diff --git a/ghc-rpm-macros.spec b/ghc-rpm-macros.spec
index a64fa8b..46699f1 100644
--- a/ghc-rpm-macros.spec
+++ b/ghc-rpm-macros.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #%%global without_hscolour 1
 
 Name:           ghc-rpm-macros
-Version:        1.3.10
+Version:        1.4.0
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        RPM macros for building packages for GHC
 
@@ -72,16 +72,6 @@ install -p -D -m 0644 %{SOURCE8} %{buildroot}/%{_prefix}/lib/rpm/fileattrs/ghc_l
 install -p -D -m 0755 %{SOURCE4} %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}/cabal-tweak-dep-ver
 install -p -D -m 0755 %{SOURCE5} %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}/cabal-tweak-flag
 
-# turn off shared libs and dynamic linking on secondary archs
-%ifnarch %{ix86} x86_64
-cat >> %{buildroot}/%{macros_dir}/macros.ghc <<EOF
-
-# shared libraries are only supported on primary intel archs
-%%ghc_without_dynamic 1
-%%ghc_without_shared 1
-EOF
-%endif
-
 
 %files
 %doc COPYING AUTHORS
@@ -98,6 +88,12 @@ EOF
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Jan 17 2015 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.4.0-1
+- enable shared libraries and dynamic linking on all arch's
+  since ghc-7.8 now supports that
+- disable debuginfo until ghc-7.10 which will support dwarf debugging output
+  (#1138982)
+
 * Fri Nov 14 2014 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.3.10-1
 - split ghc.attr into ghc_lib.attr and ghc_bin.attr for finer grained handling
 - require ghc-compiler for ghc_version
diff --git a/macros.ghc b/macros.ghc
index 3342c4e..9039b53 100644
--- a/macros.ghc
+++ b/macros.ghc
@@ -82,11 +82,13 @@ install -D --mode=0644 %{pkgnamever}.conf %{buildroot}%{ghclibdir}/package.conf.
 
 # ghc_bin_build
 %ghc_bin_build\
+%global debug_package %{nil}\
 %cabal_configure\
 %cabal build
 
 # ghc_lib_build_without_haddock [name] [version]
 %ghc_lib_build_without_haddock()\
+%global debug_package %{nil}\
 %cabal_configure %{!?without_prof:-p} %{!?ghc_without_shared:--enable-shared} %{?pkg_name:--htmldir=%{ghclibdocdir}/%{pkg_name}} %{?1:--docdir=%{_docdir}/ghc-%1%{!?fedora:-%2} --htmldir=%{ghclibdocdir}/%1} %{!?1:--global} %{?ghc_with_lib_for_ghci:--enable-library-for-ghci}\
 %cabal build\
 %{nil}