diff --git a/README b/README
index 7cf92291d..51c17f232 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ This will complain about any missing libraries, which you can download and
 install manually from hackage.haskell.org. (The Build-Depends: in
 hledger.cabal has the full package list.)
 
-Caveat to the above: the current vty library requires ghc 6.10 to build,
-so if you are using ghc 6.8 you will need to use vty 3.1.2.
-
 To get the latest development code do::
 
  darcs get http://joyful.com/repos/hledger
diff --git a/hledger.cabal b/hledger.cabal
index 17f66a50b..b2474a911 100644
--- a/hledger.cabal
+++ b/hledger.cabal
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ Executable hledger
                   HUnit, 
                   mtl, 
                   bytestring,
-                  -- if you have ghc <6.10 you'll need vty 3.1.2
-                  vty>=3.1.2
+                  vty>=3.1.8.2
   Other-Modules:  
                   BalanceCommand
                   Options