diff --git a/Commands/UI.hs b/Commands/UI.hs
index fde0299b0..bc10d6a2e 100644
--- a/Commands/UI.hs
+++ b/Commands/UI.hs
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ accountNameAt buf lineno = accountNameFromComponents anamecomponents
       anamecomponents = reverse $ map strip $ dropsiblings thisbranch
       dropsiblings :: [AccountName] -> [AccountName]
       dropsiblings [] = []
-      dropsiblings (x:xs) = [x] ++ dropsiblings xs'
+      dropsiblings (x:xs) = x : dropsiblings xs'
           where
             xs' = dropWhile moreindented xs
             moreindented = (>= myindent) . indentof
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ currentLedgerTransaction a@AppState{aledger=l,abuf=buf} = entryContainingTransac
       t = safehead nulltxn $ filter ismatch $ ledgerTransactions l
       ismatch t = tdate t == parsedate (take 10 datedesc)
                   && take 70 (showtxn False t nullmixedamt) == (datedesc ++ acctamt)
-      datedesc = take 32 $ fromMaybe "" $ find (not . (" " `isPrefixOf`)) $ [safehead "" rest] ++ reverse above
+      datedesc = take 32 $ fromMaybe "" $ find (not . (" " `isPrefixOf`)) $ safehead "" rest : reverse above
       acctamt = drop 32 $ safehead "" rest
       safehead d ls = if null ls then d else head ls
       (above,rest) = splitAt y buf
diff --git a/Ledger/AccountName.hs b/Ledger/AccountName.hs
index 7dd7893af..b0cafa6ae 100644
--- a/Ledger/AccountName.hs
+++ b/Ledger/AccountName.hs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ parentAccountNames :: AccountName -> [AccountName]
 parentAccountNames a = parentAccountNames' $ parentAccountName a
     where
       parentAccountNames' "" = []
-      parentAccountNames' a = [a] ++ parentAccountNames' (parentAccountName a)
+      parentAccountNames' a = a : parentAccountNames' (parentAccountName a)
 
 isAccountNamePrefixOf :: AccountName -> AccountName -> Bool
 isAccountNamePrefixOf = isPrefixOf . (++ [acctsepchar])
diff --git a/Ledger/Amount.hs b/Ledger/Amount.hs
index 7d006203b..6d7dffb4a 100644
--- a/Ledger/Amount.hs
+++ b/Ledger/Amount.hs
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ punctuatethousands s =
       (int,frac) = break (=='.') num
       addcommas = reverse . concat . intersperse "," . triples . reverse
       triples [] = []
-      triples l  = [take 3 l] ++ triples (drop 3 l)
+      triples l  = take 3 l : triples (drop 3 l)
 
 -- | Does this amount appear to be zero when displayed with its given precision ?
 isZeroAmount :: Amount -> Bool
diff --git a/Ledger/Dates.hs b/Ledger/Dates.hs
index 919205f0d..dc1915d83 100644
--- a/Ledger/Dates.hs
+++ b/Ledger/Dates.hs
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ splitspan start next span@(DateSpan (Just b) (Just e))
     where
       splitspan' start next (DateSpan (Just b) (Just e))
           | b >= e = []
-          | otherwise = [DateSpan (Just s) (Just n)]
-                        ++ splitspan' start next (DateSpan (Just n) (Just e))
+          | otherwise = DateSpan (Just s) (Just n)
+                        : splitspan' start next (DateSpan (Just n) (Just e))
           where s = start b
                 n = next s
       splitspan' _ _ _ = error "won't happen, avoids warnings"
diff --git a/Ledger/LedgerTransaction.hs b/Ledger/LedgerTransaction.hs
index 8b242c5d4..14526b6c3 100644
--- a/Ledger/LedgerTransaction.hs
+++ b/Ledger/LedgerTransaction.hs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ showLedgerTransaction' elide effective t =
            | otherwise = showdate (ltdate t) ++ maybe "" showedate (lteffectivedate t)
       status = if ltstatus t then " *" else ""
       code = if length (ltcode t) > 0 then printf " (%s)" $ ltcode t else ""
-      desc = " " ++ ltdescription t
+      desc = ' ' : ltdescription t
       showdate = printf "%-10s" . showDate
       showedate = printf "=%s" . showdate
       showpostings ps
diff --git a/Ledger/TimeLog.hs b/Ledger/TimeLog.hs
index 2e14de292..0b25bf8ef 100644
--- a/Ledger/TimeLog.hs
+++ b/Ledger/TimeLog.hs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ instance Read TimeLogCode where
 entriesFromTimeLogEntries :: LocalTime -> [TimeLogEntry] -> [LedgerTransaction]
 entriesFromTimeLogEntries _ [] = []
 entriesFromTimeLogEntries now [i]
-    | odate > idate = [entryFromTimeLogInOut i o'] ++ entriesFromTimeLogEntries now [i',o]
+    | odate > idate = entryFromTimeLogInOut i o' : entriesFromTimeLogEntries now [i',o]
     | otherwise = [entryFromTimeLogInOut i o]
     where
       o = TimeLogEntry Out end ""
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ entriesFromTimeLogEntries now [i]
       o' = o{tldatetime=itime{localDay=idate, localTimeOfDay=TimeOfDay 23 59 59}}
       i' = i{tldatetime=itime{localDay=addDays 1 idate, localTimeOfDay=midnight}}
 entriesFromTimeLogEntries now (i:o:rest)
-    | odate > idate = [entryFromTimeLogInOut i o'] ++ entriesFromTimeLogEntries now (i':o:rest)
-    | otherwise = [entryFromTimeLogInOut i o] ++ entriesFromTimeLogEntries now rest
+    | odate > idate = entryFromTimeLogInOut i o' : entriesFromTimeLogEntries now (i':o:rest)
+    | otherwise = entryFromTimeLogInOut i o : entriesFromTimeLogEntries now rest
     where
       (itime,otime) = (tldatetime i,tldatetime o)
       (idate,odate) = (localDay itime,localDay otime)
diff --git a/Version.hs b/Version.hs
index 75d0b3db0..27cd956a1 100644
--- a/Version.hs
+++ b/Version.hs
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ binaryfilename = prettify $ splitAtElement '.' buildversion :: String
                           where
                             bugfix'
                                 | bugfix `elem` ["0"{-,"98","99"-}] = ""
-                                | otherwise = "."++bugfix
+                                | otherwise = '.' : bugfix
                             patches'
-                                | patches/="0" = "+"++patches
+                                | patches/="0" = '+' : patches
                                 | otherwise = ""
                             (os',suffix)
                                 | os == "darwin"  = ("mac","")
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ versionstr    = prettify $ splitAtElement '.' buildversion :: String
                           where
                             bugfix'
                                 | bugfix `elem` ["0"{-,"98","99"-}] = ""
-                                | otherwise = "."++bugfix
+                                | otherwise = '.' : bugfix
                             patches'
                                 | patches/="0" = "+"++patches
                                 | otherwise = ""
diff --git a/tools/bench.hs b/tools/bench.hs
index 712c6b727..c3f65b5c0 100644
--- a/tools/bench.hs
+++ b/tools/bench.hs
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ parseargs as =
 
 optValueWithDefault :: (String -> Opt) -> String -> [Opt] -> String
 optValueWithDefault optcons def opts = 
-    last $ [def] ++ optValuesForConstructor optcons opts
+    last $ def : optValuesForConstructor optcons opts
 
 optValuesForConstructor :: (String -> Opt) -> [Opt] -> [String]
 optValuesForConstructor optcons opts = concatMap get opts
diff --git a/tools/doctest.hs b/tools/doctest.hs
index a0ca4350d..463167bb1 100644
--- a/tools/doctest.hs
+++ b/tools/doctest.hs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ doctests s = filter isDocTest $ haddockLiterals s
 haddockLiterals :: String -> [String]
 haddockLiterals "" = []
 haddockLiterals s | null lit = []
-                  | otherwise = [lit] ++ haddockLiterals rest
+                  | otherwise = lit : haddockLiterals rest
     where
       ls = drop 1 $ dropWhile (not . isLiteralBoundary) $ lines s
       lit = unlines $ takeWhile (not . isLiteralBoundary) ls
diff --git a/tools/generateledger.hs b/tools/generateledger.hs
index b578c797d..f2507ee22 100644
--- a/tools/generateledger.hs
+++ b/tools/generateledger.hs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ uniqueacctnames' depth uniquenames = group some ++ uniqueacctnames' depth rest
 -- group ["a", "b", "c"] = ["a","a:b","a:b:c"]
 group :: [String] -> [String]
 group [] = []
-group (a:as) = [a] ++ map ((a++":")++) (group as)
+group (a:as) = a : map ((a++":")++) (group as)
 
 pair :: [a] -> [(a,a)]
 pair [] = []