diff --git a/src/Development/IDE/Compat.hs b/src/Development/IDE/Compat.hs
index d5e4da25..de2396a7 100644
--- a/src/Development/IDE/Compat.hs
+++ b/src/Development/IDE/Compat.hs
@@ -6,18 +6,11 @@
 -- | Attempt at hiding the GHC version differences we can.
 module Development.IDE.Compat(
     HieFile(..),
-    HieFileResult(..),
     mkHieFile,
     writeHieFile,
     readHieFile
     ) where
 
-#ifndef GHC_STABLE
-import HieBin
-import HieAst
-import HieTypes
-#else
-
 import GHC
 import GhcPlugins
 import NameCache
@@ -31,11 +24,7 @@ mkHieFile _ _ _ = return (HieFile () [])
 writeHieFile :: FilePath -> HieFile -> IO ()
 writeHieFile _ _ = return ()
 
-readHieFile :: NameCache -> FilePath -> IO (HieFileResult, ())
-readHieFile _ _ = return (HieFileResult $ HieFile () [], ())
+readHieFile :: NameCache -> FilePath -> IO (HieFile, ())
+readHieFile _ _ = return (HieFile () [], ())
 
 data HieFile = HieFile {hie_module :: (), hie_exports :: [AvailInfo]}
-
-data HieFileResult = HieFileResult {hie_file_result :: HieFile}
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/Development/IDE/Functions/CPP.hs b/src/Development/IDE/Functions/CPP.hs
index d8bc036b..77592af9 100644
--- a/src/Development/IDE/Functions/CPP.hs
+++ b/src/Development/IDE/Functions/CPP.hs
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ doCpp dflags raw input_fn output_fn = do
 
     let cpp_prog args | raw       = SysTools.runCpp dflags args
                       | otherwise = SysTools.runCc
-#ifndef GHC_STABLE
-                                          Nothing
-#endif
                                           dflags (SysTools.Option "-E" : args)
 
     let target_defs = [] {-
diff --git a/src/Development/IDE/Functions/Compile.hs b/src/Development/IDE/Functions/Compile.hs
index 7cfdca05..695ae3fd 100644
--- a/src/Development/IDE/Functions/Compile.hs
+++ b/src/Development/IDE/Functions/Compile.hs
@@ -394,14 +394,8 @@ parseFileContents preprocessor filename contents = do
           return (contents, dflags)
 
    case unP Parser.parseModule (mkPState dflags contents loc) of
-#ifdef GHC_STABLE
      PFailed _ locErr msgErr ->
       Ex.throwE $ mkErrorDoc dflags locErr msgErr
-#else
-     PFailed s ->
-       -- A fatal parse error was encountered.
-       Ex.throwE $ toDiagnostics dflags $ snd $ getMessages s dflags
-#endif
      POk pst rdr_module ->
          let hpm_annotations =
                (Map.fromListWith (++) $ annotations pst,
diff --git a/src/Development/IDE/State/Rules.hs b/src/Development/IDE/State/Rules.hs
index 626aac53..e41aca18 100644
--- a/src/Development/IDE/State/Rules.hs
+++ b/src/Development/IDE/State/Rules.hs
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ getHieFileRule =
     defineNoFile $ \(GetHieFile f) -> do
         u <- liftIO $ mkSplitUniqSupply 'a'
         let nameCache = initNameCache u []
-        liftIO $ fmap (hie_file_result . fst) $ readHieFile nameCache f
+        liftIO $ fmap fst $ readHieFile nameCache f
 
 -- | A rule that wires per-file rules together
 mainRule :: Rules ()
diff --git a/src/Development/IDE/UtilGHC.hs b/src/Development/IDE/UtilGHC.hs
index 30318ef4..84a93170 100644
--- a/src/Development/IDE/UtilGHC.hs
+++ b/src/Development/IDE/UtilGHC.hs
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import Data.IORef
 import Control.Exception
 import FileCleanup
 import Platform
-#ifndef GHC_STABLE
-import ToolSettings
-#endif
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- GHC setup
@@ -73,25 +70,9 @@ fakeDynFlags = defaultDynFlags settings ([], [])
         settings = Settings
                    { sTargetPlatform = platform
                    , sPlatformConstants = platformConstants
-#ifdef GHC_STABLE
                    , sProgramName = "ghc"
                    , sProjectVersion = cProjectVersion
                    , sOpt_P_fingerprint = fingerprint0
-#else
-                   , sGhcNameVersion = GhcNameVersion
-                       { ghcNameVersion_programName = "ghc"
-                       , ghcNameVersion_projectVersion = cProjectVersion
-                       }
-                   , sFileSettings = FileSettings
-                       { -- fileSettings_tmpDir = "."
-                       }
-                   , sPlatformMisc = PlatformMisc
-                       { platformMisc_integerLibraryType = IntegerSimple
-                       }
-                   , sToolSettings = ToolSettings
-                       { toolSettings_opt_P_fingerprint = fingerprint0
-                       }
-#endif
                    }
         platform = Platform
           { platformWordSize=8