diff --git a/windows/make-windows-installer.bat b/windows/make-windows-installer.bat
index d27859057..3e16c887f 100644
--- a/windows/make-windows-installer.bat
+++ b/windows/make-windows-installer.bat
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 @echo off
 cd ..
 cabal update
-cabal-dev clean
-cabal install hsb2hs cabal-dev
+cabal sandbox init
+cabal clean
+cabal install hsb2hs
 if %errorlevel% neq 0 exit /b %errorlevel%
-cabal-dev install -v1 --force --reinstall --flags="embed_data_files"
+cabal install -v1 --force --reinstall --flags="embed_data_files"
 if %errorlevel% neq 0 exit /b %errorlevel%
-cabal-dev install -v1 --reinstall --flags="embed_data_files" pandoc-citeproc
+cabal install -v1 --reinstall --flags="embed_data_files" pandoc-citeproc
 if %errorlevel% neq 0 exit /b %errorlevel%
-strip cabal-dev\bin\pandoc.exe
-strip cabal-dev\bin\pandoc-citeproc.exe
-cabal-dev\bin\pandoc.exe -s --template data\templates\default.html -S README -o README.html
+strip .\.cabal-sandbox\bin\pandoc.exe
+strip .\.cabal-sandbox\bin\pandoc-citeproc.exe
+\.cabal-sandbox\bin\pandoc.exe -s --template data\templates\default.html -S README -o README.html
 if %errorlevel% neq 0 exit /b %errorlevel%
-cabal-dev\bin\pandoc.exe -s --template data\templates\default.rtf COPYING -t rtf -S -o COPYING.rtf
+.\cabal-sandbox\bin\pandoc.exe -s --template data\templates\default.rtf COPYING -t rtf -S -o COPYING.rtf
 if %errorlevel% neq 0 exit /b %errorlevel%
 copy COPYRIGHT COPYRIGHT.txt
-for /f "tokens=1-2 delims= " %%a in ('cabal-dev\bin\pandoc --version') do (
+for /f "tokens=1-2 delims= " %%a in ('.\cabal-sandbox\bin\pandoc --version') do (
   @set VERSION=%%b
   goto :next
   )