diff --git a/Stackage/Config.hs b/Stackage/Config.hs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd5d36ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Stackage/Config.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+module Stackage.Config where
+
+import qualified Data.Map as Map
+import Stackage.Types
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Writer (execWriter, tell)
+import Data.Set (singleton, fromList)
+import Control.Monad (when, unless)
+import Distribution.System (OS (..), buildOS)
+import Distribution.Version (anyVersion)
+import           Distribution.Text    (simpleParse)
+
+-- | Packages which are shipped with GHC but are not included in the
+-- Haskell Platform list of core packages.
+extraCore :: Set PackageName
+extraCore = singleton $ PackageName "binary"
+
+-- | Test suites which are expected to fail for some reason. The test suite
+-- will still be run and logs kept, but a failure will not indicate an
+-- error in our package combination.
+expectedFailures :: Set PackageName
+expectedFailures = fromList $ map PackageName
+    [ -- Requires an old version of WAI and Warp for tests
+      "HTTP"
+      -- Requires a special hspec-meta which is not yet available from
+      -- Hackage.
+    , "hspec"
+    ]
+
+-- | List of packages for our stable Hackage. All dependencies will be
+-- included as well. Please indicate who will be maintaining the package
+-- via comments.
+stablePackages :: Map PackageName VersionRange
+stablePackages = execWriter $ do
+    -- Michael Snoyman michael@snoyman.com
+    addRange "yesod" "< 1.4"
+    add "yesod-newsfeed"
+    add "yesod-sitemap"
+    add "yesod-static"
+    -- A few transient deps not otherwise picked up
+    add "cipher-aes"
+    when (buildOS == Linux) $ add "hinotify"
+    unless (buildOS == Windows) $ add "unix-time"
+  where
+    add = flip addRange "-any"
+    addRange package range =
+        case simpleParse range of
+            Nothing -> error $ "Invalid range " ++ show range ++ " for " ++ package
+            Just range' -> tell $ Map.singleton (PackageName package) range'
diff --git a/Stackage/PackageList.hs b/Stackage/PackageList.hs
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e782f03..00000000
--- a/Stackage/PackageList.hs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-module Stackage.PackageList where
-
-import           Control.Monad        (foldM)
-import           Data.Char            (isSpace)
-import qualified Data.Map             as Map
-import           Distribution.Text    (simpleParse)
-import           Distribution.Version (anyVersion)
-import           Stackage.Types
-
-loadPackageList :: FilePath -> IO (Map PackageName VersionRange)
-loadPackageList fp =
-    readFile fp >>= foldM addLine Map.empty . lines
-  where
-    addLine ps l'
-        | null l = return ps
-        | otherwise =
-            case parseVersionRange v' of
-                Nothing -> error $ "Invalid version range: " ++ show (p, v')
-                Just v -> return $ Map.insert (PackageName p) v ps
-      where
-        l = cleanup l'
-        (p, v') = break isSpace l
-    cleanup = dropWhile isSpace . reverse . dropWhile isSpace . reverse . stripComments
-
-    parseVersionRange l
-        | null $ cleanup l = Just anyVersion
-        | otherwise = simpleParse l
-
-    stripComments "" = ""
-    stripComments ('-':'-':_) = ""
-    stripComments (c:cs) = c : stripComments cs
diff --git a/app/gen-install-line.hs b/app/gen-install-line.hs
index 3b1c29db..f15623a1 100644
--- a/app/gen-install-line.hs
+++ b/app/gen-install-line.hs
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import           Data.Version             (showVersion)
 import           Stackage.HaskellPlatform
 import           Stackage.LoadDatabase
 import           Stackage.NarrowDatabase
-import           Stackage.PackageList
 import           Stackage.Types
 import           Stackage.Util
+import           Stackage.Config
 import           System.Directory         (doesDirectoryExist, removeDirectoryRecursive, removeFile, createDirectory)
 import           System.Process           (readProcess, waitForProcess, runProcess)
 import System.Exit (ExitCode (ExitSuccess), exitWith)
@@ -18,26 +18,10 @@ import System.IO (IOMode (WriteMode, AppendMode), withBinaryFile)
 data Mismatch = OnlyDryRun String | OnlySimpleList String
     deriving Show
 
-extraCore :: Set PackageName
-extraCore = Set.singleton $ PackageName "binary"
-
--- Test suites which are expected to fail for some reason. The test suite
--- will still be run and logs kept, but a failure will not indicate an
--- error in our package combination.
-expectedFailures :: Set PackageName
-expectedFailures = Set.fromList $ map PackageName
-    [ -- Requires an old version of WAI and Warp for tests
-      "HTTP"
-      -- Requires a special hspec-meta which is not yet available from
-      -- Hackage.
-    , "hspec"
-    ]
-
 main :: IO ()
 main = do
-    userPackages <- loadPackageList "package-list.txt"
     hp <- loadHaskellPlatform
-    let allPackages = Map.union userPackages $ identsToRanges (hplibs hp)
+    let allPackages = Map.union stablePackages $ identsToRanges (hplibs hp)
     pdb <- loadPackageDB (extraCore `Set.union` Set.map (\(PackageIdentifier p _) -> p) (hpcore hp)) allPackages
     final <- narrowPackageDB pdb $ Set.fromList $ Map.keys allPackages
     let simpleList = map (\(PackageName p, v) -> p ++ "-" ++ showVersion v) $ Map.toList final
diff --git a/package-list.txt b/package-list.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 0540b90f..00000000
--- a/package-list.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
--- Michael Snoyman michael@snoyman.com
-yesod < 1.4
-yesod-newsfeed
-yesod-sitemap
-yesod-static
-
--- Extra dependencies not caught otherwise
-cipher-aes
-hinotify
-unix-time
diff --git a/stackage.cabal b/stackage.cabal
index 84566b37..533232c2 100644
--- a/stackage.cabal
+++ b/stackage.cabal
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ build-type:          Simple
 cabal-version:       >=1.8
 
 library
-  exposed-modules:     Stackage.PackageList
-                       Stackage.NarrowDatabase
+  exposed-modules:     Stackage.NarrowDatabase
                        Stackage.LoadDatabase
                        Stackage.HaskellPlatform
                        Stackage.Util
                        Stackage.Types
+                       Stackage.Config
   build-depends:       base >= 4 && < 5
                      , containers
                      , Cabal
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ library
                      , bytestring
                      , directory
                      , filepath
+                     , transformers
 
 executable stackage-gen-install-line
   hs-source-dirs:      app