diff --git a/bin/_scripts8.2.test b/bin/_scripts8.2.test
index eec8c0e0a..589d3b57c 100644
--- a/bin/_scripts8.2.test
+++ b/bin/_scripts8.2.test
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ $  stack --stack-yaml ../stack8.2.yaml ghc hledger-balance-as-budget.hs     >/de
 $  stack --stack-yaml ../stack8.2.yaml ghc hledger-check-fancyassertions.hs >/dev/null || true
 $  stack --stack-yaml ../stack8.2.yaml ghc hledger-check-tagfiles.hs        >/dev/null || true
 $  stack --stack-yaml ../stack8.2.yaml ghc hledger-combine-balances.hs      >/dev/null || true
-$  stack --stack-yaml ../stack8.2.yaml ghc hledger-print-location.hs        >/dev/null || true
-$  stack --stack-yaml ../stack8.2.yaml ghc hledger-smooth.hs                >/dev/null || true
-$  stack --stack-yaml ../stack8.2.yaml ghc hledger-swap-dates.hs            >/dev/null || true
+$  stack --stack-yaml ../stack8.2.yaml ghc --package string-qq hledger-print-location.hs        >/dev/null || true
+$  stack --stack-yaml ../stack8.2.yaml ghc --package string-qq hledger-smooth.hs                >/dev/null || true
+$  stack --stack-yaml ../stack8.2.yaml ghc --package string-qq hledger-swap-dates.hs            >/dev/null || true
diff --git a/bin/hledger-print-location.hs b/bin/hledger-print-location.hs
index 0841c31c1..367614d55 100755
--- a/bin/hledger-print-location.hs
+++ b/bin/hledger-print-location.hs
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env stack
--- stack runghc --verbosity info --package hledger
+-- stack runghc --verbosity info --package hledger,string-qq
 -- Run from inside the hledger source tree, or compile with compile.sh.
 -- See hledger-check-fancyassertions.hs.
---package string-qq ?
 
 {-
 Quick script that adds file/line number tags to print output.
diff --git a/bin/hledger-smooth.hs b/bin/hledger-smooth.hs
index c9c335818..9daabd9d1 100755
--- a/bin/hledger-smooth.hs
+++ b/bin/hledger-smooth.hs
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env stack
--- stack runghc --verbosity info --package hledger
+-- stack runghc --verbosity info --package hledger,string-qq
 -- Run from inside the hledger source tree, or compile with compile.sh.
 -- See hledger-check-fancyassertions.hs.
---package string-qq ?
 
 
 -- This is an unfinished prototype, see https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues/1171
diff --git a/bin/hledger-swap-dates.hs b/bin/hledger-swap-dates.hs
index 9218bceee..bca7d20cb 100755
--- a/bin/hledger-swap-dates.hs
+++ b/bin/hledger-swap-dates.hs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env stack
--- stack runghc --verbosity info --package hledger
+-- stack runghc --verbosity info --package hledger,string-qq
 -- Run from inside the hledger source tree, or compile with compile.sh.
 -- See hledger-check-fancyassertions.hs.
 
diff --git a/bin/scripts.test b/bin/scripts.test
index f7aab35e8..23f545527 100644
--- a/bin/scripts.test
+++ b/bin/scripts.test
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ $  stack ghc hledger-balance-as-budget.hs     >/dev/null || true
 $  stack ghc hledger-check-fancyassertions.hs >/dev/null || true
 $  stack ghc hledger-check-tagfiles.hs        >/dev/null || true
 $  stack ghc hledger-combine-balances.hs      >/dev/null || true
-$  stack ghc hledger-print-location.hs        >/dev/null || true
-$  stack ghc hledger-smooth.hs                >/dev/null || true
-$  stack ghc hledger-swap-dates.hs            >/dev/null || true
+$  stack ghc --package string-qq hledger-print-location.hs        >/dev/null || true
+$  stack ghc --package string-qq hledger-smooth.hs                >/dev/null || true
+$  stack ghc --package string-qq hledger-swap-dates.hs            >/dev/null || true