diff --git a/src/Data/AffineSpace/Point.hs b/src/Data/AffineSpace/Point.hs
--- a/src/Data/AffineSpace/Point.hs
+++ b/src/Data/AffineSpace/Point.hs
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 import           Data.AffineSpace
 import           Data.VectorSpace
 
-import           Control.Newtype
 import           Data.Data        (Data)
 import           Data.Typeable    (Typeable)
 
@@ -50,10 +49,6 @@
 --   '.-.' 'origin')@.
 unPoint :: Point v -> v
 unPoint (P v) = v
-
-instance Newtype (Point v) v where
-  pack = P
-  unpack (P v) = v
 
 -- | The origin of the vector space @v@.
 origin :: AdditiveGroup v => Point v
diff --git a/vector-space-points.cabal b/vector-space-points.cabal
--- a/vector-space-points.cabal
+++ b/vector-space-points.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                vector-space-points
-version:             0.1.3
+version:             0.2
 synopsis:            A type for points, as distinct from vectors.
 description:         A type for points, as distinct from vectors, built on top
                      of Data.AffineSpace.
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 library
   exposed-modules:     Data.AffineSpace.Point
   build-depends:       base >=4.0 && < 4.8,
-                       vector-space >=0.7 && < 0.9,
-                       newtype ==0.2.*
+                       vector-space >=0.7 && < 0.9
   hs-source-dirs:      src
   default-language:    Haskell2010