diff --git a/persistent/Database/Persist/Class/PersistEntity.hs b/persistent/Database/Persist/Class/PersistEntity.hs
index c625342b9..7d26875b8 100644
--- a/persistent/Database/Persist/Class/PersistEntity.hs
+++ b/persistent/Database/Persist/Class/PersistEntity.hs
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class ( PersistField (Key record), ToJSON (Key record), FromJSON (Key record)
     -- | Return meta-data for a given 'EntityField'.
     persistFieldDef :: EntityField record typ -> FieldDef
     -- | A meta-operation to get the database fields of a record.
-    toPersistFields :: record -> [SomePersistField]
+    toPersistFields :: record -> [PersistValue]
     -- | A lower-level operation to convert from database values to a Haskell record.
     fromPersistValues :: [PersistValue] -> Either Text record
 
diff --git a/persistent/Database/Persist/Class/PersistField.hs b/persistent/Database/Persist/Class/PersistField.hs
index a3acef72d..560df6e77 100644
--- a/persistent/Database/Persist/Class/PersistField.hs
+++ b/persistent/Database/Persist/Class/PersistField.hs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE PatternGuards, DataKinds, TypeOperators, UndecidableInstances, GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving #-}
 module Database.Persist.Class.PersistField
     ( PersistField (..)
-    , SomePersistField (..)
     , getPersistMap
     , OverflowNatural(..)
     ) where
@@ -452,11 +451,6 @@ getPersistMap (PersistByteString bs)
 getPersistMap PersistNull = Right []
 getPersistMap x = Left $ fromPersistValueError "[(Text, PersistValue)]" "map, string, bytestring or null" x
 
-data SomePersistField = forall a. (PersistField a) => SomePersistField a
-instance PersistField SomePersistField where
-    toPersistValue (SomePersistField a) = toPersistValue a
-    fromPersistValue x = fmap SomePersistField (fromPersistValue x :: Either Text Text)
-
 instance PersistField Checkmark where
     toPersistValue Active   = PersistBool True
     toPersistValue Inactive = PersistNull
diff --git a/persistent/Database/Persist/TH.hs b/persistent/Database/Persist/TH.hs
index fe0dc510d..43898173e 100644
--- a/persistent/Database/Persist/TH.hs
+++ b/persistent/Database/Persist/TH.hs
@@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@ mkToPersistFields mps ed = do
         xs <- sequence $ replicate fieldCount $ newName "x"
         let name = mkEntityDefName ed
             pat = conp name $ fmap VarP xs
-        sp <- [|SomePersistField|]
+        sp <- [|toPersistValue|]
         let bod = ListE $ fmap (AppE sp . VarE) xs
         return $ normalClause [pat] bod
 
@@ -1303,13 +1303,13 @@ mkToPersistFields mps ed = do
     goSum :: UnboundFieldDef -> Int -> Q Clause
     goSum fieldDef idx = do
         let name = sumConstrName mps ed fieldDef
-        enull <- [|SomePersistField PersistNull|]
+        enull <- [|PersistNull|]
         let beforeCount = idx - 1
             afterCount = fieldCount - idx
             before = replicate beforeCount enull
             after = replicate afterCount enull
         x <- newName "x"
-        sp <- [|SomePersistField|]
+        sp <- [|toPersistValue|]
         let body = ListE $ mconcat
                 [ before
                 , [sp `AppE` VarE x]
diff --git a/persistent/Database/Persist/Types.hs b/persistent/Database/Persist/Types.hs
index d139d1cb6..0af5c404b 100644
--- a/persistent/Database/Persist/Types.hs
+++ b/persistent/Database/Persist/Types.hs
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ module Database.Persist.Types
     -- database and Haskell types.
     , module Database.Persist.PersistValue
     -- * Other Useful Stuff
-    , SomePersistField (..)
     , Update (..)
     , BackendSpecificUpdate
     , SelectOpt (..)
diff --git a/persistent/test/Database/Persist/TH/MigrationOnlySpec.hs b/persistent/test/Database/Persist/TH/MigrationOnlySpec.hs
index bc1ff419f..50858bd7c 100644
--- a/persistent/test/Database/Persist/TH/MigrationOnlySpec.hs
+++ b/persistent/test/Database/Persist/TH/MigrationOnlySpec.hs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ spec = describe "MigrationOnlySpec" $ do
             it "should have one field" $ do
                 map toPersistValue (toPersistFields (HasMigrationOnly "asdf"))
                     `shouldBe`
-                        map toPersistValue [SomePersistField ("asdf" :: Text)]
+                        [PersistText ("asdf" :: Text)]
         describe "fromPersistValues" $ do
             it "should work with only item in list" $ do
                 fromPersistValues [PersistText "Hello"]