diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2a25531..82d2cea 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ cache:
 
 matrix:
   include:
-    - env: CABALVER=1.24 GHCVER=7.8.4
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.24,ghc-7.8.4],sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
     - env: CABALVER=1.24 GHCVER=7.10.3
       addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.24,ghc-7.10.3],sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
     - env: CABALVER=1.24 GHCVER=8.0.2
@@ -18,9 +16,6 @@ matrix:
     - env: CABALVER=1.24 GHCVER=8.2.1
       addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.24,ghc-8.2.1], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
 
-  allow_failures:
-    - env: CABALVER=1.24 GHCVER=7.8.4
-
 before_install:
   - export PATH=/opt/ghc/$GHCVER/bin:/opt/cabal/$CABALVER/bin:$PATH
 
@@ -28,22 +23,13 @@ install:
  - cabal --version
  - echo "$(ghc --version) [$(ghc --print-project-git-commit-id 2> /dev/null || echo '?')]"
  - travis_retry cabal update
- - case "$GHCVER" in
-    "7.8.4") cabal install --only-dependencies ;;
-    *)       cabal install --only-dependencies --enable-tests ;;
-   esac
+ - cabal install --only-dependencies --enable-tests
  - cabal install hpc-coveralls
 
 script:
- - case "$CABALVER" in
-    "7.8.4") cabal configure --enable-library-coverage -v2 -f dev ;;
-    *)       cabal configure --enable-tests --enable-coverage -v2 -f dev ;;
-   esac
+ - cabal configure --enable-tests --enable-coverage -v2 -f dev
  - travis_wait 40 cabal build
- - case "$GHCVER" in
-    "7.8.4") true ;;
-    *)       cabal test --show-details=always ;;
-   esac
+ - cabal test --show-details=always
  - cabal sdist
  - cabal haddock | grep "100%" | wc -l | grep "6"
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 782f2a3..b448d9b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
   custom template predicate. Also exposed `isMustacheFile` as the default
   predicate used by functions like `compileMustacheDir`.
 
+* Abandon attempts to support GHC 7.8.
+
 ## Stache 1.1.2
 
 * Fixed compilation of the test suite with Cabal 2.0/GHC 8.2.1.
diff --git a/Text/Mustache/Compile.hs b/Text/Mustache/Compile.hs
index ce59a8f..15baebb 100644
--- a/Text/Mustache/Compile.hs
+++ b/Text/Mustache/Compile.hs
@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@ import qualified Data.Text       as T
 import qualified Data.Text.IO    as T
 import qualified System.FilePath as F
 
-#if !MIN_VERSION_base(4,8,0)
-import Control.Applicative
-#endif
-
 -- | Compile all templates in specified directory and select one. Template
 -- files should have the extension @mustache@, (e.g. @foo.mustache@) to be
 -- recognized. This function /does not/ scan the directory recursively.
@@ -67,7 +63,7 @@ compileMustacheDir' :: MonadIO m
   -> m Template        -- ^ The resulting template
 compileMustacheDir' predicate pname path =
   getMustacheFilesInDir' predicate path >>=
-  liftM selectKey . foldM f (Template undefined M.empty)
+  fmap selectKey . foldM f (Template undefined M.empty)
   where
     selectKey t = t { templateActual = pname }
     f (Template _ old) fp = do
diff --git a/Text/Mustache/Compile/TH.hs b/Text/Mustache/Compile/TH.hs
index 674b97f..a0ccaa8 100644
--- a/Text/Mustache/Compile/TH.hs
+++ b/Text/Mustache/Compile/TH.hs
@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@ import Text.Mustache.Type
 import qualified Data.Text             as T
 import qualified Text.Mustache.Compile as C
 
-#if !MIN_VERSION_base(4,8,0)
-import Control.Applicative
-#endif
-
 #if MIN_VERSION_template_haskell(2,11,0)
 import Language.Haskell.TH.Syntax (dataToExpQ)
 #else
diff --git a/Text/Mustache/Render.hs b/Text/Mustache/Render.hs
index e8d2d41..f3ddd88 100644
--- a/Text/Mustache/Render.hs
+++ b/Text/Mustache/Render.hs
@@ -39,10 +39,6 @@ import qualified Data.Text.Lazy.Builder  as B
 import qualified Data.Text.Lazy.Encoding as TL
 import qualified Data.Vector             as V
 
-#if !MIN_VERSION_base(4,8,0)
-import Control.Applicative
-#endif
-
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- The rendering monad
 
diff --git a/stache.cabal b/stache.cabal
index 8338b18..de4d25f 100644
--- a/stache.cabal
+++ b/stache.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name:                 stache
 version:              1.1.2
 cabal-version:        >= 1.18
-tested-with:          GHC==7.8.4, GHC==7.10.3, GHC==8.0.2, GHC==8.2.1
+tested-with:          GHC==7.10.3, GHC==8.0.2, GHC==8.2.1
 license:              BSD3
 license-file:         LICENSE.md
 author:               Mark Karpov <markkarpov92@gmail.com>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ flag dev
 
 library
   build-depends:      aeson            >= 0.11 && < 1.3
-                    , base             >= 4.7  && < 5.0
+                    , base             >= 4.8  && < 5.0
                     , bytestring       >= 0.10 && < 0.11
                     , containers       >= 0.5  && < 0.6
                     , deepseq          >= 1.4  && < 1.5
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ test-suite tests
   hs-source-dirs:     tests
   type:               exitcode-stdio-1.0
   build-depends:      aeson            >= 0.11 && < 1.3
-                    , base             >= 4.7  && < 5.0
+                    , base             >= 4.8  && < 5.0
                     , containers       >= 0.5  && < 0.6
                     , hspec            >= 2.0  && < 3.0
                     , hspec-megaparsec >= 1.0  && < 2.0
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ test-suite mustache-spec
   hs-source-dirs:     mustache-spec
   type:               exitcode-stdio-1.0
   build-depends:      aeson            >= 0.11 && < 1.3
-                    , base             >= 4.7  && < 5.0
+                    , base             >= 4.8  && < 5.0
                     , bytestring       >= 0.10 && < 0.11
                     , containers       >= 0.5  && < 0.6
                     , file-embed
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ benchmark bench
   hs-source-dirs:     bench
   type:               exitcode-stdio-1.0
   build-depends:      aeson            >= 0.11 && < 1.3
-                    , base             >= 4.7  && < 5.0
+                    , base             >= 4.8  && < 5.0
                     , criterion        >= 0.6.2.1 && < 1.3
                     , deepseq          >= 1.4  && < 1.5
                     , megaparsec       >= 6.0  && < 7.0