diff --git a/hledger.cabal b/hledger.cabal
index ac7d60426..f36ec79d9 100644
--- a/hledger.cabal
+++ b/hledger.cabal
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ Library
                  ,haskell98
                  ,directory
                  ,parsec
-                 ,regex-compat
                  ,old-locale
                  ,time
                  ,HUnit