diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # xmonad-vanessa
 
+## 2.1.0.0
+
+  * Remove `Show` instance for `KbLayout` and replace with `xmobarKbLayout`
+  * Remove `Default` instance for `KbLayout` and replace with `defaultKbLayout`
+
 ## 2.0.0.0
 
   * Move `XMonad.Util.Volume` to `xmonad-volume`
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 
 `xmonad` with a custom configuration, in a project to be compiled with cabal. You can also use the library by itself.
 
-## Requirements
-
-Requires libxft-dev, amixer for volume, gnome-terminal or alacritty, and setxkbmap to switch keyboard layouts.
-
-## Sugestions
+## Suggestions
 
 Use dmenu, libx11-dev, libxinerama, xmobar, and yeganesh as well.
diff --git a/app/Main.hs b/app/Main.hs
--- a/app/Main.hs
+++ b/app/Main.hs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
              -- lock screen
              , ((controlMask, xK_End), spawn "slock")
              --switch keyboards
-             , ((modm, xK_F1), setLang def)
+             , ((modm, xK_F1), setLang defaultKbLayout)
              , ((modm, xK_F2), setLang tibetan)
              , ((modm, xK_F3), setLang accented)
              , ((modm, xK_F4), setLang français)
diff --git a/cabal.project.local b/cabal.project.local
--- a/cabal.project.local
+++ b/cabal.project.local
@@ -1,3 +1,1 @@
 optimization: 2
-allow-newer:
-    base
diff --git a/src/XMonad/Util/Keyboard.hs b/src/XMonad/Util/Keyboard.hs
--- a/src/XMonad/Util/Keyboard.hs
+++ b/src/XMonad/Util/Keyboard.hs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 -- Uses the command-line utility setxkbmap.
 module XMonad.Util.Keyboard ( KbLayout (..)
                             , showKBLayout
+                            , xmobarKbLayout
                             , parseKB
                             , setLang
                             , tibetan
@@ -10,37 +11,41 @@
                             , deutsch
                             , dansk
                             , dzongkha
+                            , defaultKbLayout
                             ) where
 
 import           Control.Composition
 import           System.Process
 import           XMonad
-import           XMonad.Hooks.DynamicLog
 
 -- | Datatype for a keyboard layout.
 data KbLayout = Simple String | Regional String String
 
--- Æ æ ð Ð þ Þ
--- TODO keybord w/ Ƿ/ƿ & Ȝ/ȝ
+xmobarColor :: String -- ^ Foreground color
+            -> String -- ^ Background color
+            -> String -- ^ Contents of string
+            -> String
+xmobarColor fg bg contents = "<fc=" ++ fg ++ "," ++ bg ++ ">" ++ contents ++ "</fc>"
 
-instance Show KbLayout where
-    show (Simple "us") = "US"
-    show (Simple "layout") = "US"
-    show (Regional "cn" "tib") = xmobarColor "yellow" "black" "Tibetan"
-    show (Simple "bt") = xmobarColor "yellow" "black" "Dzongkha"
-    show (Regional "us" "altgr-intl") = "US Extended"
-    show (Simple "fr") = "Fr"
-    show (Simple "de") = "De"
-    show (Simple "dk") = "Dk"
-    show _ = xmobarColor "red" "black" "ERROR"
+-- | Print a keyboard layout suitable for piping to XMobar.
+xmobarKbLayout :: KbLayout -> String
+xmobarKbLayout (Simple "us") = "US"
+xmobarKbLayout (Simple "layout") = "US"
+xmobarKbLayout (Regional "cn" "tib") = xmobarColor "yellow" "black" "Tibetan"
+xmobarKbLayout (Simple "bt") = xmobarColor "yellow" "black" "Dzongkha"
+xmobarKbLayout (Regional "us" "altgr-intl") = "US Extended"
+xmobarKbLayout (Simple "fr") = "Fr"
+xmobarKbLayout (Simple "de") = "De"
+xmobarKbLayout (Simple "dk") = "Dk"
+xmobarKbLayout _ = xmobarColor "red" "black" "ERROR"
 
--- | Set default keyboard layout to vanilla "us"
-instance Default KbLayout where
-    def = Simple "us"
+-- | Default keyboard layout is vanilla "us"
+defaultKbLayout :: KbLayout
+defaultKbLayout = Simple "us"
 
 -- | Pretty-print current layout
 showKBLayout :: IO String
-showKBLayout = show <$> parseKB
+showKBLayout = xmobarKbLayout <$> parseKB
 
 -- | Get current keyboard layout
 parseKB :: IO KbLayout
diff --git a/xmonad-vanessa.cabal b/xmonad-vanessa.cabal
--- a/xmonad-vanessa.cabal
+++ b/xmonad-vanessa.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version: >=1.10
 name: xmonad-vanessa
-version: 2.0.0.0
+version: 2.1.0.0
 license: BSD3
 license-file: LICENSE
 copyright: 2017-2018 Vanessa McHale
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
     build-depends:
         base >=4.8 && <5,
         xmonad >=0.5,
-        xmonad-contrib >=0.5,
         composition-prelude -any,
         containers -any,
         process -any,