diff --git a/cabal.project.coverage b/cabal.project.coverage
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-packages: Cabal-syntax/ Cabal/ cabal-testsuite/
-packages: cabal-install/
-packages: cabal-install-solver/
-packages: solver-benchmarks/
-
-tests: True
-
-packages: Cabal-QuickCheck/
-packages: Cabal-tree-diff/
-packages: Cabal-described
-packages: Cabal-tests/
-packages: cabal-benchmarks/
-
--- Uncomment to allow picking up extra local unpacked deps:
---optional-packages: */
-
--- Remove after hackage-repo-tool release
-allow-newer:
-  hackage-repo-tool:optparse-applicative
-
-allow-newer:
-  hackage-security:Cabal
-
--- https://github.com/haskell-hvr/windns/pull/2
-allow-newer: windns-0.1.0.1:base
-
--- avoiding extra dependencies
-constraints: rere -rere-cfg
-constraints: these
-
-program-options
-  ghc-options: -fno-ignore-asserts
-