diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Changelog for record-dot-preprocessor
 
+0.2.9, released 2021-02-27
+    #37, make the output HLint clean
+    Don't add the OverloadedLabels extension
 0.2.8, released 2021-02-21
     Support GHC 9.0
     #38, make the preprocessor avoid quasi quotes
diff --git a/preprocessor/Edit.hs b/preprocessor/Edit.hs
--- a/preprocessor/Edit.hs
+++ b/preprocessor/Edit.hs
@@ -83,11 +83,14 @@
     where
         (blanks, rest) = span (isPL "") o
 
-        prefix = "{-# LANGUAGE DuplicateRecordFields, DataKinds, FlexibleInstances, TypeApplications, FlexibleContexts, MultiParamTypeClasses, OverloadedLabels, TypeFamilies, TypeOperators, GADTs, UndecidableInstances #-}"
+        prefix = "{-# LANGUAGE DuplicateRecordFields, DataKinds, FlexibleInstances, TypeApplications, FlexibleContexts, MultiParamTypeClasses, TypeFamilies, TypeOperators, GADTs, UndecidableInstances #-}\n" ++
+                 -- it's too hard to avoid generating excessive brackets, so just ignore the code
+                 -- only really applies to people using it through Haskell Language Server (see #37)
+                 "{- HLINT module ignore Redundant bracket -}"
         imports = "import qualified GHC.Records.Extra as Z"
         -- if you import two things that have preprocessor_unused, and export them as modules, you don't want them to clash
-        trailing modName = "_preprocessor_unused_" ++ uniq ++ " :: Z.HasField \"\" r a => r -> a;" ++
-                           "_preprocessor_unused_" ++ uniq ++ " = Z.getField @\"\""
+        trailing modName = "_recordDotPreprocessorUnused_" ++ uniq ++ " :: Z.HasField \"\" r a => r -> a;" ++
+                           "_recordDotPreprocessorUnused_" ++ uniq ++ " = Z.getField @\"\""
             where uniq = map (\x -> if isAlphaNum x then x else '_') $ concat $ take 19 $ takeWhile modPart $ map lexeme $ unparens modName
         modPart x = x == "." || all isUpper (take 1 x)
 
diff --git a/record-dot-preprocessor.cabal b/record-dot-preprocessor.cabal
--- a/record-dot-preprocessor.cabal
+++ b/record-dot-preprocessor.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cabal-version:      >= 1.18
 build-type:         Simple
 name:               record-dot-preprocessor
-version:            0.2.8
+version:            0.2.9
 license:            BSD3
 x-license:          BSD-3-Clause OR Apache-2.0
 license-file:       LICENSE