diff --git a/ghc/compiler/typecheck/TcSimplify.lhs b/ghc/compiler/typecheck/TcSimplify.lhs
index eddc3d38619e69567d22aceae34a04ad44b9b52f..0c52f1db5a1b25b5416c2710dbf55b80e89db618 100644
--- a/ghc/compiler/typecheck/TcSimplify.lhs
+++ b/ghc/compiler/typecheck/TcSimplify.lhs
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ terms of the signature.
 
 \begin{code}
 reduceErr insts sty
-  = hang (ptext (SLIT("Context required by inferred type, but missing on a type signature")))
+  = hang (text "Context required by inferred type, but missing on a type signature")
        4 (vcat (map (pprInst sty) (bagToList insts)))
 \end{code}