diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8846523188ac59327d8b1224b82c38531f1b416b..949c3d06dc9d4226aa8aa3ef5207bc9fef7a5b23 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dnl
 # see what flags are available. (Better yet, read the documentation!)
 #
 
-AC_INIT([The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System], [8.3], [glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org], [ghc-AC_PACKAGE_VERSION])
+AC_INIT([The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System], [8.1], [glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org], [ghc-AC_PACKAGE_VERSION])
 
 # Set this to YES for a released version, otherwise NO
 : ${RELEASE=NO}
diff --git a/iserv/iserv-bin.cabal b/iserv/iserv-bin.cabal
index 5307e7fc0ea889442d0bb5114dbbdd5d839b46f0..eb332771bf5ba7c1bf3f2f9bde7c5e649d889fc7 100644
--- a/iserv/iserv-bin.cabal
+++ b/iserv/iserv-bin.cabal
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Executable iserv
                    bytestring >= 0.10 && < 0.11,
                    containers >= 0.5 && < 0.6,
                    deepseq    >= 1.4 && < 1.5,
-                   ghci       == 8.3
+                   ghci       == 8.1
 
     if os(windows)
         Cpp-Options: -DWINDOWS