diff --git a/composition-prelude.cabal b/composition-prelude.cabal
--- a/composition-prelude.cabal
+++ b/composition-prelude.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version: 1.18
 name: composition-prelude
-version: 1.5.0.5
+version: 1.5.0.6
 license: BSD3
 license-file: LICENSE
 copyright: Copyright: (c) 2017-2018 Vanessa McHale
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     default-language: Haskell98
     ghc-options: -Wall
     build-depends:
-        base >=4.8 && <5
+        base >=4.11 && <5
     
     if flag(development)
         ghc-options: -Werror
diff --git a/src/Control/Composition.hs b/src/Control/Composition.hs
--- a/src/Control/Composition.hs
+++ b/src/Control/Composition.hs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import           Control.Arrow ((***))
 import           Control.Monad
 import           Data.Function (fix, on, (&))
+import           Data.Functor  ((<&>))
 
 infixr 8 .*
 infixr 8 .**
@@ -42,7 +43,6 @@
 infixr 8 -.***
 infixr 8 -.****
 infixl 8 -$
-infixl 1 <&>
 
 axe :: (Traversable t, Monad m) => t (a -> m ()) -> a -> m ()
 axe = sequence_ .* sequence
@@ -92,9 +92,6 @@
 -- | Backwards function composition
 (-.) :: (a -> b) -> (b -> c) -> a -> c
 (-.) f g x = g (f x)
-
-(<&>) :: Functor f => f a -> (a -> b) -> f b
-x <&> f = fmap f x
 
 {-# RULES
     "thread" forall f g. thread [f, g] = f . g