diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,144 +1,159 @@
-# This file has been generated -- see https://github.com/hvr/multi-ghc-travis
+# 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'
+#
+# For more information, see https://github.com/hvr/multi-ghc-travis
+#
 language: c
 sudo: false
 
+git:
+  submodules: false  # whether to recursively clone submodules
+
+notifications:
+  irc:
+    channels:
+      - "irc.freenode.org#haskell-lens"
+    skip_join: true
+    template:
+      - "\x0313distributive\x03/\x0306%{branch}\x03 \x0314%{commit}\x03 %{build_url} %{message}"
+
 cache:
   directories:
-    - $HOME/.cabsnap
     - $HOME/.cabal/packages
-    - $HOME/.stack
+    - $HOME/.cabal/store
 
 before_cache:
   - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/build-reports.log
-  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.tar
+  # 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
+
 matrix:
   include:
-    - env: CABALVER=1.24 GHCVER=7.0.4 BUILD=cabal
-      compiler: ": #GHC 7.0.4"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.24,ghc-7.0.4,alex-3.1.4,happy-1.19.5], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-
-    - env: CABALVER=1.24 GHCVER=7.2.2 BUILD=cabal
-      compiler: ": #GHC 7.2.2"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.24,ghc-7.2.2,alex-3.1.4,happy-1.19.5], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-
-    - env: CABALVER=1.24 GHCVER=7.4.2 BUILD=cabal
-      compiler: ": #GHC 7.4.2"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.24,ghc-7.4.2,alex-3.1.4,happy-1.19.5], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-
-    - env: CABALVER=1.24 GHCVER=7.6.3 BUILD=cabal
-      compiler: ": #GHC 7.6.3"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.24,ghc-7.6.3,alex-3.1.4,happy-1.19.5], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-
-    - env: CABALVER=1.24 GHCVER=7.8.4 BUILD=cabal
-      compiler: ": #GHC 7.8.4"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.24,ghc-7.8.4,alex-3.1.4,happy-1.19.5], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-
-#    - env: BUILD=stack STACK_YAML=stack-7.8.yaml STACK_OPTIONS=--skip-ghc-check
-#      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.18,ghc-7.8.4,alex-3.1.4,happy-1.19.5], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-
-#    - env: BUILD=stack STACK_YAML=stack-7.8.yaml
-#      os: osx
-
-    - env: CABALVER=1.24 GHCVER=7.10.3 BUILD=cabal
-      compiler: ": #GHC 7.10.3"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.24,ghc-7.10.3,alex-3.1.4,happy-1.19.5], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-
-    - env: CABALVER=1.24 GHCVER=8.0.2 BUILD=cabal
-      compiler: ": #GHC 8.0.2"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.24,ghc-8.0.2,alex-3.1.4,happy-1.19.5], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-
-    - env: CABALVER=2.0 GHCVER=8.2.1 BUILD=cabal
-      compiler: ": #GHC 8.2.1"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-2.0,ghc-8.2.1,alex-3.1.4,happy-1.19.5], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-
-    - env: CABALVER=1.24 GHCVER=head BUILD=cabal CABALFLAGS=--allow-newer
-      compiler: ": #GHC head"
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.24,ghc-head,alex-3.1.4,happy-1.19.5], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-
-#    - env: BUILD=stack STACK_OPTIONS=--skip-ghc-check
-#      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.22,ghc-7.10.2,alex-3.1.4,happy-1.19.5], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
-
-#    - env: BUILD=stack
-#      os: osx
+    - compiler: "ghc-8.6.1"
+      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: TEST=--disable-tests BENCH=--disable-benchmarks
+      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"
+      env: GHCHEAD=true
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [ghc-ppa-tools,cabal-install-head,ghc-head], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
 
   allow_failures:
-    - env: CABALVER=1.24 GHCVER=7.0.4 BUILD=cabal
-    - env: CABALVER=1.24 GHCVER=7.2.2 BUILD=cabal
-    - env: CABALVER=1.24 GHCVER=head BUILD=cabal CABALFLAGS=--allow-newer
+    - compiler: "ghc-head"
+    - compiler: "ghc-7.0.4"
+    - compiler: "ghc-7.2.2"
+    - compiler: "ghc-8.6.1"
 
 before_install:
- - unset CC
- - case "$BUILD" in
-     stack)
-       export STACK_VERSION=0.1.3.0;
-       export PATH=~/bin:$PATH;
-       mkdir -p ~/bin;
-       travis_retry curl -L https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/releases/download/v$STACK_VERSION/stack-$STACK_VERSION-x86_64-$TRAVIS_OS_NAME.gz | gunzip > ~/bin/stack;
-       chmod a+x ~/bin/stack;
-       scripts/travis_long stack --no-terminal setup;;
-     cabal)
-       export HAPPYVER=1.19.5
-       export ALEXVER=3.1.4
-       export PATH=~/.cabal/bin:/opt/ghc/$GHCVER/bin:/opt/cabal/$CABALVER/bin:/opt/happy/$HAPPYVER/bin:/opt/alex/$ALEXVER/bin:$PATH;;
-   esac
+  - HC=${CC}
+  - HCPKG=${HC/ghc/ghc-pkg}
+  - unset CC
+  - ROOTDIR=$(pwd)
+  - mkdir -p $HOME/.local/bin
+  - "PATH=/opt/ghc/bin:/opt/ghc-ppa-tools/bin:$HOME/local/bin:$PATH"
+  - HCNUMVER=$(( $(${HC} --numeric-version|sed -E 's/([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+).*/\1 * 10000 + \2 * 100 + \3/') ))
+  - echo $HCNUMVER
+
 install:
- - case "$BUILD" in
-     stack)
-       scripts/travis_long stack --no-terminal $STACK_OPTIONS build --only-snapshot -j2;;
-     cabal)
-       echo "$(ghc --version) [$(ghc --print-project-git-commit-id 2> /dev/null || echo '?')]"
-       cabal --version;
-       if [ -f $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.tar.gz ];
-       then
-         zcat $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.tar.gz >
-              $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.tar;
-       fi;
-       travis_retry cabal update;
-       cabal install --only-dependencies --enable-tests --enable-benchmarks --dry -v $CABALFLAGS> installplan.txt;
-       sed -i -e '1,/^Resolving /d' installplan.txt; cat installplan.txt;
-       if diff -u installplan.txt $HOME/.cabsnap/installplan.txt; then
-         echo "cabal build-cache HIT";
-         rm -rfv .ghc;
-         cp -a $HOME/.cabsnap/ghc $HOME/.ghc;
-         cp -a $HOME/.cabsnap/lib $HOME/.cabsnap/share $HOME/.cabsnap/bin $HOME/.cabal/;
-       else
-         echo "cabal build-cache MISS";
-         rm -rf $HOME/.cabsnap;
-         mkdir -p $HOME/.ghc $HOME/.cabal/lib $HOME/.cabal/share $HOME/.cabal/bin;
-         cabal install --only-dependencies --enable-tests --enable-benchmarks $CABALFLAGS;
-       fi;
-       if [ ! -d $HOME/.cabsnap ]; then
-         echo "snapshotting package-db to build-cache";
-         mkdir $HOME/.cabsnap;
-         cp -a $HOME/.ghc $HOME/.cabsnap/ghc;
-         cp -a $HOME/.cabal/lib $HOME/.cabal/share $HOME/.cabal/bin installplan.txt $HOME/.cabsnap/;
-       fi;;
-   esac
+  - cabal --version
+  - echo "$(${HC} --version) [$(${HC} --print-project-git-commit-id 2> /dev/null || echo '?')]"
+  - BENCH=${BENCH---enable-benchmarks}
+  - TEST=${TEST---enable-tests}
+  - HADDOCK=${HADDOCK-true}
+  - UNCONSTRAINED=${UNCONSTRAINED-true}
+  - NOINSTALLEDCONSTRAINTS=${NOINSTALLEDCONSTRAINTS-false}
+  - 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
+  - |
+    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
 
-# snapshot package-db on cache miss
+      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
+    fi
+  - grep -Ev -- '^\s*--' ${HOME}/.cabal/config | grep -Ev '^\s*$'
+  - "printf 'packages: \".\"\\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 cabal.project || true
+  - cat cabal.project.local || true
+  - if [ -f "./configure.ac" ]; then
+      (cd "." && autoreconf -i);
+    fi
+  - rm -f cabal.project.freeze
+  - cabal new-build -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} --project-file="cabal.project" --dep -j2 all
+  - rm -rf .ghc.environment.* "."/dist
+  - DISTDIR=$(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.
 script:
- - case "$BUILD" in
-     stack)
-       scripts/travis_long stack --no-terminal $STACK_OPTIONS build -j2;;
-     cabal)
-       cabal configure --enable-tests -v2 $CABALFLAGS;
-       cabal build;
-       cabal test --show-details=always;
-       cabal bench || true;
-       cabal sdist || true;
-       SRC_TGZ=$(cabal info . | awk '{print $2;exit}').tar.gz;
-       if [ -f $SRC_TGZ ]; then (cd dist && cabal install --force-reinstalls "$SRC_TGZ"); fi;
-   esac
+  # test that source-distributions can be generated
+  - (cd "." && cabal sdist)
+  - mv "."/dist/distributive-*.tar.gz ${DISTDIR}/
+  - cd ${DISTDIR} || false
+  - find . -maxdepth 1 -name '*.tar.gz' -exec tar -xvf '{}' \;
+  - "printf 'packages: distributive-*/*.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"
+  - cat cabal.project || true
+  - cat cabal.project.local || true
 
-notifications:
-  irc:
-    channels:
-      - "irc.freenode.org#haskell-lens"
-    skip_join: true
-    template:
-      - "\x0313distributive\x0f/\x0306%{branch}\x0f \x0314%{commit}\x0f %{message} \x0302\x1f%{build_url}\x0f"
+  # 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 distributive-* && cabal check)
+
+  # haddock
+  - rm -rf ./dist-newstyle
+  - if $HADDOCK; then cabal new-haddock -w ${HC} ${TEST} ${BENCH} all; else echo "Skipping haddock generation";fi
+
+# REGENDATA ["-o",".travis.yml","--ghc-head","--irc-channel=irc.freenode.org#haskell-lens","--no-no-tests-no-bench","--no-unconstrained","cabal.project"]
 # EOF
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.markdown b/CHANGELOG.markdown
--- a/CHANGELOG.markdown
+++ b/CHANGELOG.markdown
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+0.6 [2018.07.02]
+----------------
+* Remove `fmapCollect`. (See
+  [here](https://github.com/ekmett/distributive/commit/1020655f15714514048d0dc842ffe4adcec89a7b)
+  for an explanation of why it was removed.)
+* Avoid incurring some dependencies when using recent GHCs.
+
 0.5.3
 -----
 * Support `doctest-0.12`
diff --git a/distributive.cabal b/distributive.cabal
--- a/distributive.cabal
+++ b/distributive.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name:          distributive
 category:      Data Structures
-version:       0.5.3
+version:       0.6
 license:       BSD3
 cabal-version: >= 1.8
 license-file:  LICENSE
@@ -11,8 +11,18 @@
 bug-reports:   http://github.com/ekmett/distributive/issues
 copyright:     Copyright (C) 2011-2016 Edward A. Kmett
 synopsis:      Distributive functors -- Dual to Traversable
-description:   Distributive functors -- Dual to Traversable
+description:   Distributive functors -- Dual to @Traversable@
 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
 extra-source-files:
   .travis.yml
   .vim.custom
@@ -51,10 +61,12 @@
 library
   build-depends:
     base                >= 4   && < 5,
-    base-orphans        >= 0.5 && < 1,
-    transformers        >= 0.2 && < 0.6,
-    transformers-compat >= 0.3 && < 1
+    base-orphans        >= 0.5.2 && < 1,
+    transformers        >= 0.2 && < 0.6
 
+  if !impl(ghc >= 7.8) && !impl(ghcjs)
+    build-depends: transformers-compat >= 0.3 && < 1
+
   hs-source-dirs:  src
   exposed-modules:
     Data.Distributive
@@ -70,7 +82,7 @@
 
   if impl(ghc < 8.0)
     if flag(semigroups)
-      build-depends: semigroups >= 0.11 && < 1
+      build-depends: semigroups >= 0.13 && < 1
 
   if impl(ghc < 7.8)
     hs-source-dirs: src-compat
@@ -85,13 +97,15 @@
   build-depends:
     base      >= 4,
     distributive,
-    doctest   >= 0.11.1 && <0.13
+    doctest   >= 0.11.1 && <0.17
   ghc-options: -Wall -threaded
   hs-source-dirs: tests
 
 test-suite spec
   type:           exitcode-stdio-1.0
   hs-source-dirs: tests
+  build-tool-depends:
+    hspec-discover:hspec-discover
 
   build-depends:
     base             >= 4    && < 5,
diff --git a/src/Data/Distributive.hs b/src/Data/Distributive.hs
--- a/src/Data/Distributive.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Distributive.hs
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
   ( Distributive(..)
   , cotraverse
   , comapM
-  , fmapCollect
   ) where
 
 import Control.Applicative
@@ -240,11 +239,6 @@
     realP (r :+ _) = r
     imagP (_ :+ i) = i
 #endif
-
--- | 'fmapCollect' is a viable default definition for 'fmap' given
--- a 'Distributive' instance defined in terms of 'collect'.
-fmapCollect :: forall f a b . Distributive f => (a -> b) -> f a -> f b
-fmapCollect = coerce (collect :: (a -> Identity b) -> f a -> Identity (f b))
 
 #if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 702
 instance Distributive U1 where
