diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2017-08-31 Facundo Domínguez <facundo.dominguez@tweag.io> 0.7.2
+
+* Fixed build errors with ghc-8.2.1.
+
 2017-08-22 Facundo Domínguez <facundo.dominguez@tweag.io> 0.7.1
 
 * Relax upper bounds in dependencies to build with ghc-8.2.1.
diff --git a/distributed-process.cabal b/distributed-process.cabal
--- a/distributed-process.cabal
+++ b/distributed-process.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:          distributed-process
-Version:       0.7.1
+Version:       0.7.2
 Cabal-Version: >=1.8
 Build-Type:    Simple
 License:       BSD3
diff --git a/src/Control/Distributed/Process/Serializable.hs b/src/Control/Distributed/Process/Serializable.hs
--- a/src/Control/Distributed/Process/Serializable.hs
+++ b/src/Control/Distributed/Process/Serializable.hs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE UndecidableInstances  #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances  #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE GADTs  #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE CPP    #-}
 module Control.Distributed.Process.Serializable
   ( Serializable
   , encodeFingerprint
@@ -17,13 +16,7 @@
 
 import Data.Binary (Binary)
 
-#if MIN_VERSION_base(4,7,0)
-import Data.Typeable (Typeable)
-import Data.Typeable.Internal (TypeRep(TypeRep), typeOf)
-#else
-import Data.Typeable (Typeable(..))
-import Data.Typeable.Internal (TypeRep(TypeRep))
-#endif
+import Data.Typeable (Typeable, typeRepFingerprint, typeOf)
 
 import Numeric (showHex)
 import Control.Exception (throw)
@@ -71,11 +64,7 @@
 
 -- | The fingerprint of the typeRep of the argument
 fingerprint :: Typeable a => a -> Fingerprint
-#if MIN_VERSION_base(4,8,0)
-fingerprint a = let TypeRep fp _ _ _ = typeOf a in fp
-#else
-fingerprint a = let TypeRep fp _ _ = typeOf a in fp
-#endif
+fingerprint = typeRepFingerprint . typeOf
 
 -- | Show fingerprint (for debugging purposes)
 showFingerprint :: Fingerprint -> ShowS