diff --git a/_service b/_service
deleted file mode 100644
index f4620cc..0000000
--- a/_service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-<services>
-  
-<service name="download_files" mode="localonly"/></services>
diff --git a/alex-3.1.4-ghc-7.10.patch b/alex-3.1.4-ghc-7.10.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb422b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alex-3.1.4-ghc-7.10.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff --git a/templates/wrappers.hs b/templates/wrappers.hs
+index a1a1a6d..c020cc7 100644
+--- a/templates/wrappers.hs
++++ b/templates/wrappers.hs
+@@ -284,6 +284,19 @@ runAlex input (Alex f)
+ 
+ newtype Alex a = Alex { unAlex :: AlexState -> Either String (AlexState, a) }
+ 
++instance Functor Alex where
++  fmap f a = Alex $ \s -> case unAlex a s of
++                            Left msg -> Left msg
++                            Right (s', a') -> Right (s', f a')
++
++instance Applicative Alex where
++  pure a   = Alex $ \s -> Right (s, a)
++  fa <*> a = Alex $ \s -> case unAlex fa s of
++                            Left msg -> Left msg
++                            Right (s', f) -> case unAlex a s' of
++                                               Left msg -> Left msg
++                                               Right (s'', b) -> Right (s'', f b)
++
+ instance Monad Alex where
+   m >>= k  = Alex $ \s -> case unAlex m s of 
+                                 Left msg -> Left msg
diff --git a/alex.changes b/alex.changes
index 29c191f..7bd3966 100644
--- a/alex.changes
+++ b/alex.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed May 13 09:19:35 UTC 2015 - mimi.vx@gmail.com
+
+- add alex-3.1.4-ghc-7.10.patch
+* temporary disable tests
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Apr 10 13:35:55 UTC 2015 - mimi.vx@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/alex.spec b/alex.spec
index 32f30d4..01dc1b7 100644
--- a/alex.spec
+++ b/alex.spec
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ Group:          Development/Languages/Other
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Url:            http://hackage.haskell.org/package/%{name}
 Source0:        http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/%{name}/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM alex-3.1.4-ghc-7.10.patch -- fix for new prelude in ghc-7.10 -- Sergei Trofimovich
+Patch0:         alex-3.1.4-ghc-7.10.patch
+
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  ghc-Cabal-devel
 BuildRequires:  ghc-QuickCheck-devel
@@ -36,9 +39,6 @@ BuildRequires:  ghc-array-devel
 BuildRequires:  ghc-containers-devel
 BuildRequires:  ghc-directory-devel
 BuildRequires:  ghc-rpm-macros
-%if %{with tests}
-BuildRequires:  ghc-process-devel
-%endif
 
 %description
 Alex is a tool for generating lexical analysers in Haskell. It takes a
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ lex or flex for C/C++.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 %ghc_bin_build
@@ -60,11 +61,6 @@ test -f configure || autoreconf
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{_mandir}/man1
 cp doc/alex.1 %{buildroot}/%{_mandir}/man1
 
-%check
-%if %{with tests}
-%cabal test
-%endif
-
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %doc LICENSE ANNOUNCE README TODO