diff --git a/lib/Polysemy/Conc/Interpreter/Interrupt.hs b/lib/Polysemy/Conc/Interpreter/Interrupt.hs
--- a/lib/Polysemy/Conc/Interpreter/Interrupt.hs
+++ b/lib/Polysemy/Conc/Interpreter/Interrupt.hs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import Polysemy.AtomicState (runAtomicStateTVar)
 import Polysemy.Internal.Tactics (liftT)
 import Polysemy.Time (Seconds (Seconds))
-import System.Posix.Signals (Handler (CatchInfo, CatchInfoOnce, CatchOnce, Catch), SignalInfo, installHandler, keyboardSignal)
+import System.Posix.Signals (Handler (Catch, CatchInfo, CatchInfoOnce, CatchOnce), SignalInfo, installHandler, keyboardSignal)
 
 import qualified Polysemy.Conc.Effect.Critical as Critical
 import Polysemy.Conc.Effect.Critical (Critical)
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
   IO () ->
   Sem r ()
 processHandler name thunk = do
-  putErr [qt|processing interrupt handler: #{name}|]
+  putErr ("processing interrupt handler: " <> name)
   embed thunk
 
 execInterrupt ::
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@
       Nothing <$ Sync.wait @() (Seconds 1)
     kill = do
       onQuit desc do
-        putErr [qt|killing #{desc}|]
+        putErr ("killing " <> desc)
         cancel handle
-        putErr [qt|killed #{desc}|]
+        putErr ("killed " <> desc)
         Sync.putBlock ()
         pure Nothing
 
diff --git a/lib/Polysemy/Conc/Prelude.hs b/lib/Polysemy/Conc/Prelude.hs
--- a/lib/Polysemy/Conc/Prelude.hs
+++ b/lib/Polysemy/Conc/Prelude.hs
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@
 
 import Control.Exception (try)
 import Data.Kind (Type)
-import qualified Data.String.Interpolate as Interpolate
 import GHC.Err (undefined)
-import Language.Haskell.TH.Quote (QuasiQuoter)
 import Polysemy (
   Effect,
   EffectRow,
@@ -63,11 +61,6 @@
   traceShow,
   undefined,
   )
-
-qt :: QuasiQuoter
-qt =
-  Interpolate.i
-{-# inline qt #-}
 
 unify :: Either a a -> a
 unify =
diff --git a/polysemy-conc.cabal b/polysemy-conc.cabal
--- a/polysemy-conc.cabal
+++ b/polysemy-conc.cabal
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:           polysemy-conc
-version:        0.5.1.0
+version:        0.5.1.1
 synopsis:       Polysemy Effects for Concurrency
 description:    See <https://hackage.haskell.org/package/polysemy-conc/docs/Polysemy-Conc.html>
 category:       Concurrency
@@ -131,17 +131,16 @@
       async
     , base ==4.*
     , containers
-    , data-default
+    , data-default >=0.2
     , polysemy >=1.6
     , polysemy-time >=0.1.4
-    , relude >=1
+    , relude >=0.7
     , stm
     , stm-chans >=2
-    , string-interpolate >=0.2
     , template-haskell
     , text
     , time
-    , torsor
+    , torsor >=0.1
     , unagi-chan >=0.4
     , unix
   mixins:
@@ -228,7 +227,7 @@
     , base ==4.*
     , polysemy
     , polysemy-conc
-    , polysemy-plugin
+    , polysemy-plugin >=0.4
     , polysemy-test
     , polysemy-time
     , stm