diff --git a/ghc/driver/mangler/ghc-asm.lprl b/ghc/driver/mangler/ghc-asm.lprl
index 20d9043ca64766a5d93c22b5484dc7dad1aa0198..d15003b72a8d27700c772311edda282be381a9c0 100644
--- a/ghc/driver/mangler/ghc-asm.lprl
+++ b/ghc/driver/mangler/ghc-asm.lprl
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ sub mangle_asm {
 	    $chkcat[$i]  = 'literal';
 	    $chksymb[$i] = $1;
 
-	} elsif ( /^$TUS[@]?__stg_split_marker(\d+)$TPOSTLBL[@]?$/o ) {
+	} elsif ( /^$TUS[@]?__stg_split_marker(\d*)$TPOSTLBL[@]?$/o ) {
 	    $chk[++$i]   = $_;
 	    $chkcat[$i]  = 'splitmarker';
 	    $chksymb[$i] = $1;
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ sub mangle_asm {
 		# HWL HACK: dont die, just print a warning
 		#print stderr "HWL: this should die! Epilogue junk?: $e\n" if $e =~ /^\t[^\.]/
 		#    && $TargetPlatform !~ /^powerpc-/; #ToDo: remove test
-		die "Epilogue junk?: $e\n" if $e =~ /^\t[^\.]/
+		die "Epilogue junk?: $e\n" if $e =~ /^\t[^\.\n]/
 		    && $TargetPlatform !~ /^powerpc-/; #ToDo: remove test
 
 		# glue together what's left
diff --git a/ghc/driver/split/ghc-split.lprl b/ghc/driver/split/ghc-split.lprl
index 91a34d256e6af497f2e5dc682d4af67f841be764..5e4d0bc988c90a9c88d1d503447edfbedbea8884 100644
--- a/ghc/driver/split/ghc-split.lprl
+++ b/ghc/driver/split/ghc-split.lprl
@@ -4,46 +4,6 @@
 %*									*
 %************************************************************************
 
-\begin{code}
-sub inject_split_markers {
-    local($hc_file) = @_;
-
-    unlink("$Tmp_prefix.unmkd");
-    local($to_do) = "$Cp $hc_file $Tmp_prefix.unmkd";
-    &run_something($to_do, 'Prepare to number split markers');
-
-    open(TMPI, "< $Tmp_prefix.unmkd") || &tidy_up_and_die(1,"$Pgm: failed to open `$Tmp_prefix.unmkd' (to read)\n");
-    open(TMPO, "> $hc_file") || &tidy_up_and_die(1,"$Pgm: failed to open `$hc_file' (to write)\n");
-
-    local($marker_no) = 1;
-
-    # make sure there is a split marker before any "real" code
-    $_ = <TMPI>;
-    while ( $_ ne '' && ( /^$/ || /^#/ ) ) {
-	print TMPO $_;
-	$_ = <TMPI>;
-    }
-    print TMPO "__STG_SPLIT_MARKER(1)\n";
-    print TMPO $_ if ! /^\s*\/\* SPLIT \*\/\s*$/;
-
-	# Have to be a bit careful detecting /* SPLIT */ comments
-	# since a progam may use a string containing "/* SPLIT */"
-	# We check that there is nothing else on the line
-
-    while (<TMPI>) {
-	if (/^\s*\/\* SPLIT \*\/\s*$/) {
-	    $marker_no++;
-	    print TMPO "__STG_SPLIT_MARKER($marker_no)\n";
- 	    next;
-	}
-	print TMPO $_;
-    }
-
-    close(TMPI) || &tidy_up_and_die(1,"Failed reading $Tmp_prefix.unmkd\n");
-    close(TMPO) || &tidy_up_and_die(1,"Failed writing $hc_file\n");
-}
-\end{code}
-
 \begin{code}
 sub split_asm_file {
     local($asm_file) = @_;