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diff --git a/compiler/utils/Util.lhs b/compiler/utils/Util.lhs
index bfb499a..495df82 100644
--- a/compiler/utils/Util.lhs
+++ b/compiler/utils/Util.lhs
@@ -590,6 +590,8 @@ cmpList cmp (a:as) (b:bs)
 \end{code}
 
 \begin{code}
+-- This (with a more general type) is Data.List.stripPrefix from GHC 6.8.
+-- This definition can be removed once we require at least 6.8 to build.
 maybePrefixMatch :: String -> String -> Maybe String
 maybePrefixMatch []    rest = Just rest
 maybePrefixMatch (_:_) []   = Nothing