diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,164 +1,182 @@
 # This Travis job script has been generated by a script via
 #
-#   runghc make_travis_yml_2.hs '-o' '.travis.yml' '--ghc-head' '--irc-channel=irc.freenode.org#haskell-lens' '--no-no-tests-no-bench' '--no-unconstrained' 'cabal.project'
+#   haskell-ci '--output=.travis.yml' '--config=cabal.haskell-ci' 'cabal.project'
 #
-# For more information, see https://github.com/hvr/multi-ghc-travis
+# For more information, see https://github.com/haskell-CI/haskell-ci
 #
+# version: 0.3.20190425
+#
 language: c
-sudo: false
-
+dist: xenial
 git:
-  submodules: false  # whether to recursively clone submodules
-
+  # whether to recursively clone submodules
+  submodules: false
 notifications:
   irc:
     channels:
-      - "irc.freenode.org#haskell-lens"
+      - irc.freenode.org#haskell-lens
     skip_join: true
     template:
-      - "\x0313comonad\x03/\x0306%{branch}\x03 \x0314%{commit}\x03 %{build_url} %{message}"
-
+      - "\"\\x0313comonad\\x03/\\x0306%{branch}\\x03 \\x0314%{commit}\\x03 %{build_url} %{message}\""
 cache:
   directories:
     - $HOME/.cabal/packages
     - $HOME/.cabal/store
-
 before_cache:
-  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/build-reports.log
+  - rm -fv $CABALHOME/packages/hackage.haskell.org/build-reports.log
   # remove files that are regenerated by 'cabal update'
-  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.*
-  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/*.json
-  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/01-index.cache
-  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/01-index.tar
-  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/01-index.tar.idx
-
-  - rm -rfv $HOME/.cabal/packages/head.hackage
-
+  - rm -fv $CABALHOME/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.*
+  - rm -fv $CABALHOME/packages/hackage.haskell.org/*.json
+  - rm -fv $CABALHOME/packages/hackage.haskell.org/01-index.cache
+  - rm -fv $CABALHOME/packages/hackage.haskell.org/01-index.tar
+  - rm -fv $CABALHOME/packages/hackage.haskell.org/01-index.tar.idx
+  - rm -rfv $CABALHOME/packages/head.hackage
 matrix:
   include:
-    - compiler: "ghc-8.6.1"
+    - compiler: ghc-8.8.1
+      addons: {"apt":{"sources":["hvr-ghc"],"packages":["ghc-8.8.1","cabal-install-3.0"]}}
       env: GHCHEAD=true
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-head,ghc-8.6.1], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - compiler: "ghc-8.4.3"
-    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-8.4.3], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - compiler: "ghc-8.2.2"
-    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-8.2.2], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - compiler: "ghc-8.0.2"
-    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-8.0.2], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - compiler: "ghc-7.10.3"
-    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-7.10.3], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - compiler: "ghc-7.8.4"
-    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-7.8.4], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - compiler: "ghc-7.6.3"
-      env: HADDOCK=false # Work around https://github.com/haskell/haddock/issues/242
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-7.6.3], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - compiler: "ghc-7.4.2"
-    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-7.4.2], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - compiler: "ghc-7.2.2"
-    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-7.2.2], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - compiler: "ghc-7.0.4"
-    # env: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-2.2,ghc-7.0.4], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-    - compiler: "ghc-head"
+    - compiler: ghc-8.6.5
+      addons: {"apt":{"sources":["hvr-ghc"],"packages":["ghc-8.6.5","cabal-install-2.4"]}}
+    - compiler: ghc-8.4.4
+      addons: {"apt":{"sources":["hvr-ghc"],"packages":["ghc-8.4.4","cabal-install-2.4"]}}
+    - compiler: ghc-8.2.2
+      addons: {"apt":{"sources":["hvr-ghc"],"packages":["ghc-8.2.2","cabal-install-2.4"]}}
+    - compiler: ghc-8.0.2
+      addons: {"apt":{"sources":["hvr-ghc"],"packages":["ghc-8.0.2","cabal-install-2.4"]}}
+    - compiler: ghc-7.10.3
+      addons: {"apt":{"sources":["hvr-ghc"],"packages":["ghc-7.10.3","cabal-install-2.4"]}}
+    - compiler: ghc-7.8.4
+      addons: {"apt":{"sources":["hvr-ghc"],"packages":["ghc-7.8.4","cabal-install-2.4"]}}
+    - compiler: ghc-7.6.3
+      addons: {"apt":{"sources":["hvr-ghc"],"packages":["ghc-7.6.3","cabal-install-2.4"]}}
+    - compiler: ghc-7.4.2
+      addons: {"apt":{"sources":["hvr-ghc"],"packages":["ghc-7.4.2","cabal-install-2.4"]}}
+    - compiler: ghc-7.2.2
+      addons: {"apt":{"sources":["hvr-ghc"],"packages":["ghc-7.2.2","cabal-install-2.4"]}}
+    - compiler: ghc-7.0.4
+      addons: {"apt":{"sources":["hvr-ghc"],"packages":["ghc-7.0.4","cabal-install-2.4"]}}
+    - compiler: ghc-head
+      addons: {"apt":{"sources":["hvr-ghc"],"packages":["ghc-head","cabal-install-head"]}}
       env: GHCHEAD=true
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-head,ghc-head], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-
   allow_failures:
-    - compiler: "ghc-head"
-    - compiler: "ghc-7.0.4"
-    - compiler: "ghc-7.2.2"
-    - compiler: "ghc-8.6.1"
-
+    - compiler: ghc-head
+    - compiler: ghc-7.0.4
+    - compiler: ghc-7.2.2
+    - compiler: ghc-8.8.1
 before_install:
-  - HC=${CC}
-  - HCPKG=${HC/ghc/ghc-pkg}
+  - HC=$(echo "/opt/$CC/bin/ghc" | sed 's/-/\//')
+  - HCPKG="$HC-pkg"
   - unset CC
-  - ROOTDIR=$(pwd)
-  - mkdir -p $HOME/.local/bin
-  - "PATH=/opt/ghc/bin:/opt/ghc-ppa-tools/bin:$HOME/local/bin:$PATH"
+  - CABAL=/opt/ghc/bin/cabal
+  - CABALHOME=$HOME/.cabal
+  - export PATH="$CABALHOME/bin:$PATH"
+  - TOP=$(pwd)
   - HCNUMVER=$(( $(${HC} --numeric-version|sed -E 's/([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+).*/\1 * 10000 + \2 * 100 + \3/') ))
   - echo $HCNUMVER
-
+  - CABAL="$CABAL -vnormal+nowrap+markoutput"
+  - set -o pipefail
+  - |
+    echo 'function blue(s) { printf "\033[0;34m" s "\033[0m " }'           >> .colorful.awk
+    echo 'BEGIN { state = "output"; }'                                     >> .colorful.awk
+    echo '/^-----BEGIN CABAL OUTPUT-----$/ { state = "cabal" }'            >> .colorful.awk
+    echo '/^-----END CABAL OUTPUT-----$/ { state = "output" }'             >> .colorful.awk
+    echo '!/^(-----BEGIN CABAL OUTPUT-----|-----END CABAL OUTPUT-----)/ {' >> .colorful.awk
+    echo '  if (state == "cabal") {'                                       >> .colorful.awk
+    echo '    print blue($0)'                                              >> .colorful.awk
+    echo '  } else {'                                                      >> .colorful.awk
+    echo '    print $0'                                                    >> .colorful.awk
+    echo '  }'                                                             >> .colorful.awk
+    echo '}'                                                               >> .colorful.awk
+  - cat .colorful.awk
+  - |
+    color_cabal_output () {
+      awk -f $TOP/.colorful.awk
+    }
+  - echo text | color_cabal_output
 install:
-  - cabal --version
+  - ${CABAL} --version
   - echo "$(${HC} --version) [$(${HC} --print-project-git-commit-id 2> /dev/null || echo '?')]"
-  - BENCH=${BENCH---enable-benchmarks}
-  - TEST=${TEST---enable-tests}
-  - HADDOCK=${HADDOCK-true}
-  - UNCONSTRAINED=${UNCONSTRAINED-true}
-  - NOINSTALLEDCONSTRAINTS=${NOINSTALLEDCONSTRAINTS-false}
+  - TEST=--enable-tests
+  - BENCH=--enable-benchmarks
   - GHCHEAD=${GHCHEAD-false}
-  - travis_retry cabal update -v
-  - "sed -i.bak 's/^jobs:/-- jobs:/' ${HOME}/.cabal/config"
-  - rm -fv cabal.project cabal.project.local
-  # Overlay Hackage Package Index for GHC HEAD: https://github.com/hvr/head.hackage
+  - rm -f $CABALHOME/config
   - |
+    echo "verbose: normal +nowrap +markoutput"          >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "remote-build-reporting: anonymous"            >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "remote-repo-cache: $CABALHOME/packages"       >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "logs-dir:          $CABALHOME/logs"           >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "world-file:        $CABALHOME/world"          >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "extra-prog-path:   $CABALHOME/bin"            >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "symlink-bindir:    $CABALHOME/bin"            >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "installdir:        $CABALHOME/bin"            >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "build-summary:     $CABALHOME/logs/build.log" >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "store-dir:         $CABALHOME/store"          >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "install-dirs user"                            >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "  prefix: $CABALHOME"                         >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "repository hackage.haskell.org"               >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "  url: http://hackage.haskell.org/"           >> $CABALHOME/config
+  - |
     if $GHCHEAD; then
-      sed -i 's/-- allow-newer: .*/allow-newer: *:base/' ${HOME}/.cabal/config
-      for pkg in $($HCPKG list --simple-output); do pkg=$(echo $pkg | sed 's/-[^-]*$//'); sed -i "s/allow-newer: /allow-newer: *:$pkg, /" ${HOME}/.cabal/config; done
-
-      echo 'repository head.hackage'                                                        >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
-      echo '   url: http://head.hackage.haskell.org/'                                       >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
-      echo '   secure: True'                                                                >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
-      echo '   root-keys: 07c59cb65787dedfaef5bd5f987ceb5f7e5ebf88b904bbd4c5cbdeb2ff71b740' >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
-      echo '              2e8555dde16ebd8df076f1a8ef13b8f14c66bad8eafefd7d9e37d0ed711821fb' >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
-      echo '              8f79fd2389ab2967354407ec852cbe73f2e8635793ac446d09461ffb99527f6e' >> ${HOME}/.cabal/config
-      echo '   key-threshold: 3'                                                            >> ${HOME}/.cabal.config
-
-      grep -Ev -- '^\s*--' ${HOME}/.cabal/config | grep -Ev '^\s*$'
-
-      cabal new-update head.hackage -v
+    echo "allow-newer: $($HCPKG list --simple-output | sed -E 's/([a-zA-Z-]+)-[0-9.]+/*:\1/g')" >> $CABALHOME/config
+    
+    echo "repository head.hackage"                                                        >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "   url: http://head.hackage.haskell.org/"                                       >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "   secure: True"                                                                >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "   root-keys: 07c59cb65787dedfaef5bd5f987ceb5f7e5ebf88b904bbd4c5cbdeb2ff71b740" >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "              2e8555dde16ebd8df076f1a8ef13b8f14c66bad8eafefd7d9e37d0ed711821fb" >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "              8f79fd2389ab2967354407ec852cbe73f2e8635793ac446d09461ffb99527f6e" >> $CABALHOME/config
+    echo "   key-threshold: 3"                                                            >> $CABALHOME/config
     fi
-  - grep -Ev -- '^\s*--' ${HOME}/.cabal/config | grep -Ev '^\s*$'
-  - "printf 'packages: \".\" \"./examples\"\\n' > cabal.project"
-  - touch cabal.project.local
-  - "if ! $NOINSTALLEDCONSTRAINTS; then for pkg in $($HCPKG list --simple-output); do echo $pkg | sed 's/^/constraints: /' | sed 's/-[^-]*$/ installed/' >> cabal.project.local; done; fi"
+  - cat $CABALHOME/config
+  - rm -fv cabal.project cabal.project.local cabal.project.freeze
+  - travis_retry ${CABAL} v2-update -v
+  # Generate cabal.project
+  - rm -rf cabal.project cabal.project.local cabal.project.freeze
+  - touch cabal.project
+  - |
+    echo 'packages: "."' >> cabal.project
+    echo 'packages: "./examples"' >> cabal.project
+  - |
+    echo "write-ghc-environment-files: always" >> cabal.project
+  - "for pkg in $($HCPKG list --simple-output); do echo $pkg | sed 's/-[^-]*$//' | grep -vE -- '^(comonad|comonad-examples)$' | sed 's/^/constraints: /' | sed 's/$/ installed/' >> cabal.project.local; done"
   - cat cabal.project || true
   - cat cabal.project.local || true
-  - if [ -f "./configure.ac" ]; then
-      (cd "." && autoreconf -i);
-    fi
-  - if [ -f "./examples/configure.ac" ]; then
-      (cd "./examples" && autoreconf -i);
-    fi
-  - rm -f cabal.project.freeze
-  - cabal new-build -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} --project-file="cabal.project" --dep -j2 all
-  - rm -rf .ghc.environment.* "."/dist "./examples"/dist
-  - DISTDIR=$(mktemp -d /tmp/dist-test.XXXX)
-
-# Here starts the actual work to be performed for the package under test;
-# any command which exits with a non-zero exit code causes the build to fail.
+  - if [ -f "./configure.ac" ]; then (cd "." && autoreconf -i); fi
+  - if [ -f "./examples/configure.ac" ]; then (cd "./examples" && autoreconf -i); fi
+  - ${CABAL} v2-freeze -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} | color_cabal_output
+  - "cat cabal.project.freeze | sed -E 's/^(constraints: *| *)//' | sed 's/any.//'"
+  - rm  cabal.project.freeze
+  - ${CABAL} v2-build -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} --dep -j2 all | color_cabal_output
 script:
-  # test that source-distributions can be generated
-  - (cd "." && cabal sdist)
-  - (cd "./examples" && cabal sdist)
-  - mv "."/dist/comonad-*.tar.gz "./examples"/dist/comonad-examples-*.tar.gz ${DISTDIR}/
+  - DISTDIR=$(mktemp -d /tmp/dist-test.XXXX)
+  # Packaging...
+  - ${CABAL} v2-sdist all | color_cabal_output
+  # Unpacking...
+  - mv dist-newstyle/sdist/*.tar.gz ${DISTDIR}/
   - cd ${DISTDIR} || false
   - find . -maxdepth 1 -name '*.tar.gz' -exec tar -xvf '{}' \;
-  - "printf 'packages: comonad-*/*.cabal comonad-examples-*/*.cabal\\n' > cabal.project"
-  - touch cabal.project.local
-  - "if ! $NOINSTALLEDCONSTRAINTS; then for pkg in $($HCPKG list --simple-output); do echo $pkg | sed 's/^/constraints: /' | sed 's/-[^-]*$/ installed/' >> cabal.project.local; done; fi"
+  # Generate cabal.project
+  - rm -rf cabal.project cabal.project.local cabal.project.freeze
+  - touch cabal.project
+  - |
+    echo 'packages: "comonad-*/*.cabal"' >> cabal.project
+    echo 'packages: "comonad-examples-*/*.cabal"' >> cabal.project
+  - |
+    echo "write-ghc-environment-files: always" >> cabal.project
+  - "for pkg in $($HCPKG list --simple-output); do echo $pkg | sed 's/-[^-]*$//' | grep -vE -- '^(comonad|comonad-examples)$' | sed 's/^/constraints: /' | sed 's/$/ installed/' >> cabal.project.local; done"
   - cat cabal.project || true
   - cat cabal.project.local || true
-
+  # Building with tests and benchmarks...
   # build & run tests, build benchmarks
-  - cabal new-build -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} all
-  - if [ "x$TEST" = "x--enable-tests" ]; then cabal new-test -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} all; fi
-
-  # cabal check
-  - (cd comonad-* && cabal check)
-  - (cd comonad-examples-* && cabal check)
-
-  # haddock
-  - rm -rf ./dist-newstyle
-  - if $HADDOCK; then cabal new-haddock -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} all; else echo "Skipping haddock generation";fi
+  - ${CABAL} v2-build -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} all | color_cabal_output
+  # Testing...
+  - ${CABAL} v2-test -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} all | color_cabal_output
+  # cabal check...
+  - (cd comonad-* && ${CABAL} -vnormal check)
+  - (cd comonad-examples-* && ${CABAL} -vnormal check)
+  # haddock...
+  - if [ $HCNUMVER -lt 70600 ]  ||  [ $HCNUMVER -ge 70800 ] ; then ${CABAL} v2-haddock -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} all | color_cabal_output ; fi
 
-# REGENDATA ["-o",".travis.yml","--ghc-head","--irc-channel=irc.freenode.org#haskell-lens","--no-no-tests-no-bench","--no-unconstrained","cabal.project"]
+# REGENDATA ["--output=.travis.yml","--config=cabal.haskell-ci","cabal.project"]
 # EOF
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.markdown b/CHANGELOG.markdown
--- a/CHANGELOG.markdown
+++ b/CHANGELOG.markdown
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+5.0.5 [2019.05.02]
+------------------
+* Raised the minimum `semigroups` version to 0.16.2. In addition, the
+  package will only be required at all for GHCs before 8.0.
+* Drop the `contravariant` flag from `comonad.cabal`, as `comonad` no longer
+  depends on the `contravariant` library.
+
 5.0.4 [2018.07.01]
 ------------------
 * Add `Comonad` instances for `Tagged s` with `s` of any kind. Before the
diff --git a/comonad.cabal b/comonad.cabal
--- a/comonad.cabal
+++ b/comonad.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name:          comonad
 category:      Control, Comonads
-version:       5.0.4
+version:       5.0.5
 license:       BSD3
 cabal-version: >= 1.10
 license-file:  LICENSE
@@ -14,7 +14,17 @@
 synopsis:      Comonads
 description:   Comonads.
 build-type:    Custom
-tested-with:   GHC == 7.0.4, GHC == 7.2.2, GHC == 7.4.2, GHC == 7.6.3, GHC == 7.8.4, GHC == 7.10.3, GHC == 8.0.2, GHC == 8.2.2, GHC == 8.4.3, GHC == 8.6.1
+tested-with:   GHC == 7.0.4
+             , GHC == 7.2.2
+             , GHC == 7.4.2
+             , GHC == 7.6.3
+             , GHC == 7.8.4
+             , GHC == 7.10.3
+             , GHC == 8.0.2
+             , GHC == 8.2.2
+             , GHC == 8.4.4
+             , GHC == 8.6.5
+             , GHC == 8.8.1
 extra-source-files:
   .ghci
   .gitignore
@@ -46,17 +56,6 @@
   default: True
   manual: True
 
-flag contravariant
-  description:
-    You can disable the use of the `contravariant` package using `-f-contravariant`.
-    .
-    Disabling this is an unsupported configuration, but it may be useful for accelerating builds in sandboxes for expert users.
-    .
-    If disabled we will not supply instances of `Contravariant`
-    .
-  default: True
-  manual: True
-
 flag distributive
   description:
     You can disable the use of the `distributive` package using `-f-distributive`.
@@ -79,17 +78,16 @@
   ghc-options: -Wall
 
   build-depends:
-    base                >= 4       && < 5,
-    semigroups          >= 0.8.3.1 && < 1,
-    tagged              >= 0.7     && < 1,
-    transformers        >= 0.2     && < 0.6,
-    transformers-compat >= 0.3     && < 1
+    base                >= 4   && < 5,
+    tagged              >= 0.7 && < 1,
+    transformers        >= 0.2 && < 0.6,
+    transformers-compat >= 0.3 && < 1
 
+  if !impl(ghc >= 8.0)
+    build-depends: semigroups >= 0.16.2 && < 1
+
   if flag(containers)
     build-depends: containers >= 0.3 && < 0.7
-
-  if flag(contravariant)
-    build-depends: contravariant >= 0.2.0.1 && < 2
 
   if flag(distributive)
     build-depends: distributive >= 0.2.2   && < 1
diff --git a/src/Control/Comonad.hs b/src/Control/Comonad.hs
--- a/src/Control/Comonad.hs
+++ b/src/Control/Comonad.hs
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@
   extract = snd
   {-# INLINE extract #-}
 
-#if MIN_VERSION_semigroups(0,16,2)
 instance Comonad (Arg e) where
   duplicate w@(Arg a _) = Arg a w
   {-# INLINE duplicate #-}
@@ -165,7 +164,6 @@
   {-# INLINE extend #-}
   extract (Arg _ b) = b
   {-# INLINE extract #-}
-#endif
 
 instance Monoid m => Comonad ((->)m) where
   duplicate f m = f . mappend m
@@ -298,8 +296,8 @@
 -- | A suitable default definition for 'fmap' for a 'Comonad'.
 -- Promotes a function to a comonad.
 --
--- You can only safely use to define 'fmap' if your 'Comonad'
--- defined 'extend', not just 'duplicate', since defining
+-- You can only safely use 'liftW' to define 'fmap' if your 'Comonad'
+-- defines 'extend', not just 'duplicate', since defining
 -- 'extend' in terms of duplicate uses 'fmap'!
 --
 -- @
diff --git a/src/Control/Comonad/Env/Class.hs b/src/Control/Comonad/Env/Class.hs
--- a/src/Control/Comonad/Env/Class.hs
+++ b/src/Control/Comonad/Env/Class.hs
@@ -44,10 +44,8 @@
 instance ComonadEnv e ((,)e) where
   ask = fst
 
-#if MIN_VERSION_semigroups(0,16,2)
 instance ComonadEnv e (Arg e) where
   ask (Arg e _) = e
-#endif
 
 lowerAsk :: (ComonadEnv e w, ComonadTrans t) => t w a -> e
 lowerAsk = ask . lower
