8 files changed, 6 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/pandoc.cabal b/pandoc.cabal
index a6fc81a50..6d891e625 100644
--- a/pandoc.cabal
+++ b/pandoc.cabal
@@ -415,7 +415,6 @@ Library
                    Text.Pandoc.Slides,
                    Text.Pandoc.Highlighting,
                    Text.Pandoc.Compat.Time,
-                   Text.Pandoc.Compat.Except,
                    Text.Pandoc.Compat.TagSoupEntity,
                    Text.Pandoc.Compat.Directory,
                    Paths_pandoc
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Error.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Error.hs
index 292396aee..5e26771fe 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Error.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Error.hs
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ module Text.Pandoc.Error (PandocError(..), handleError) where
 
 import Text.Parsec.Error
 import Text.Parsec.Pos hiding (Line)
-import Text.Pandoc.Compat.Except
 import GHC.Generics (Generic)
 import Data.Generics (Typeable)
 import Control.Exception (Exception)
@@ -48,10 +47,6 @@ data PandocError = -- | Generic parse failure
 
 instance Exception PandocError
 
-instance Error PandocError where
-  strMsg = ParseFailure
-
-
 -- | An unsafe method to handle `PandocError`s.
 handleError :: Either PandocError a -> a
 handleError (Right r) = r
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/ImageSize.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/ImageSize.hs
index 90dfbb5fb..e46c91eda 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/ImageSize.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/ImageSize.hs
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ import Numeric (showFFloat)
 import Text.Pandoc.Definition
 import Text.Pandoc.Options
 import qualified Data.Map as M
-import Text.Pandoc.Compat.Except
-import Control.Monad.Trans
+import Control.Monad.Except
 import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
 
 -- quick and dirty functions to get image sizes
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/DocBook.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/DocBook.hs
index e8fe92e27..9bd51f5a8 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/DocBook.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/DocBook.hs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import Data.List (intersperse)
 import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
 import Text.TeXMath (readMathML, writeTeX)
 import Text.Pandoc.Error (PandocError)
-import Text.Pandoc.Compat.Except
+import Control.Monad.Except
 import Data.Default
 import Data.Foldable (asum)
 
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Docx.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Docx.hs
index b51572783..fa534f801 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Docx.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Docx.hs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ import Data.Traversable (traverse)
 #endif
 
 import Text.Pandoc.Error
-import Text.Pandoc.Compat.Except
+import Control.Monad.Except
 
 readDocxWithWarnings :: ReaderOptions
                      -> B.ByteString
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Docx/Parse.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Docx/Parse.hs
index 3efdb70a8..b9021ec08 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Docx/Parse.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Docx/Parse.hs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ import Control.Monad.Reader
 import Control.Monad.State
 import Control.Applicative ((<|>))
 import qualified Data.Map as M
-import Text.Pandoc.Compat.Except
+import Control.Monad.Except
 import Text.Pandoc.Shared (safeRead)
 import Text.TeXMath.Readers.OMML (readOMML)
 import Text.Pandoc.Readers.Docx.Fonts (getUnicode, Font(..))
@@ -91,9 +91,6 @@ data ReaderState = ReaderState { stateWarnings :: [String] }
 data DocxError = DocxError | WrongElem
                deriving Show
 
-instance Error DocxError where
-  noMsg = WrongElem
-
 type D = ExceptT DocxError (ReaderT ReaderEnv (State ReaderState))
 
 runD :: D a -> ReaderEnv -> ReaderState -> (Either DocxError a, ReaderState)
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/EPUB.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/EPUB.hs
index 36c52aecb..e547b84cd 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/EPUB.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/EPUB.hs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import Text.Pandoc.Options ( ReaderOptions(..), readerTrace)
 import Text.Pandoc.Shared (escapeURI, collapseFilePath, addMetaField)
 import Network.URI (unEscapeString)
 import Text.Pandoc.MediaBag (MediaBag, insertMedia)
-import Text.Pandoc.Compat.Except (MonadError, throwError, runExcept, Except)
+import Control.Monad.Except (MonadError, throwError, runExcept, Except)
 import Text.Pandoc.MIME (MimeType)
 import qualified Text.Pandoc.Builder as B
 import Codec.Archive.Zip ( Archive (..), toArchiveOrFail, fromEntry
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/OPML.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/OPML.hs
index b2e5f2e67..7ee9ef398 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/OPML.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/OPML.hs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import Text.Pandoc.Compat.TagSoupEntity (lookupEntity)
 import Data.Generics
 import Control.Monad.State
 import Data.Default
-import Text.Pandoc.Compat.Except
+import Control.Monad.Except
 import Text.Pandoc.Error
 
 type OPML = ExceptT PandocError (State OPMLState)