diff --git a/Yesod/Form/Nic.hs b/Yesod/Form/Nic.hs
--- a/Yesod/Form/Nic.hs
+++ b/Yesod/Form/Nic.hs
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
 nicHtmlField :: YesodNic site => Field (HandlerT site IO) Html
 nicHtmlField = Field
     { fieldParse = \e _ -> return . Right . fmap (preEscapedToMarkup . sanitizeBalance) . listToMaybe $ e
-    , fieldView = \theId name attrs val isReq -> do
+    , fieldView = \theId name attrs val _isReq -> do
         toWidget [shamlet|
 $newline never
-    <textarea id="#{theId}" *{attrs} name="#{name}" :isReq:required .html>#{showVal val}
+    <textarea id="#{theId}" *{attrs} name="#{name}" .html>#{showVal val}
 |]
         addScript' urlNicEdit
         master <- getYesod
diff --git a/yesod-form.cabal b/yesod-form.cabal
--- a/yesod-form.cabal
+++ b/yesod-form.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:            yesod-form
-version:         1.4.0
+version:         1.4.0.1
 license:         MIT
 license-file:    LICENSE
 author:          Michael Snoyman <michael@snoyman.com>