diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/RawOptions.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/RawOptions.hs
index 2bb2ff606..43de5be10 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/RawOptions.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/RawOptions.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell, ScopedTypeVariables, DeriveDataTypeable #-}
 {-|
 
 hledger's cmdargs modes parse command-line arguments to an
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/ReportOptions.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/ReportOptions.hs
index a6381506b..a7a965677 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/ReportOptions.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/ReportOptions.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards, DeriveDataTypeable, FlexibleInstances #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards, DeriveDataTypeable #-}
 {-|
 
 Options common to most hledger reports.
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Options.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Options.hs
index d2968be5d..5e3ed2bc2 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Options.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Options.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell, ScopedTypeVariables, DeriveDataTypeable #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables, DeriveDataTypeable #-}
 {-|
 
 Common cmdargs modes and flags, a command-line options type, and