diff --git a/plugins.cabal b/plugins.cabal
index a1a8af1..6f00dc1 100644
--- a/plugins.cabal
+++ b/plugins.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:               plugins
-version:            1.3.1
+version:            1.4.0
 homepage:           http://code.haskell.org/~dons/code/hs-plugins
 synopsis:           Dynamic linking for Haskell and C objects
 description:        Dynamic linking and runtime evaluation of Haskell,
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license:            BSD3
 License-file:       LICENSE
 author:             Don Stewart 2004-2008
 maintainer:         Don Stewart <dons@galois.com>
-cabal-version:      >= 1.2
+cabal-version:      >= 1.6
 build-type:         Configure
 extra-source-files: config.guess, config.h.in, config.mk.in, config.sub,
                     configure, configure.ac, install.sh, Makefile,
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ library
             System.Plugins.Make,
             System.Plugins.Package,
             System.Plugins.PackageAPI,
-            System.Plugins.ParsePkgConfCabal,
             System.Plugins.Parser,
             System.Plugins.Process,
             System.Plugins.Utils
diff --git a/src/System/Plugins/Env.hs b/src/System/Plugins/Env.hs
index 2c63b59..d7dbeb0 100644
--- a/src/System/Plugins/Env.hs
+++ b/src/System/Plugins/Env.hs
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ module System.Plugins.Env (
 
 import System.Plugins.LoadTypes (Module)
 import System.Plugins.PackageAPI  {- everything -}
-import System.Plugins.Consts           ( ghcLibraryPath, sysPkgConf, sysPkgSuffix )
+import System.Plugins.Consts           ( sysPkgConf, sysPkgSuffix )
 
 import Data.IORef               ( writeIORef, readIORef, newIORef, IORef() )
 import Data.Maybe               ( isJust, isNothing, fromMaybe )
-import Data.List                ( isPrefixOf, isInfixOf, nub )
+import Data.List                ( isInfixOf, nub )
 
 import System.IO.Unsafe         ( unsafePerformIO )
 import System.IO                ( hGetContents )
@@ -311,35 +311,10 @@ grabDefaultPkgConf = do
 --
 readPackageConf :: FilePath -> IO [PackageConfig]
 readPackageConf f = do
---        s <- readFile f
---        let p = map parseInstalledPackageInfo $ splitPkgs s
---        return $ flip map p $ \p' -> case p' of
---          ParseFailed e -> error  $ show e
---          ParseOk _ c   -> expand_libdir c
     pc <- configureAllKnownPrograms silent defaultProgramConfiguration
     pkgIndex <- getInstalledPackages silent (SpecificPackageDB f) pc
     return $ allPackages pkgIndex
 
-  where
-      expand_libdir :: PackageConfig -> PackageConfig
-      expand_libdir pk =
-        let pk'   = updImportDirs  (\idirs -> map expand idirs) pk
-            pk''  = updLibraryDirs (\ldirs -> map expand ldirs) pk'
-        in  pk''
-
-      expand :: FilePath -> FilePath
-      expand s | "$libdir" `isPrefixOf` s = ghcLibraryPath ++ drop 7 s
-      expand s = s
-
-      splitPkgs :: String -> [String]
-      splitPkgs = map unlines . splitWith ("---" ==) . lines
-        where
-          splitWith :: (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> [[a]]
-          splitWith p xs = ys : case zs of
-                             []   -> []
-                             _:ws -> splitWith p ws
-            where (ys,zs) = break p xs
-
 -- -----------------------------------------------------------
 -- Static package management stuff. A static package is linked with the base
 -- application and we should therefore not link with any of the DLLs it requires.
diff --git a/src/System/Plugins/Process.hs b/src/System/Plugins/Process.hs
index 2d35ca0..f58ba3b 100644
--- a/src/System/Plugins/Process.hs
+++ b/src/System/Plugins/Process.hs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import Control.Concurrent       (forkIO)
 import qualified Posix as P
 #endif
 
-import qualified Control.Exception
+import qualified Control.OldException as E
 
 --
 -- slight wrapper over popen for calls that don't care about stdin to the program
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ type ProcessID = ProcessHandle
 --
 popen :: FilePath -> [String] -> Maybe String -> IO (String,String,ProcessID)
 popen file args minput =
-    Control.Exception.handle (\e -> return ([],show e,error (show e))) $ do
+    E.handle (\e -> return ([],show e, error (show e))) $ do
 
     (inp,out,err,pid) <- runInteractiveProcess file args Nothing Nothing
 
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ popen file args minput =
     -- data gets pulled as it becomes available. you have to force the
     -- output strings before waiting for the process to terminate.
     --
-    forkIO (Control.Exception.evaluate (length output) >> return ())
-    forkIO (Control.Exception.evaluate (length errput) >> return ())
+    forkIO (E.evaluate (length output) >> return ())
+    forkIO (E.evaluate (length errput) >> return ())
 
     -- And now we wait. We must wait after we read, unsurprisingly.
     exitCode <- waitForProcess pid -- blocks without -threaded, you're warned.
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ popen file args minput =
 --
 popen :: FilePath -> [String] -> Maybe String -> IO (String,String,P.ProcessID)
 popen f s m = 
-        Control.Exception.handle (\e -> return ([], show e, error $ show e )) $ do
+        E.handle (\e -> return ([], show e, error $ show e )) $ do
             x@(_,_,pid) <- P.popen f s m 
             b <- P.getProcessStatus True False pid  -- wait
             return $ case b of