diff --git a/Ledger/IO.hs b/Ledger/IO.hs
index 277228a90..d2cf5bee7 100644
--- a/Ledger/IO.hs
+++ b/Ledger/IO.hs
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ import Ledger.Utils (getCurrentLocalTime)
 import Ledger.Dates (nulldatespan)
 import System.Directory (getHomeDirectory)
 import System.Environment (getEnv)
-import System.IO
+import Prelude hiding (readFile)
+import System.IO.UTF8
 import System.FilePath ((</>))
 import System.Time (getClockTime)