diff --git a/Debug/FileLocation.hs b/Debug/FileLocation.hs
--- a/Debug/FileLocation.hs
+++ b/Debug/FileLocation.hs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import Control.Applicative ((<$>), (<*>), pure)
 import Language.Haskell.TH (recConE, litE, stringL, integerL)
+import Language.Haskell.TH.Instances
 import Language.Haskell.TH.Syntax
 import Debug.Util
 import Debug.Trace (trace)
@@ -41,15 +42,6 @@
   loc <- qLocation
   let prefix = "DEBUG: " ++ (locationToString loc) ++ " "
   [|(\_x -> ltraceM (prefix ++ show _x) _x)|]
-
-instance Lift Loc where
-    lift x = recConE 'Loc [ (,) <$> (pure 'loc_filename) <*> litE (stringL (loc_filename x))
-                          , (,) <$> (pure 'loc_package) <*> litE (stringL (loc_package x))
-                          , (,) <$> (pure 'loc_module) <*> litE (stringL (loc_module x))
-                          , (,) <$> (pure 'loc_start) <*> [|($(litE (integerL (fromIntegral (fst (loc_start x))))),
-                                                             $(litE (integerL (fromIntegral (snd (loc_start x)))))) :: (Int, Int)|]
-                          , (,) <$> (pure 'loc_end) <*> [|($(litE (integerL (fromIntegral (fst (loc_end x))))),
-                                                           $(litE (integerL (fromIntegral (snd (loc_end x)))))) :: (Int, Int)|] ]
 
 -- | Embed an expression of type Loc containing the location
 -- information for the place where it appears.  Could be used in
diff --git a/file-location.cabal b/file-location.cabal
--- a/file-location.cabal
+++ b/file-location.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                file-location
-Version:             0.4.6
+Version:             0.4.7
 Synopsis:            common functions that show file location information
 Homepage:            https://github.com/gregwebs/FileLocation.hs
 License:             BSD3
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
   Build-depends:  base >= 4 && < 5
                 , lifted-base
                 , template-haskell
+                , th-orphans       >= 0.9
                 , transformers     >= 0.2 && < 0.5
                 , containers