diff --git a/dhall-json.cabal b/dhall-json.cabal
--- a/dhall-json.cabal
+++ b/dhall-json.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: dhall-json
-Version: 1.0.8
+Version: 1.0.9
 Cabal-Version: >=1.8.0.2
 Build-Type: Simple
 Tested-With: GHC == 7.10.2, GHC == 8.0.1
@@ -29,11 +29,10 @@
 Library
     Hs-Source-Dirs: src
     Build-Depends:
-        base               >= 4.8.0.0  && < 5  ,
-        aeson              >= 1.0.0.0  && < 1.3,
-        dhall              >= 1.0.1    && < 1.9,
-        neat-interpolation                < 0.4,
-        text               >= 0.11.1.0 && < 1.3,
+        base   >= 4.8.0.0  && < 5  ,
+        aeson  >= 1.0.0.0  && < 1.3,
+        dhall  >= 1.0.1    && < 1.9,
+        text   >= 0.11.1.0 && < 1.3,
         vector
     Exposed-Modules: Dhall.JSON
     GHC-Options: -Wall
diff --git a/dhall-to-json/Main.hs b/dhall-to-json/Main.hs
--- a/dhall-to-json/Main.hs
+++ b/dhall-to-json/Main.hs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 import qualified Control.Exception
 import qualified Data.Aeson
 import qualified Data.Aeson.Encode.Pretty
-import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy.Char8
 import qualified Data.Text.Lazy.IO
 import qualified Dhall
 import qualified Dhall.Import
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
                 if   Options.Generic.unHelpful pretty
                 then Data.Aeson.Encode.Pretty.encodePretty
                 else Data.Aeson.encode
-        Data.ByteString.Lazy.putStr (encode json) ))
+        Data.ByteString.Lazy.Char8.putStrLn (encode json) ))
 
 handle :: IO a -> IO a
 handle = Control.Exception.handle handler
diff --git a/src/Dhall/JSON.hs b/src/Dhall/JSON.hs
--- a/src/Dhall/JSON.hs
+++ b/src/Dhall/JSON.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE DeriveDataTypeable #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings  #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE QuasiQuotes        #-}
 
 {-| This library only exports a single `dhallToJSON` function for translating a
     Dhall syntax tree to a JSON syntax tree (i.e. a `Value`) for the @aeson@
@@ -107,6 +106,7 @@
 
 import Control.Exception (Exception)
 import Data.Aeson (Value)
+import Data.Monoid ((<>))
 import Data.Typeable (Typeable)
 import Dhall.Core (Expr)
 import Dhall.TypeCheck (X)
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@
 import qualified Data.Text.Lazy.Builder
 import qualified Data.Vector
 import qualified Dhall.Core
-import qualified NeatInterpolation
 
 {-| This is the exception type for errors that might arise when translating
     Dhall to JSON
@@ -129,16 +128,15 @@
 
 instance Show CompileError where
     show (Unsupported e) =
-        Data.Text.unpack [NeatInterpolation.text|
-$_ERROR: Cannot translate to JSON
-
-Explanation: Only primitive values, records, unions, ❰List❱s, and ❰Optional❱
-values can be translated from Dhall to JSON
-
-The following Dhall expression could not be translated to JSON:
-
-↳ $txt
-|]
+        Data.Text.unpack $
+            "" <> _ERROR <> ": Cannot translate to JSON                                     \n\
+            \                                                                               \n\
+            \Explanation: Only primitive values, records, unions, ❰List❱s, and ❰Optional❱   \n\
+            \values can be translated from Dhall to JSON                                    \n\
+            \                                                                               \n\
+            \The following Dhall expression could not be translated to JSON:                \n\
+            \                                                                               \n\
+            \↳ " <> txt <> "                                                                "
       where
         txt = Data.Text.Lazy.toStrict (Dhall.Core.pretty e)