diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/Setup.hs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-import Distribution.Simple
-
-main = defaultMain
-
diff --git a/ghc-boot.cabal b/ghc-boot.cabal
--- a/ghc-boot.cabal
+++ b/ghc-boot.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:  1.22
 name:           ghc-boot
-version:        8.8.1
+version:        8.8.3
 
 license:        BSD3
 license-file:   LICENSE
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
             GHC.ForeignSrcLang
             GHC.HandleEncoding
 
-    build-depends: base       >= 4.11 && < 4.14,
+    build-depends: base       >= 4.7 && < 4.14,
                    binary     == 0.8.*,
                    bytestring == 0.10.*,
                    directory  >= 1.2 && < 1.4,
                    filepath   >= 1.3 && < 1.5,
-                   ghc-boot-th == 8.8.1
+                   ghc-boot-th == 8.8.3