diff --git a/.github/workflows/packcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/packcheck.yml
index 7361602..9f8561f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/packcheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/packcheck.yml
@@ -126,20 +126,12 @@ jobs:
             command: hlint
             runner: ubuntu-latest
             pack_options: >-
+              HLINTVER=3.6.1
               HLINT_OPTIONS="lint"
               HLINT_TARGETS="src"
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      #- uses: haskell/actions/setup@v1
-      #  if: ${{ matrix.name != 'hlint' }}
-      #  with:
-      #    ghc-version: ${{ matrix.ghc_version }}
-      #    enable-stack: true
-      #    stack-version: 'latest'
-      #    cabal-version: 'latest'
-
     - uses: actions/cache@v2
       name: Cache common directories
       with:
diff --git a/packcheck.sh b/packcheck.sh
index 5799238..0f88a81 100755
--- a/packcheck.sh
+++ b/packcheck.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 PACKCHECK_VERSION=0.7.0
-HLINT_VERSION=3.5
 
 show_version() {
   echo "packcheck version $PACKCHECK_VERSION"
@@ -221,11 +220,10 @@ SAFE_ENVVARS="\
   CABAL_BUILD_TARGETS \
   COVERAGE \
   COVERALLS_OPTIONS \
+  HLINTVER \
   HLINT_BUILD \
   HLINT_COMMANDS \
   HLINT_OPTIONS \
-  HLINT_VERSION \
-  HLINT_USE_LOCAL \
   HLINT_TARGETS \
   CHECK_ENV \
   LANG \
@@ -404,8 +402,8 @@ show_help() {
 
   show_step1 "hlint options"
   #help_envvar HLINT_COMMANDS "hlint commands e.g.'hlint lint src; hlint lint test'"
-  help_envvar HLINT_VERSION "The version of hlint (defaults to $HLINT_VERSION)"
-  help_envvar HLINT_USE_LOCAL "Use the local hlint found on \$PATH"
+  help_envvar HLINTVER "Download a specific version binary of hlint instead of using one in PATH"
+  help_envvar HLINT_BUILD "Build latest hlint from hackage source"
   help_envvar HLINT_OPTIONS "hlint arguments e.g.'--datadir=. lint'"
   help_envvar HLINT_TARGETS "target directories to run hlint on e.g. 'src test'"
 
@@ -445,7 +443,6 @@ check_all_boolean_vars () {
   check_boolean_var DISABLE_DOCS
   check_boolean_var COVERAGE
   check_boolean_var CHECK_ENV
-  check_boolean_var HLINT_USE_LOCAL
 }
 
 show_build_command() {
@@ -1629,9 +1626,9 @@ install_hlint() {
   fi
 
   local PACKAGE=hlint
-  VERSION=$HLINT_VERSION
+  VERSION=$HLINTVER
 
-  echo "Installing hlint version $HLINT_VERSION"
+  echo "Installing hlint version $HLINTVER"
 
   URL="https://github.com/ndmitchell/$PACKAGE/releases/download/v$VERSION/hlint-$VERSION-x86_64-$OS$EXT"
   TEMP=$(mktemp -d .$PACKAGE-XXXXXX)
@@ -1956,24 +1953,17 @@ test -n "$STACK_YAML" || unset STACK_YAML
 CABAL_BINARY_NAME=cabal
 if test "$BUILD" = "hlint"
 then
-
-    if test -z "$HLINT_USE_LOCAL"
+    if test -n "$HLINT_BUILD"
     then
-        if test -n "$HLINT_BUILD"
-        then
-            build_hlint
-        else
-            install_hlint
-        fi
+        build_hlint
+    elif test -n "$HLINTVER"
+    then
+        install_hlint
     fi
     run_hlint
-
 else
-
     verify_build_config
-
     build_compile
-
 fi
 
 show_step "Done"