
-    doctest args
-  where
-    args = flags ++ pkgs ++ module_sources